Brandon Melendez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Joe Lauzon

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 2:09

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale · Jun 23, 2007

Submission

R2 · 2:09

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale

Jun 23, 2007

Outside the UFC

25-24across 49 bouts · 36 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 12 sub · 3 decUCE · WCFC · Showdown Fights 12 · Showdown Fights 11 · Total Mayhem +31

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Jorge Lopez12-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:34	Showdown Fights 12	Sep 28, 2013
W	Colton Vaughn7-7	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:30	Showdown Fights 11	May 10, 2013
L	Michael Arrant15-12	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:48	Total Mayhem	Jun 30, 2012
L	Benjamin Smith15-5	Decision	Split	R1	5:00	WCFC	Jan 20, 2012
L	Jarome Hatch30-25	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:27	Showdown Fights 5	Nov 18, 2011
W	Cole Rose	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:16	WCFC	Aug 20, 2011
L	Kyle Jackson	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:47	Fight King	Jun 10, 2011
L	Koffi Adzitso20-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:45	FK	Feb 12, 2011
W	Tallon Torres9-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:14	ZarMMA	Nov 12, 2010
L	Travis Peak	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:09	Kickdown 82	Sep 9, 2010
L	Jordan Smith18-7-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:23	WCFC	Jun 5, 2010
W	J.T. Taylor7-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:31	Showdown Fights 1	Apr 9, 2010
L	Joshua Burkman28-18	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:14	Throwdown Showdown 5	Nov 20, 2009
W	Ty Hamblin	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:45	IFL	Aug 18, 2009
W	Chris Kennedy8-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	JHEFN	May 1, 2009
L	Rick Story21-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:17	EWC 7	Sep 6, 2008
L	Alonzo Martinez46-24-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	—	VFC 24	Jul 26, 2008
W	Gideon Ray17-15-1	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:23	WC 4	Jul 19, 2008
L	Tim Stout12-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:42	WC 3	May 16, 2008
W	Justin Wright15-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:13	UCE	Nov 18, 2006
W	Jeremy Elisius9-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:08	UCE	Sep 9, 2006
W	John Cronk19-29	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	KC 28	Aug 19, 2006
W	Ray Perales13-22	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:11	UCE	Aug 12, 2006
W	Tim Wilde	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:45	Xtreme	Aug 11, 2006
W	Gabriel Miranda3-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:12	SF 16	Jun 24, 2006
L	Derek Downey11-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:50	UCE	Jun 17, 2006
W	Kyacey Uscola23-25	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:11	UCE	Apr 22, 2006
L	Pat Healy34-24	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:56	SF 15	Apr 8, 2006
L	Eric Heinz8-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:20	WFC	Mar 18, 2006
W	Ben Fuimaono19-15-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:34	UCE	Feb 18, 2006
W	Ben Fuimaono19-15-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:42	UCE	Jan 14, 2006
L	Blas Avena8-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	—	UCE	Aug 27, 2005
L	Drew Fickett43-23	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	ROF 17	Jun 18, 2005
L	Chris Wilson18-10	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:30	SF 10	May 28, 2005
W	Travis Doerge5-9	Submission	Verbal	R1	2:33	XFC	Apr 29, 2005
W	Shaun Beckett5-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:57	IFC	Mar 5, 2005
W	Brad Blackburn18-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 8	Jan 8, 2005
W	Justin Wright15-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:40	UCE	Nov 27, 2004
L	Scott Anderson2-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFC 2	Sep 25, 2004
L	Justin Wright15-4	DQ	Illegal Strikes	R1	—	UCE	Sep 11, 2004
W	Steve Sharp28-17	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:38	UCE	Jul 10, 2004
W	Ray Perales13-22	Submission	Neck Crank	R2	—	SF 4	Jun 26, 2004
L	Carlos Condit32-14	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:50	ROF 12	May 22, 2004
W	Tim Croft0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:29	CFC 1	May 1, 2004
W	John Paulson1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 2	Mar 19, 2004
L	Derek Downey11-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	RMR	Sep 20, 2003
L	Hank Weiss35-21	N/A	—	R0	0:00	Utah County	Jul 19, 2003
W	John Sanders0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R0	—	SO	Jan 25, 2003
L	Hank Weiss35-21	Submission	—	R0	—	UCE	Jan 3, 2003

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

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsUCE · SF 3 · ISCF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Damion Douglas4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:41	SF 3	Apr 17, 2004
W	Alberto Rivera0-1	N/A	—	R0	0:00	ISCF	May 17, 2003
W	Chris Rossiter2-0	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:17	UCE	Dec 14, 2002
W	Ethan Warren	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	UCE	Dec 7, 2002

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

10 wins, 8 losses

W10

L8

Submission

12 wins, 13 losses

W12

L13

Decision

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Other

0 wins, 2 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W0

L2

KO history

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

Brandon Melendez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

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

OverallC52nd

26%6 / 23

Striking accuracy

63%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.28 differential

Landed0.84

Absorbed0.56

44%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Brandon Melendez

Landed per 15

Head

F

8th

10.5

8th

Body

F

6th

2.1

6th

Leg

F

1st

0.0

1st

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+

98th

6.3

98th

Body

A+

95th

2.1

95th

Leg

A+

99th

0.0

99th

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	10.5	5	21	24%
Body	2.1	1	2	50%
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	6.3	3	10	30%
Body	2.1	1	1	100%
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

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

Brandon Melendez

—

Takedown accuracy

25%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-6.7 min net

On top2.9

On bottom9.6

Offense

Takedowns

C

56th

0.0

56th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

B

65th

0.0

65th

Control

C

58th

2.9 min

58th

Defense

TD defense

25%

Controlled

9.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:22

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 4
Control absorbed	4:35

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (7min 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

Brandon Melendez

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 7 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Melendez 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.

MelendezOutput / 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

Melendezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Melendezattempts / min

Control time

Melendez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	1.7	0.8	0.6	0.00	22%	1
R2	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.00	12%	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

Brandon Melendez

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

77th

48%

77th

Win quality

F

1st

2%

1st

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). 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

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

L
Joe Lauzon
Jun 23, 2007 · Lightweight
48
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

722-520-8

.581 win rate

Winning-record opponents

29 of 44

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

49

44 opponents with 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	Joe Lauzon	Ranked 6–15	48	Jun 23, 2007

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

1 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

—

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

—

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

12y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brandon Melendez

Extended layoff

12y 11mosince last bout

vs Jorge Lopez · Sep 28, 2013

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFS

16.10

DK avg

16.10

Median

16.10

Ceiling

16.10

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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