Austin Vanderford Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Ramiz Brahimaj Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R2	2:24	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	Nikolay Veretennikov Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:13	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song	Feb 22, 2025

Outside the UFC

12-2across 14 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 sub · 5 decBellator · LFA · FFC 32 · Dana White's Contender Series · VFC 59 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Luiz Victor Romero13-9	KO/TKO	Punch and Elbows	R1	1:05	LFA	Oct 18, 2024
L	Aaron Jeffery16-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:25	Bellator	Aug 12, 2022
L	Gegard Mousasi49-9-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:25	Bellator	Feb 25, 2022
W	Fabian Edwards16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	May 21, 2021
W	Vinicius de Jesus9-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 5, 2020
W	Grachik Bozinyan10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 15, 2019
W	Joseph Creer7-2-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	Bellator	Aug 24, 2019
W	Cody Jones10-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:49	Bellator	Feb 15, 2019
W	Edmilson Freitas10-7-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:38	FFC 32	Oct 19, 2018
W	Angelo Trevino11-4	Submission	rear-naked choke	R2	2:42	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 17, 2018
W	Kenny Licea4-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:03	VFC 59	Dec 16, 2017
W	Ben Fodor7-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	CS	Oct 14, 2017
W	Adam Fugitt10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Rogue Promotions	Jul 8, 2017
W	Sol Renato1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Prime Fighting 9	Mar 11, 2017

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.

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 4 promotionsRogue Promotions · FCFF · Budo Fights 13 · Checkmate Entertainment

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Erik Herman1-4	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	Rogue Promotions	Apr 9, 2016
W	Daniel Pihl2-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:15	FCFF	Jan 23, 2016
W	Michael Collazo6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:59	Budo Fights 13	Oct 24, 2015
W	Eric McConico11-4-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:30	Checkmate Entertainment	Sep 12, 2015

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

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Submission

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Decision

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Austin Vanderford

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Career striking

OverallC55th

59%44 / 68

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.33 differential

Landed3.04

Absorbed2.71

74%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Austin Vanderford

Landed per 15

Head

A

77th

37.0

77th

Body

F

3rd

0.9

3rd

Leg

F

12th

1.8

12th

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+

88th

16.2

88th

Body

A+

95th

2.7

95th

Leg

A

71st

4.5

71st

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	37.0	41	64	64%
Body	0.9	1	2	50%
Leg	1.8	2	2	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	16.2	18	41	44%
Body	2.7	3	7	43%
Leg	4.5	5	6	83%

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

Austin Vanderford

50%

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+9.1 min net

On top9.7

On bottom0.6

Offense

Takedowns

A

77th

4.5

77th

TD accuracy

B

63rd

50%

63rd

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.9

70th

Control

A

77th

9.7 min

77th

Defense

TD defense

100%

Controlled

0.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 10
Submission attempts	1
Control time	10:44

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 1
Control absorbed	0:37

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (17min 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

Austin Vanderford

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 17 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Vanderford 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.

VanderfordOutput / 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

Vanderfordlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Vanderfordattempts / min

Control time

Vanderford% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	1.2	0.7	0.20	64%	2
R2	11.1	4.8	2.9	1.21	65%	2

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

Austin Vanderford

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

13th

18%

13th

Win quality

C

54th

41%

54th

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

Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

162-68-5

.704 win rate

Winning-record opponents

11 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	Ramiz Brahimaj	Established	26	Oct 4, 2025
W	Nikolay Veretennikov	Unproven	8	Feb 22, 2025

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

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

9 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Austin Vanderford

Within a year

9 monthssince last bout

vs Ramiz Brahimaj · Oct 4, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 1-0

73.1

DK avg

121.4

Median

121.4

Ceiling

24.7

Floor

50%

Boom

0%

Bust

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