Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Ilunga Makabu (31-4) and Taylor Mabika (19-8-2 across 29 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Ilunga Makabu vs Taylor Mabika — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ilunga Makabu leads 1–0- Ilunga Makabu wonMakabu vs MabikaSep 22, 2018 · RTD · R4
The Numbers
- 31-4 (edge)
- Record
- 19-8-2
- 88.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 69%
- 27 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 9
- 87.1%
- KO rate
- —
- 88% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 53%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1
- Bouts per year
- 2.3 (edge)
- 37
- Bouts tracked
- 29
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′0″ (183 cm) (edge)
- Height
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- 74″ (188 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 38
- Age
- 51
- Southpaw
- Stance
- —
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nationality
- Gabonese
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyIlunga Makabu · 32 wins
KO/TKO
28
Decision
4
Other
0
Taylor Mabika · 19 wins
KO/TKO
10
Decision
9
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (37 and 29 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ilunga Makabu
WWLLL
W2 streak · last fought Sep 5, 2025
Taylor Mabika
LLDLL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 5, 2020
Common Questions
- Have Ilunga Makabu and Taylor Mabika ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ilunga Makabu and Taylor Mabika met once on September 22, 2018, and Ilunga Makabu won by RTD in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Ilunga Makabu or Taylor Mabika?
- Ilunga Makabu is 31-4 and Taylor Mabika is 19-8-2 across the 29 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ilunga Makabu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Ilunga Makabu or Taylor Mabika?
- Ilunga Makabu has 27 knockout wins and Taylor Mabika has 9. Ilunga Makabu has more.
- Do Ilunga Makabu and Taylor Mabika have any common opponents?
- Ilunga Makabu and Taylor Mabika share 1 common opponent: Michał Cieślak. Ilunga Makabu fared better against 1 of them.
- Who is bigger, Ilunga Makabu or Taylor Mabika?
- Ilunga Makabu is the taller fighter at 183 cm, 10 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ilunga Makabu and Taylor Mabika?
- This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Ilunga Makabu and 29 bouts tracked for Taylor Mabika. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.