Brandon Thatch Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Niko Price Welterweight	Submission	Arm Triangle On Ground	R1	4:30	UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey	Dec 30, 2016
L	Siyar Bahadurzada Welterweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Half Guard	R3	4:11	UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016
L	#15Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:54	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015
L	Benson Henderson Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R4	3:58	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch	Feb 14, 2015
W	Paulo Thiago Welterweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Body At Distance Submission to Strikes	R1	2:10	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
W	Justin Edwards Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:23	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013

Outside the UFC

9-1across 10 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 3 subInstinct MMA · RFA 7 · ROF 41 · ROF 40 · ROF 39 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mike Rhodes13-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:22	RFA 7	Mar 22, 2013
W	Martin Grandmont13-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:55	Instinct MMA	Jun 29, 2012
W	Jory Erickson7-4	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	0:18	Instinct MMA	Mar 31, 2012
W	Patrick Vallee12-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:15	Instinct MMA	Dec 2, 2011
W	Chidi Njokuani25-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:53	ROF 41	Aug 20, 2011
W	Chris Holland6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:19	ROF 40	Apr 16, 2011
W	Danny Davis Jr.13-14-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:12	ROF 39	Aug 27, 2010
W	Michael Arrant15-12	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:18	ROF 33	Jan 10, 2009
L	Brandon Magana6-2	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	Strikeforce	Sep 20, 2008
W	Mike Crisman22-45-1	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	0:38	ROF 32	Jun 13, 2008

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 · 3 promotionsROF 30 · ROF 29 · Battlequest 5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Doug Saiz3-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:33	ROF 30	Sep 15, 2007
W	Josh Kirby4-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:26	ROF 29	Apr 28, 2007
W	Jesse Brown4-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:09	Battlequest 5	Mar 31, 2007

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

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Submission

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Brandon Thatch

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

4.76 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.93 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

42%119 / 278

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.93 differential

Landed2.70

Absorbed3.63

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head53%44th63
Body26%61st31
Leg21%60th25

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

Sig. strikes by position

66%Standing

Standing66%79
Clinch26%31
Ground8%9

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Brandon Thatch

Landed per 15

Head

D

33rd

21.4

33rd

Body

B

65th

10.5

65th

Leg

B

61st

8.5

61st

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

35th

36.4

35th

Body

D

30th

12.2

30th

Leg

B

58th

5.8

58th

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	21.4	63	200	32%
Body	10.5	31	45	69%
Leg	8.5	25	33	76%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.4	107	267	40%
Body	12.2	36	48	75%
Leg	5.8	17	24	71%

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 Thatch

67%

Takedown accuracy

50%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-5.5 min net

On top0.5

On bottom6.0

Offense

Takedowns

B

59th

1.4

59th

TD accuracy

67%

Sub attempts

B

68th

0.7

68th

Control

D

35th

0.5 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

D

38th

50%

38th

Controlled

6.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 6
Submission attempts	2
Control time	1:32

Defense

TDs defended	8 / 16
Control absorbed	17:38

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (44min 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 Thatch

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 44 min

37%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Thatch fades (-48% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Thatch drops to 37% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Thatch ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Thatchlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Thatchattempts / min

Control time

Thatch% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	3.6	3.0	0.14	6%	6
R2	3.2	2.5	4.9	0.20	3%	2
R3	1.4	1.1	3.7	0.11	0%	2
R4	2.0	2.0	3.8	0.00	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

Brandon Thatch

6 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

46th

31%

46th

Win quality

F

18th

28%

18th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Building	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	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	Niko Price	Building	15	Dec 30, 2016
L	Siyar Bahadurzada	Building	15	Mar 5, 2016
L	Gunnar Nelson#15	Top-15	68	Jul 11, 2015
L	Benson Henderson	Top-15	60	Feb 14, 2015
W	Paulo Thiago	Unproven	16	Nov 9, 2013
W	Justin Edwards	Unproven	12	Aug 28, 2013

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

6 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-3

3 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

0-3

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-1

2 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

9y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brandon Thatch

Extended layoff

9y 6mosince last bout

vs Niko Price · Dec 30, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-4

48.2

DK avg

29.5

Median

105.8

Ceiling

3.4

Floor

33%

Boom

33%

Bust

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