Myktybek Orolbai

Kyrgyzstan

Suffers first UFC defeat
LightweightUFC
October 26, 2024
Orolbai lost to Mateusz Rebecki via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 28-29) at UFC 308 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.
ANALYSIS
It's a crushing result for Orolbai as a -325 favorite, but was also the correct decision. Hampered by an eye injury that left his vision impaired nearly the entire bout, Orolbai never fully appeared to find his rhythm. He did enough to even the fight on all three scorecards in Round 2, but he was knocked down early in the final frame in what was the biggest moment of the bout and was never able to truly recover. With both men a bloody, beaten mess when the final bell rang, only one of the three judges scored the fight for the 26-year-old. Orolbai is plenty young enough to bounce back from this effort, but it's a pretty disappointing outcome. On the bright side, he'll walk away with an extra $50,000 after this bout was deservingly awarded Fight of the Night honors.
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Rebecki up next
LightweightUFC
August 27, 2024
Orolbai is scheduled to compete against fellow lightweight Mateusz Rebecki at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 26, per Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
Orolbai will prepare to go 3-0 after wins over Uros Medic and Elves Brener. Before falling as the biggest favorite of UFC St. Louis' fight card, Rebecki went 3-0 himself in 2023.
Remains perfect in UFC
LightweightUFC
May 4, 2024
Orolbai defeated Elves Brener via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) at UFC 301 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ANALYSIS
Outside of a foolish takedown attempt to stop a takedown in Round 3 which ended up costing him a point, Orolbai was in pretty firm control of this fight throughout. He leaned on his wrestling early, scoring a pair of takedowns in each of the first two rounds. He gassed out pretty hard in the final frame, but managed to land a knockdown in the latter stages of the round, which may have very well saved him from a draw given the point deduction earlier in the frame. Orolbai won his UFC debut on four days' notice over Uros Medic in November before putting forth another strong effort here. He probably deserves a bump up in competition his next time out.
Set to face Brener
LightweightUFC
March 3, 2024
Orolbai is set to fight Elves Brener in a lightweight bout at UFC 301 on May 4, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Orolbai defeated Uros Medic via submission in November last year, and what's perhaps most impressive of that win was that he did it on four days' notice. That win over Medic was his debut at the UFC level, and the fight against Brener is an excellent option for him to continue making a name for himself at the UFC level.
Wins debut on four days' notice
LightweightUFC
November 18, 2023
Orolbai defeated Uros Medic via submission (neck crank) at 4:12 of Round 2 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
Easy work for Orolbai despite accepting this fight -- his UFC debut -- exactly four days ago. With UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber and Slava Borshchev (who fought just last week) representing Team Alpha Male in his corner, the 25-year-old Orolbai quickly recognized a hole in Medic's takedown defense and exploited it. He ended up connecting on 7-of-10 attempts, good for 7:26 worth of control time. The neck crank that closed the show late in Round 2 appeared to be more the result of Medic being dead tired as opposed to under duress. Props to Orolbai for a strong showing in his maiden voyage with the company.
UFC debut on short notice
LightweightUFC
November 14, 2023
Orolbai (undisclosed) will compete against Uros Medic in a welterweight fight Uros Medic at UFC Vegas 82 on Nov. 18, according to Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
The UFC quickly signed Orolbai after realizing a replacement was needed for Jonny Parsons, who was scheduled to fight Medic before withdrawing. Not much is known about Orolbai, but some facts about his career include an 11-1-1 record with 10 finishes and three of the wins logged with the LFA.