Ilir Latifi
| Ilir Latifi | |||||||||||||||
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Latifi at UFC 232 in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | July 28, 1983 Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Sledgehammer | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg; 17 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Heavyweight (2008, 2020–present) Light Heavyweight (2009–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 73+1⁄2 in (187 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Submission Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Allstars Training Center Pancrase Gym Sweden American Top Team Malmö Tigers (Wrestling) | ||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Selman Berisha | ||||||||||||||
| Wrestling | Swedish national level | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| No contests | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ilir Latifi (born July 28, 1983) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who fights in the Heavyweight division, most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A two-time national wrestling champion and a professional MMA competitor since 2008, Latifi has also competed in Shark Fights, Rumble of The Kings, and GLORY.