Aaron Simpson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Mike Pierce Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:29	UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot	Oct 5, 2012
W	Kenny Robertson Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs. Weidman	Jul 11, 2012
L	Ronny Markes Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger	Feb 15, 2012
W	Eric Schafer Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3	Oct 8, 2011
W	Brad Tavares Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber	Jul 2, 2011
W	Mario Miranda Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	Mar 26, 2011
L	Mark Munoz Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
L	Chris Leben Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R2	4:17	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale	Jun 19, 2010
W	Tom Lawlor Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz	Jan 11, 2010
W	Ed Herman Middleweight	KO/TKO	to Knee Injury	R2	0:17	UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira	Aug 29, 2009
W	Tim McKenzie Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	1:40	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann	Apr 1, 2009

Outside the UFC

5-1across 6 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 1 subWSOF 2 · WEC · FMF 2 · Tuff-N-Uff · PG 2 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Joshua Burkman28-18	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	3:04	WSOF 2	Mar 23, 2013
W	David Avellan2-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:18	WEC	Nov 5, 2008
W	Travis Degraw0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:22	FMF 2	May 31, 2008
W	Scott Dingman0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:40	Tuff-N-Uff	Feb 1, 2008
W	Tim Coulson1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:44	PG 2	Oct 5, 2007
W	Billy Onlewski0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:02	ACC	Apr 16, 2000

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.55

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.36

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Aaron Simpson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

18%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

2.37 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.52 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Aaron Simpson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 50%

1W

Split1 decision · 50%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB66th

52%454 / 860

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.07 differential

Landed3.60

Absorbed2.53

70%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head56%58th253
Body21%68th97
Leg23%73rd104

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

41%Clinch

Standing36%164
Clinch41%184
Ground23%106

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Aaron Simpson

Landed per 15

Head

B

58th

29.9

58th

Body

B

70th

11.5

70th

Leg

A

78th

12.3

78th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

73rd

22.7

73rd

Body

A

74th

6.2

74th

Leg

D

33rd

9.0

33rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.9	253	608	42%
Body	11.5	97	142	68%
Leg	12.3	104	110	95%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.7	192	576	33%
Body	6.2	52	66	79%
Leg	9.0	76	88	86%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Aaron Simpson

35%

Takedown accuracy

83%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.4 min net

On top6.3

On bottom1.9

Offense

Takedowns

A+

87th

3.8

87th

TD accuracy

C

46th

35%

46th

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.5

64th

Control

A

81st

6.3 min

81st

Defense

TD defense

A

81st

83%

81st

Controlled

1.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	32 / 92
Submission attempts	4
Control time	53:26

Defense

TDs defended	25 / 30
Control absorbed	16:15

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (127min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Aaron Simpson

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 127 min

88%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Simpson fades (-9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Simpson keeps 88% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Simpson ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Simpsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Simpsonattempts / min

Control time

Simpson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.1	4.4	2.8	0.72	40%	11
R2	7.3	3.4	2.7	0.72	42%	10
R3	6.7	2.6	2.0	0.74	46%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Aaron Simpson

11 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

42nd

29%

42nd

Win quality

A

72nd

47%

72nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

1

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Mike Pierce	Top-15	55	Oct 5, 2012
W	Kenny Robertson	Building	15	Jul 11, 2012
L	Ronny Markes	Building	15	Feb 15, 2012
W	Eric Schafer	Unproven	12	Oct 8, 2011
W	Brad Tavares	Top-15	49	Jul 2, 2011
W	Mario Miranda	Unproven	8	Mar 26, 2011
L	Mark Munoz	Top-5	57	Nov 20, 2010
L	Chris Leben	Established	35	Jun 19, 2010
W	Tom Lawlor	Cross-div ranked	32	Jan 11, 2010
W	Ed Herman	Established	26	Aug 29, 2009
W	Tim McKenzie	Unproven	8	Apr 1, 2009

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

11 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-3

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

13y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Aaron Simpson

Extended layoff

13y 3mosince last bout

vs Joshua Burkman · Mar 23, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-1As underdog 0-3

79.7

DK avg

75.1

Median

115.6

Ceiling

40.4

Floor

45%

Boom

0%

Bust

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