Ben Nguyen Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#7Wilson Reis Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018
L	#4Jussier Formiga Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission	R3	1:43	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018
W	#8Tim Elliott Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:49	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
W	Geane Herrera Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Nov 26, 2016
L	#12Louis Smolka Flyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R2	4:41	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	Jul 13, 2016
W	Ryan Benoit Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:35	UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm	Nov 14, 2015
W	Alptekin Ozkilic Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:59	UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	May 9, 2015

Outside the UFC

12-6across 18 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 3 sub · 2 decFury Fights · The Cage Inc. · Nitro MMA · RIZIN · K-Oz Entertainment +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Kyoji Horiguchi36-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:53	RIZIN	Apr 21, 2019
W	Reece McLaren19-9	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Nitro MMA	Oct 11, 2014
W	Julian Wallace6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:25	Nitro MMA	Mar 8, 2014
W	Shantaram Maharaj11-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	0:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Jul 27, 2013
W	Luke Morris4-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K.O. Martial Arts	Jun 29, 2013
W	Greg Penaloza4-6	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	Roshambo MMA 1	Apr 6, 2013
W	Andrew Whitney16-11	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:48	The Cage Inc.	Apr 23, 2011
L	Chavalit Sityodtong1-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	MC	Aug 18, 2010
W	Laramie Shaffer9-5-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	0:00	OFC	Jul 31, 2010
L	Josh Phillips3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	3:51	The Cage Inc.	May 15, 2010
L	Eric Perez7-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:20	CFC	Nov 13, 2009
L	Alexis Vila15-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:34	PFC	Feb 6, 2009
W	Danny Schroder1-2	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	2:07	TCI	Oct 17, 2008
W	Nate Hansen2-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:30	The Cage Inc.	Jun 14, 2008
W	Nick Holbrook0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:36	Fury Fights	Apr 21, 2007
W	Mitch Wisner0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:00	Fury Fights	Mar 10, 2007
W	Jess Fuhriman4-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:34	Fury Fights	Feb 24, 2007
L	Austin Peterson6-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:58	Fury Fights	Dec 2, 2006

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

8 wins, 6 losses

W8

L6

Submission

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.43

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

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

Ben Nguyen

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

2.07 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.68 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Ben Nguyen

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

1W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC56th

40%210 / 524

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.50 differential

Landed3.51

Absorbed3.01

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%63rd145
Body19%57th40
Leg12%51st25

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

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%164
Clinch15%31
Ground7%15

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ben Nguyen

Landed per 15

Head

A

71st

36.4

71st

Body

C

55th

10.0

55th

Leg

C

46th

6.3

46th

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

D

38th

36.9

38th

Body

A+

95th

4.8

95th

Leg

A+

87th

3.5

87th

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	36.4	145	432	34%
Body	10.0	40	61	66%
Leg	6.3	25	31	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.9	147	392	38%
Body	4.8	19	32	59%
Leg	3.5	14	19	74%

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

Ben Nguyen

33%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.2 min net

On top1.6

On bottom4.8

Offense

Takedowns

D

36th

0.3

36th

TD accuracy

33%

Sub attempts

B

66th

1.0

66th

Control

C

48th

1.6 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

C

50th

63%

50th

Controlled

4.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 3
Submission attempts	4
Control time	6:23

Defense

TDs defended	24 / 38
Control absorbed	19:18

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (60min 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

Ben Nguyen

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 60 min

88%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Nguyen fades (-10% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nguyen keeps 88% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Nguyen ▼ 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

Nguyenlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nguyenattempts / min

Control time

Nguyen% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.8	3.7	2.7	0.11	20%	7
R2	3.0	2.9	3.3	0.00	3%	4
R3	4.0	4.0	3.2	0.00	0%	3

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

Ben Nguyen

7 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

55/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

89th

64%

89th

Win quality

C

52nd

41%

52nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	3	1-2	33%
Top-15	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Wilson Reis#7	Top-5	80	Dec 1, 2018
L	Jussier Formiga#4	Top-5	87	Feb 10, 2018
W	Tim Elliott#8	Top-5	76	Jun 10, 2017
W	Geane Herrera	Top-15	42	Nov 26, 2016
L	Louis Smolka#12	Top-15	68	Jul 13, 2016
W	Ryan Benoit	Top-15	51	Nov 14, 2015
W	Alptekin Ozkilic	Unproven	8	May 9, 2015

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

7 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

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-3

5 bouts

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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-2

4 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

7y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ben Nguyen

Extended layoff

7y 2mosince last bout

vs Kyoji Horiguchi · Apr 21, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-2As underdog 2-1

68.1

DK avg

83.5

Median

121.5

Ceiling

15.7

Floor

57%

Boom

43%

Bust

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