Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Muslim Salikhov: the reach and pace mismatch bettors should watch

The setup

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, Noche UFC brings Ignacio Bahamondes (17-7-0) and Muslim Salikhov (22-6-0) together at welterweight on the prelims at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, scheduled for three rounds.

Our schedule tables list 8 bouts on the card; this one is filed under the prelims. The bout is listed as announced in the PropBetEdge schedule.

The question this preview works through is whether Ignacio Bahamondes's 5 inches of reach translates into control of range against Muslim Salikhov, or whether the archive says Salikhov closes distance regardless. PropSports career averages are on file for both fighters, which sets the limit on how far that read can go.

Tale of the tape

• Record: Ignacio Bahamondes 17-7-0 · Muslim Salikhov 22-6-0
• Age: Ignacio Bahamondes 29 · Muslim Salikhov 42
• Height: Ignacio Bahamondes 6'3" · Muslim Salikhov 5'11"
• Reach: Ignacio Bahamondes 75" · Muslim Salikhov 70"
• Stance: Ignacio Bahamondes Orthodox · Muslim Salikhov Orthodox
• Listed weight: Ignacio Bahamondes 155 lbs · Muslim Salikhov 171 lbs

Range is the first thing the tape flags: Ignacio Bahamondes holds 5 inches of reach (75" to 70"), which sets the distance Muslim Salikhov has to cross to land. A reach edge of that size matters more when the longer fighter also sets the pace, and here Bahamondes does: 5.99 significant strikes landed per minute against 3.37 for Salikhov. Length with output behind it is how rounds get banked from the outside. Ignacio Bahamondes is the younger by 13 years (29 to 42). Age on its own tells you little at this level; it reads better alongside the layoff figures in the form section. Both fight orthodox, so lead hands mirror and the rear-hand exchanges are conventional. Listed weights differ: Muslim Salikhov at 171 lbs to 155 for Ignacio Bahamondes. Listed weight is a roster figure, not a weigh-in, so it is a note rather than an edge.

Recent form

Ignacio Bahamondes has 11 completed UFC bouts in the PropBetEdge archive: 7 wins and 4 losses. 6 of those wins came inside the distance (4 by KO/TKO and 2 by submission), a 86% finish rate on archived wins. The losses went to the scorecards. He last fought on Mar 28, 2026 and lost to Tofiq Musayev by unanimous decision in round 3. That puts him 168 days out by fight night.

• L vs Tofiq Musayev — unanimous decision, R3 (Mar 28, 2026, UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer)
• L vs Rafael Fiziev — unanimous decision, R3 (Jun 21, 2025, UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.)
• W vs Jalin Turner — submission, R1 (Mar 8, 2025, UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev)
• W vs Manuel Torres — KO/TKO, R1 (Sep 14, 2024, UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC)
• W vs Christos Giagos — KO/TKO, R1 (Apr 6, 2024, UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2)

Muslim Salikhov has 14 completed UFC bouts in the PropBetEdge archive: 9 wins and 5 losses. 5 of those wins came inside the distance (5 by KO/TKO), a 56% finish rate on archived wins. He has been finished 4 times in the archive. Most recently he lost to Uros Medic by KO/TKO in round 1 on Nov 8, 2025. That puts him 308 days out by fight night.

• L vs Uros Medic — KO/TKO, R1 (Nov 8, 2025, UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown)
• W vs Carlos Leal — KO/TKO, R1 (Jul 26, 2025, UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder)
• W vs Song Kenan — KO/TKO, R1 (Nov 23, 2024, UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo)
• W vs Santiago Ponzinibbio — split decision, R3 (Jul 13, 2024, UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez)
• L vs Randy Brown — KO/TKO, R1 (Feb 3, 2024, UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov)

Ignacio Bahamondes is the more recently active of the two (168 days out against 308 for Salikhov). Ignacio Bahamondes ends 86% of archived wins early against 56% for Muslim Salikhov; with Muslim Salikhov finished 4 times in 14 archived bouts, that asymmetry is the pattern behind the distance and method markets.

Style and statistical matchup

Ignacio Bahamondes lands 5.99 significant strikes per minute at 46% accuracy; Muslim Salikhov lands 3.37 at 49%. That 2.62-per-minute gap in Ignacio Bahamondes's favour is a real pace differential: over three rounds it compounds into a scorecard edge unless the lower-volume fighter is landing the more damaging shots. On the other side of the exchange, Ignacio Bahamondes absorbs 4.07 per minute with 55% striking defence and Muslim Salikhov absorbs 2.96 with 62%.

On the ground, Ignacio Bahamondes averages 0 takedowns per 15 minutes at 0% accuracy and defends 70% of attempts against him; Muslim Salikhov averages 1.07 at 32% and defends 72%.

All of these are career-to-date PropSports snapshots at capture, not as-of figures for this bout: they describe each fighter across every opponent, which is why the archive form above is read alongside them rather than replaced by them.

Round-level stats exist for 24 archived rounds of Ignacio Bahamondes's: 648 of 1424 significant strikes landed (46%), 27 per round, 0 of 9 takedowns, 7:43 of control time and 5 knockdowns. Round-level stats exist for 29 archived rounds of Muslim Salikhov's: 427 of 860 significant strikes landed (50%), 14.7 per round, 9 of 28 takedowns, 8:14 of control time and 5 knockdowns. Those samples are small and uneven, so they colour the career averages rather than override them.

What could break the angle

The counter-case is mostly about sample. Career averages are career-to-date snapshots at capture; they include fights outside this matchup context and are not as-of figures. There is also no odds snapshot in PropBetEdge data for this bout, so nothing above can be checked against a market yet; the read describes what to look for, not where value sits. A late weigh-in miss, a replacement or a change in scheduled rounds would each invalidate parts of it.

Final read

On the data, Ignacio Bahamondes's 5 inches of reach is the one material physical edge, and what it is worth depends on pace figures our tables do hold. The uncertainty is ordinary fight variance rather than missing data. What to monitor: the three-round format holding, the weigh-in, and once a price exists, where the fight goes the distance, method of victory, round betting and significant strikes markets open relative to this read. No model price or market line exists in PropBetEdge data for this bout, so this is not a pick; the Bettor's Edge panel above carries the impact score and the markets connected to the evidence.

Matchup page: Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Muslim Salikhov · Full card: Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Fighter pages: Ignacio Bahamondes, Muslim Salikhov.