Cain Velasquez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#3Francis Ngannou Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	0:26	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019
W	#7Travis Browne Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:57	UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes	Jul 9, 2016
L	#1Fabricio WerdumTitle Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R3	2:13	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015
W	#1Junior Dos SantosTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head On Ground	R5	3:09	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
W	#4Antonio SilvaTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:21	UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2	May 25, 2013
W	Junior Dos SantosTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II	Dec 29, 2012
W	Antonio Silva Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	3:36	UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir	May 26, 2012
L	Junior Dos SantosTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:04	UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos	Nov 12, 2011
W	Brock LesnarTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Side Control	R1	4:12	UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez	Oct 23, 2010
W	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:20	UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez	Feb 20, 2010
W	Ben Rothwell Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	0:58	UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun	Oct 24, 2009
W	Cheick Kongo Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 99: The Comeback	Jun 13, 2009
W	Denis Stojnic Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Side Control	R2	2:34	UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens	Feb 7, 2009
W	Jake O'Brien Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Side Control	R1	2:02	UFC: Silva vs. Irvin	Jul 19, 2008
W	Brad Morris Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Side Control	R1	2:10	UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2	Apr 19, 2008

Outside the UFC

2-0across 2 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 2 KOBodog Fight · Strikeforce

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jeremiah Constant11-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:00	Bodog Fight	Dec 16, 2006
W	Jesse Fujarczyk2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:58	Strikeforce	Oct 7, 2006

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

12 wins, 2 losses

W12

L2

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

10

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Cain Velasquez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

67%

10 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

10

1.85 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.51 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Cain Velasquez

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallA81st

57%719 / 1,249

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+4.04 differential

Landed6.37

Absorbed2.33

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%93rd542
Body11%62nd77
Leg14%81st100

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

Sig. strikes by position

37%Ground

Standing36%260
Clinch27%195
Ground37%264

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Cain Velasquez

Landed per 15

Head

A+

97th

73.2

97th

Body

B

63rd

10.4

63rd

Leg

A+

85th

13.5

85th

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

62nd

26.5

62nd

Body

C

53rd

8.1

53rd

Leg

A+

92nd

1.4

92nd

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	73.2	542	1,046	52%
Body	10.4	77	89	87%
Leg	13.5	100	114	88%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.5	196	532	37%
Body	8.1	60	85	71%
Leg	1.4	10	11	91%

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

Cain Velasquez

42%

Takedown accuracy

75%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+8.5 min net

On top9.1

On bottom0.5

Offense

Takedowns

A+

91st

4.6

91st

TD accuracy

B

59th

42%

59th

Sub attempts

B

66th

0.4

66th

Control

A+

93rd

9.1 min

93rd

Defense

TD defense

B

62nd

75%

62nd

Controlled

0.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	34 / 81
Submission attempts	3
Control time	67:02

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 12
Control absorbed	3:57

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (111min 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

Cain Velasquez

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 111 min

87%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Velasquez fades (-9% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Velasquez keeps 87% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Velasquez ▼ FADESOutput / min

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

Velasquezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Velasquezattempts / min

Control time

Velasquez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	13.0	8.5	1.9	0.73	57%	15
R2	9.8	5.4	3.5	0.64	61%	6
R3	9.5	4.6	2.3	0.76	64%	4
R4	8.4	4.3	2.7	0.60	59%	2
R5	9.1	2.9	2.3	1.10	72%	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

Cain Velasquez

15 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

83/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

77%

96th

Win quality

A+

97th

73%

97th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

7

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	7	6-1	86%
Top-15	2	2-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
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	Francis Ngannou#3	Champion	94	Feb 17, 2019
W	Travis Browne#7	Top-5	80	Jul 9, 2016
L	Fabricio Werdum#1	Champion	97	Jun 13, 2015
W	Junior Dos Santos#1	Top-5	90	Oct 19, 2013
W	Antonio Silva#4	Top-5	81	May 25, 2013
W	Junior Dos Santos	Top-5	81	Dec 29, 2012
W	Antonio Silva	Top-5	56	May 26, 2012
L	Junior Dos Santos	Top-5	76	Nov 12, 2011
W	Brock Lesnar	Top-15	64	Oct 23, 2010
W	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Top-15	54	Feb 20, 2010
W	Ben Rothwell	Top-5	56	Oct 24, 2009
W	Cheick Kongo	Contender-level	40	Jun 13, 2009
W	Denis Stojnic	Unproven	8	Feb 7, 2009
W	Jake O'Brien	Building	18	Jul 19, 2008
W	Brad Morris	Unproven	8	Apr 19, 2008

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

15 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

5-0

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-3

8 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

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

9-3

12 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

4-2

6 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

2-2

4 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-0

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-0

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Cain Velasquez

Extended layoff

7y 4mosince last bout

vs Francis Ngannou · Feb 17, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 9-3As underdog 3-0

113.2

DK avg

123.6

Median

146.3

Ceiling

66.3

Floor

80%

Boom

13%

Bust

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