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Brendan Lesar

UFC Debut
Record
3-4
Streak
L4
Age
32
Date of birth
Jan 31, 1994
Fighting out of
Johannesburg
Born
South Africa
Weight class
Middleweight
Before the UFC

Brendan Lesar makes their UFC debut

Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.

Pre-UFC opposition
Strong
Opponents' combined record
61-23
.726 win rate
Winning-record opponents
5 of 6
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
7
6 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.

UFC fight history

No UFC bouts on record yet.

Outside the UFC

3-4across 7 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 2 decUAE Warriors 57 · Brave CF 64 · Brave CF 50 · EFC 83 · EFC 80 +2
ResOpponentOutcomeFinishRdTimePromotionDate
L
Mohamed Salah
SubmissionRear-Naked ChokeR13:19
UAE Warriors 57
Jan 17, 2025
L
Zagid Gaydarov7-2
SubmissionRear-Naked ChokeR21:24
Brave CF 64
Oct 22, 2022
L
Rustam Chsiev5-3
KO/TKORetirementR15:00
Brave CF 50
Apr 1, 2021
L
Dricus Du Plessis23-3
SubmissionGuillotine ChokeR14:15
EFC 83
Dec 14, 2019
W
Garreth McLellan13-7
KO/TKOPunchR13:06
EFC 80
Jun 29, 2019
W
Ibrahima Mane13-7
DecisionUnanimousR35:00
EFC 66
Dec 16, 2017
W
Jean-Marie Kabeya0-1
DecisionUnanimousR35:00
EFC
Mar 5, 2016

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

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsFightstar FC 12 · Fightstar FC 7
ResOpponentOutcomeFinishRdTimePromotionDate
W
Gerdus Scheepers1-2
SubmissionGuillotine ChokeR10:00
Fightstar FC 12
May 2, 2015
W
Robo Ambamba0-4
SubmissionRear-Naked ChokeR20:00
Fightstar FC 7
Mar 31, 2014

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.