Brendon Groenewald
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
- Fighting out of
- Cape Town, Eastern Cape
- Born
- South Africa
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'2" · 188 cm
Before the UFC
Brendon Groenewald 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
77-63
.550 win rate
Winning-record opponents
5 of 11
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
11 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
across 12 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 4 subEFC Africa · EFC · EFC 55
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ruan Potts11-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:21 | EFC 55 | Nov 11, 2016 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:22 | EFC | Apr 22, 2016 | |
| W | Tomasz Kowalkowski | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:37 | EFC | Nov 7, 2015 |
| L | Andrew van Zyl16-5 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:32 | EFC | May 7, 2015 |
| W | Christophe Walravens2-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:57 | EFC | Nov 6, 2014 |
| W | Elvis Moyo9-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | EFC Africa | Jun 5, 2014 |
| W | Vandam Mbuyi6-6 | Submission | Punches | R2 | 4:21 | EFC Africa | Mar 27, 2014 |
| W | Vandam Mbuyi6-6 | Disqualification | — | R1 | 2:22 | EFC Africa | Feb 27, 2014 |
| L | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | EFC Africa | Nov 7, 2013 | |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:10 | EFC Africa | Sep 12, 2013 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Elbows | R3 | 0:00 | EFC Africa | Mar 1, 2013 | |
| W | Sors Grobbelaar3-7 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:00 | EFC Africa | Oct 19, 2012 |
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.