AJ Cunningham Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

SuYoung You

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · Mar 15, 2025

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2

Mar 15, 2025

L

Ludovit Klein

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance Front Kick · R1 · 4:36

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev · Mar 2, 2024

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:36

Kick to Body At Distance Front Kick

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev

Mar 2, 2024

Dana White's Contender Series

0-1across 1 bout

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Steven Nguyen10-2	KO/TKO	punches	R2	4:06	Dana White's Contender Series	Sep 12, 2023

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

11-2across 13 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 3 decPF · LFA · Real Deal Championships · Fury FC 79 · AMF +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Justice Lamperez10-20	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:32	Real Deal Championships	Dec 9, 2023
W	Jason Mullen5-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:09	Fury FC 79	May 7, 2023
W	Shea Conley11-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Aug 5, 2022
W	Jonathan Jackson9-6	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	AMF	Sep 25, 2021
L	Javier Garcia14-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Mar 19, 2021
W	Charles Bridges5-3	KO/TKO	Right Uppercut	R2	3:57	PF	Dec 5, 2020
W	Jewel Scott5-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	iFF 1	Sep 24, 2020
W	Aaron Ulroan1-7	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	1:29	MMAX FC 8	Jun 20, 2020
L	Chris Hatley Jr.12-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PF	Nov 16, 2019
W	Johnnie Roades9-19	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:06	PF	Jun 22, 2019
W	Kevin Henry1-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:52	PF	Apr 13, 2019
W	Jose Zuniga Herrera1-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:04	PF	Nov 17, 2018
W	Jesse Hancock1-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:57	PF	Aug 18, 2018

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

Amateur

2-2across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsPF · LFC 57

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Kyle Nolte3-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:13	PF	Mar 17, 2018
W	Jesse Hancock1-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	2:13	PF	May 13, 2017
W	Chris Sorrell0-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	PF	Jan 28, 2017
L	Loren Thibodeaux6-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	LFC 57	Jul 1, 2016

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Submission

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

AJ Cunningham

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

2.17 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

Career striking

OverallD32nd

29%52 / 127

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.09 differential

Landed4.22

Absorbed6.31

47%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-23%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

AJ Cunningham

Landed per 15

Head

F

23rd

19.9

23rd

Body

C

42nd

8.4

42nd

Leg

A

78th

11.5

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

C

45th

35.2

45th

Body

F

10th

19.9

10th

Leg

A

78th

4.6

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.9	26	94	28%
Body	8.4	11	15	73%
Leg	11.5	15	18	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.2	46	87	53%
Body	19.9	26	28	93%
Leg	4.6	6	8	75%

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

AJ Cunningham

—

Takedown accuracy

46%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-6.1 min net

On top0.3

On bottom6.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

0.0

47th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.8

70th

Control

C

43rd

0.3 min

43rd

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

46%

28th

Controlled

6.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	1
Control time	0:26

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 13
Control absorbed	8:21

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (20min 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

AJ Cunningham

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 20 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Cunningham hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

CunninghamOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Cunninghamlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cunninghamattempts / min

Control time

Cunningham% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	4.7	7.0	5%	2
R2	1.2	1.2	2.0	0%	1
R3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0%	1

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

AJ Cunningham

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

27th

24%

27th

Win quality

F

12th

25%

12th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

84-103-1

.449 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 of 13

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

13

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	SuYoung You	Building	15	Mar 15, 2025
L	Ludovit Klein	Contender-level	36	Mar 2, 2024

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

2 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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 bout

1y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

AJ Cunningham

Layoff

1y 5mosince last bout

vs SuYoung You · Mar 15, 2025

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-1

11.10

DK avg

15.20

Median

15.20

Ceiling

7.00

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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