Brian Melancon Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kelvin Gastelum Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:26	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013
W	Seth Baczynski Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:59	UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman	Jul 6, 2013

Outside the UFC

6-2across 8 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 decStrikeforce · LFC 5 · LFC 3 · BFC · SCMMA 1 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Felipe Portela10-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Sep 23, 2011
L	Isaac Vallie-Flagg16-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 18, 2011
W	Derrick Krantz26-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 5	Jan 29, 2011
W	Todd Moore16-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:00	LFC 3	Jul 31, 2010
L	Adam Schindler10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	May 27, 2010
W	Jarrett Jones6-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	SCMMA 1	Jun 11, 2009
W	Kenneth Battle2-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:35	URC 4	May 23, 2009
W	Adrian Barco0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:35	URC 3	Jan 24, 2009

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Brian Melancon

PowerChin

Knockout rate

50%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

4.55 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

5.56 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

OverallB68th

49%31 / 63

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.54 differential

Landed4.18

Absorbed3.64

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+13%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Brian Melancon

Landed per 15

Head

A+

87th

44.5

87th

Body

B

61st

10.1

61st

Leg

B

59th

8.1

59th

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

34th

36.4

34th

Body

B

62nd

8.1

62nd

Leg

D

26th

10.1

26th

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	44.5	22	51	43%
Body	10.1	5	6	83%
Leg	8.1	4	6	67%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.4	18	65	28%
Body	8.1	4	6	67%
Leg	10.1	5	6	83%

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 Melancon

100%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.8 min net

On top3.4

On bottom1.6

Offense

Takedowns

B

64th

2.0

64th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.0

64th

Control

B

58th

3.4 min

58th

Defense

TD defense

67%

Controlled

1.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:40

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 3
Control absorbed	0:47

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

Brian Melancon

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 7 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Melancon 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.

Not enough rounds with per-round data to plot a pace curve — this fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.5	4.2	3.6	0.13	22%	2

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 Melancon

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

59th

36%

59th

Win quality

D

28th

32%

28th

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	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

86-47-1

.647 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 of 8

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

8

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	Kelvin Gastelum	Top-5	54	Aug 28, 2013
W	Seth Baczynski	Building	18	Jul 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

1-0

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

0-1

1 bout

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

12y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Brian Melancon

Extended layoff

12y 10mosince last bout

vs Kelvin Gastelum · Aug 28, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-1

61.0

DK avg

118.8

Median

118.8

Ceiling

3.2

Floor

50%

Boom

50%

Bust

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