Nad Narimani (born 14 April 1987) is an English mixed martial artist. He was the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship featherweight champion and he competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Narimani started his professional mma career in 2011 and he won the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship featherweight championship against Paddy Pimblett in April 2017 with a record of 10-2 period he signed with the UFC.
Narimani was scheduled to make his UFC debut on a short notice on 17 March 2018 at against Nasrat Haqparast, replacing injured Alex Reyes. The bout was scrapped on the day of the event as Haqparast was deemed unfit to fight by the medical team due to an infectious eye condition.
Narimani's UFC debut was rescheduled on 22 July 2018 against Khalid Taha at . He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Narimani was scheduled to face Enrique Barzola on 17 November 2018 at . However, Barzola was pulled from the event and he was replaced by Anderson dos Santos. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Narimani next faced Mike Grundy on 16 March 2019 at . Narimani lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
Narimani was scheduled to face Nik Lentz at on 25 January 2020. However, Narimani pulled out of the fight citing injury and was replaced by Arnold Allen.
Narimani faced Grant Dawson on 19 July 2020 at . He lost the fight via unanimous decision. He was subsequently released by the UFC.
Narimani is married with two children and is of Iranian heritage. He spent time helping in his father's Middle-Eastern restaurants in his spare time before turning to be a professional MMA fighter.
|- |Loss |align=center|12âÂÂ4 |Grant Dawson |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |- |Loss |align=center| 12âÂÂ3 |Mike Grundy |TKO (punches) | | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4:42 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center| 12âÂÂ2 |Anderson dos Santos |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 ||Buenos Aires, Argentina | |- |Win |align=center| 11âÂÂ2 |Khalid Taha |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |Hamburg, Germany | |- |Win |align=center| 10âÂÂ2 |Paddy Pimblett |Decision (unanimous) |Cage Warriors 82 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 5:00 |Liverpool, England | |- |Win |align=center| 9âÂÂ2 |Daniel Requeijo |Submission (guillotine choke) |Cage Warriors 76 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 1:21 |Newport, Wales | |- |Win |align=center| 8âÂÂ2 |Jeremy Petley |TKO (punches) |BAMMA 23 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:26 |Birmingham, England | |- |Loss |align=center| 7âÂÂ2 |Alex Enlund |Decision (unanimous) |Cage Warriors 73 | |align=center| 5 |align=center| 5:00 |Newcastle, England | |- |Win |align=center| 7âÂÂ1 |Benjamin Brander |Submission (rear-naked choke) |Cage Warriors 64 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:53 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center| 6âÂÂ1 |Athinodoros Michailidis |Submission (rear-naked choke) |Cage Warriors 60 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:42 |London, England | |- |Loss |align=center| 5âÂÂ1 |Graham Turner |Decision (split) |Cage Warriors 56 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center| 5âÂÂ0 |Karsten Lenjoint |Decision (unanimous) |Fight UK 9 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |Leicester, England | |- |Win |align=center| 4âÂÂ0 |Marcin Wrzosek |Decision (split) |Fight UK 8 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |Leicester, England | |- |Win |align=center| 3âÂÂ0 |Maksym Matus |Submission (triangle choke) |Cage Conflict 14 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:53 |Manchester, England | |- |Win |align=center| 2âÂÂ0 |Alex Brunnen |Submission (rear-naked choke) |Tear Up 7 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4;28 |Bristol, England | |- |Win |align=center| 1âÂÂ0 |Harvey Dines |TKO (corner stoppage) |KnuckleUp MMA: The New Breed 7 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 4:42 |Somerset, England | |-