Brian Houston Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Trevor Smith

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou · Jan 15, 2014

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou

Jan 15, 2014

L

Derek Brunson

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 0:48

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 · Nov 6, 2013

Submission

R1 · 0:48

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3

Nov 6, 2013

Outside the UFC

6-5across 11 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 1 decVFC · Victory Fighting Championship · ECF 1 · DCS 48 · DCS 47 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Bubba McDaniel31-10	KO/TKO	—	R1	2:24	ECF 1	Jun 24, 2023
W	Matt Foster9-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:33	DCS 48	Dec 14, 2018
W	Billy Martin6-29	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:55	DCS 47	Oct 19, 2018
L	Rakim Cleveland23-18-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:36	VFC	Apr 1, 2016
L	Matt Jones9-15	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Victory Fighting Championship	Sep 11, 2015
L	Victor Moreno42-26	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:57	Victory Fighting Championship	Jun 6, 2015
L	Louis Taylor19-4-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:14	APFC 17	Oct 11, 2014
W	Jett Jones3-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:48	VFC	Jul 27, 2013
W	Todd Meredith4-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:33	MCF	Jun 8, 2013
W	Anthony Hird0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:52	EC	Oct 20, 2012
W	Josh Heath Dyer1-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	VFC	Apr 13, 2012

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

Amateur

2-1across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsVFC 32 · VFC 31 · VFC 30

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Miles Marshall3-3	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	VFC 32	Jul 30, 2010
W	Josh Prokopec2-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	0:22	VFC 31	Apr 23, 2010
W	Jeff Souder2-3	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	VFC 30	Feb 5, 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

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Submission

0 wins, 2 losses

W0

L2

Decision

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

KO history

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

Brian Houston

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

1

3.57 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

OverallD42nd

35%30 / 84

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.77 differential

Landed1.90

Absorbed3.67

70%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Brian Houston

Landed per 15

Head

D

27th

19.0

27th

Body

F

11th

2.8

11th

Leg

C

54th

6.6

54th

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

B

61st

26.6

61st

Body

D

36th

10.4

36th

Leg

F

2nd

18.0

2nd

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	19.0	20	72	28%
Body	2.8	3	5	60%
Leg	6.6	7	7	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.6	28	88	32%
Body	10.4	11	15	73%
Leg	18.0	19	21	90%

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

Brian Houston

100%

Takedown accuracy

88%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.5 min net

On top1.4

On bottom1.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

55th

0.9

55th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

C

56th

0.0

56th

Control

C

47th

1.4 min

47th

Defense

TD defense

A

76th

88%

76th

Controlled

1.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:28

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 8
Control absorbed	2:01

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (16min 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

Brian Houston

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 16 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Houston 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.

HoustonOutput / 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

Houstonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Houstonattempts / min

Control time

Houston% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.4	1.4	3.4	0.17	12%	2
R2	2.9	2.4	3.0	0.00	12%	1
R3	2.1	2.0	4.6	0.00	3%	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

Brian Houston

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

56th

35%

56th

Win quality

F

4th

15%

4th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). 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

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

147-137-2

.518 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 of 11

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

11

all opponents have 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	Trevor Smith	Building	15	Jan 15, 2014
L	Derek Brunson	Top-5	56	Nov 6, 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

2 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

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

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

3y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brian Houston

Extended layoff

3y 2mosince last bout

vs Bubba McDaniel · Jun 24, 2023

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

10.20

DK avg

20.40

Median

20.40

Ceiling

0.00

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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