Brad Katona Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Bekzat Almakhan Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:04	UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena	May 10, 2025
L	Jean Matsumoto Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira	Oct 19, 2024
W	Jesse Butler Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov	Jun 8, 2024
L	Garrett Armfield Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis	Jan 20, 2024
W	Cody Gibson Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley	Aug 19, 2023
L	Hunter Azure Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Sep 14, 2019
L	Merab Dvalishvili Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019
W	#15Matthew Lopez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018
W	Jay CuccinielloTitle Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale	Jul 6, 2018

Outside the UFC

10-0across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 3 sub · 6 decBrave CF 63 · Brave CF 57 · Brave CF 53 / Octagon 22 · Brave CF 50 · Mercenary Combat League +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gamzat Magomedov8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Brave CF 63	Oct 19, 2022
W	Hamza Kooheji15-4	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Brave CF 57	Mar 11, 2022
W	Bair Shtepin12-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Brave CF 53 / Octagon 22	Aug 21, 2021
W	Borislav Nikolic16-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	0:40	Brave CF 50	Apr 1, 2021
W	Stephen Cervantes7-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Mercenary Combat League	Sep 15, 2017
W	Austin Ryan6-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:49	XFFC 13	Feb 3, 2017
W	Patrick Ward2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Havoc Fighting Championship	Dec 2, 2016
W	Josh Rich3-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Prestige FC 2	Mar 12, 2016
W	Myles Anderson0-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:12	Prestige FC 1	Oct 24, 2015
W	Michael Hay5-3	KO/TKO	Punch to the Body	R1	2:47	MFC 41	Oct 3, 2014

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

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsRG · Saturday Night Fights

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Wesley Bowman0-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:29	Saturday Night Fights	Mar 15, 2014
W	Zach Kellso1-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:39	RG	May 15, 2010
W	Derek Desart0-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:24	RG	Jan 30, 2010

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

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

10 wins, 4 losses

W10

L4

KO history

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

Brad Katona

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.25 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

7 scorecards on file

Brad Katona

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (20%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–4

Won – Lost

20% went their way

Unanimous7 decisions · 100%

3W4L

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

OverallC44th

52%582 / 1,109

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.06 differential

Landed4.81

Absorbed4.75

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%86th414
Body13%51st74
Leg16%75th94

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

Sig. strikes by position

73%Standing

Standing73%425
Clinch15%86
Ground12%71

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Brad Katona

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

51.3

91st

Body

C

48th

9.2

48th

Leg

A

80th

11.6

80th

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

F

16th

50.3

16th

Body

D

38th

12.1

38th

Leg

C

48th

8.8

48th

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	51.3	414	886	47%
Body	9.2	74	116	64%
Leg	11.6	94	107	88%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.3	406	926	44%
Body	12.1	98	148	66%
Leg	8.8	71	82	87%

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

Brad Katona

34%

Takedown accuracy

62%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.8 min net

On top4.3

On bottom1.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

66th

1.9

66th

TD accuracy

C

48th

34%

48th

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.0

43rd

Control

A

71st

4.3 min

71st

Defense

TD defense

C

49th

62%

49th

Controlled

1.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	15 / 44
Submission attempts	0
Control time	34:30

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 26
Control absorbed	12:01

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (121min 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

Brad Katona

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 121 min

118%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Katona builds (+9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Katona lifts to 118% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Katona ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Katonalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Katonaattempts / min

Control time

Katona% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	4.6	4.5	0.24	25%	9
R2	7.3	4.8	5.0	0.40	31%	8
R3	7.6	5.0	4.8	0.45	30%	8

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

Brad Katona

9 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

13th

18%

13th

Win quality

A

77th

49%

77th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	0-3	0%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

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	Bekzat Almakhan	Unproven	8	May 10, 2025
L	Jean Matsumoto	Building	15	Oct 19, 2024
W	Jesse Butler	Unproven	8	Jun 8, 2024
L	Garrett Armfield	Building	15	Jan 20, 2024
W	Cody Gibson	Unproven	8	Aug 19, 2023
L	Hunter Azure	Building	15	Sep 14, 2019
L	Merab Dvalishvili	Champion	68	May 4, 2019
W	Matthew Lopez#15	Top-15	62	Dec 8, 2018
W	Jay Cucciniello	Title-fight challenger	50	Jul 6, 2018

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

9 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

2-4

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 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

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-3

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

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

1y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brad Katona

Layoff

1y 1mosince last bout

vs Bekzat Almakhan · May 10, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 0-3

59.3

DK avg

62.7

Median

96.6

Ceiling

16.1

Floor

33%

Boom

22%

Bust

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