Calvin Kattar

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Calvin Kattar

Nickname“The Boston Finisher”

Record

23-10

Streak

L5

Age

38

Date of birth

Mar 26, 1988

Fighting out of: Methuen, Massachusetts
Born: United States
Camps: Team Sityodtong·Carlos Neto BJJ
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 72" · 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jul 12, 2025
Cut risk: 77%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Steve Garcia

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 12, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira

Youssef Zalal

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Feb 15, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 13, 2024

UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill

Arnold Allen

Featherweight · KO/TKO · to Knee injury · R2 · 0:08

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen · Oct 29, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen

Josh Emmett

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett · Jun 18, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett

Giga Chikadze

#8Giga Chikadze

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze · Jan 15, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze

Max Holloway

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar · Jan 16, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar

Dan Ige

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige · Jul 15, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige

Jeremy Stephens

#7Jeremy Stephens

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Elbow to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:49

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje · May 9, 2020

Elbow to Head At Distance

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje

Zabit Magomedsharipov

#5Zabit Magomedsharipov

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · Nov 9, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar

Ricardo Lamas

#10Ricardo Lamas

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:06

UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes · Jun 8, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes

Chris Fishgold

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:11

UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · Oct 27, 2018

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith

Renato Moicano

#11Renato Moicano

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta · Apr 7, 2018

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta

Shane Burgos

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R3 · 0:32

UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou · Jan 20, 2018

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou

Andre Fili

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · Jul 29, 2017

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2

Outside the UFC

16-2across 18 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 2 sub · 7 decXCFL · WCF · CES MMA 38 · CES MMA 34 · CZ 44 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Chris Foster12-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 38	Sep 23, 2016
W	Kenny Foster12-13	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	CES MMA 34	Apr 1, 2016
W	Gabriel Baino6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CZ 44	Jun 14, 2013
W	Saul Almeida20-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 13	Oct 6, 2012
W	Cody Stevens14-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CZ 39	Oct 21, 2011
W	Luiz Rodrigues4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CZ 36	Jan 28, 2011
W	Chris Connor5-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:40	CZ 33	Jun 19, 2010
W	Jeff Anderson11-16	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:05	XCFL	Mar 26, 2010
L	Don Carlo-Clauss10-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	XCFL	Feb 6, 2010
W	Andrew Montanez9-12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	ASC 2	Sep 11, 2009
W	Rodrigo Almeida15-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:16	WCF	Jun 27, 2009
W	Jonathan Bermudez3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:29	CZ 27	Feb 6, 2009
W	Bobby Diaz6-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:21	WCF	Nov 14, 2008
W	Kevin Roddy15-17-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:47	CZ 26	Sep 26, 2008
L	James Jones16-16	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:49	EliteXC	May 31, 2008
W	Bob Pupa5-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:51	CZ 24	Oct 13, 2007
W	Donald Peters0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	CZ 23	Aug 25, 2007
W	Tony Armijo0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:02	CZ 22	Jun 23, 2007

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

Career striking

OverallC45th

37%977 / 2,573

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.14 differential

Landed4.41

Absorbed6.55

66%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%86th760
Body13%44th131
Leg9%38th86

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

Sig. strikes by position

93%Standing

Standing93%908
Clinch2%16
Ground5%53

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Calvin Kattar

Calvin Kattar

Landed per 15

Head

A+

88th

51.4

88th

Body

D

41st

8.9

41st

Leg

D

33rd

5.8

33rd

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

F

10th

58.1

10th

Body

F

7th

22.0

7th

Leg

F

7th

18.2

7th

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	51.4	760	2,260	34%
Body	8.9	131	209	63%
Leg	5.8	86	104	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	58.1	859	2,446	35%
Body	22.0	325	450	72%
Leg	18.2	269	318	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Calvin Kattar

Calvin Kattar

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 222 min

122%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Kattar builds (+16% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Kattar lifts to 122% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Calvin Kattar

Kattar ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

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Kattarlanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Control time

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Kattar% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.6	5.0	0.08	6%	15
R2	4.0	3.8	7.1	0.07	1%	13
R3	4.7	4.4	6.2	0.08	2%	11
R4	7.1	6.6	10.3	0.15	2%	4
R5	7.0	7.0	7.8	0.00	1%	4

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

Calvin Kattar

Calvin Kattar

15 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

58/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

91st

68%

91st

Win quality

D

38th

36%

38th

Opponent quality distribution

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

7

6

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	7	2-5	29%
Ranked 6–15	6	4-2	67%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Steve Garcia	Ranked 6–15	57	Jul 12, 2025
L	Youssef Zalal	Ranked 6–15	58	Feb 15, 2025
L	Aljamain Sterling	Top-5	72	Apr 13, 2024
L	Arnold Allen#6	Top-5	79	Oct 29, 2022
L	Josh Emmett#7	Top-5	78	Jun 18, 2022
W	Giga Chikadze#8	Ranked 6–15	72	Jan 15, 2022
L	Max Holloway#1	Champion	97	Jan 16, 2021
W	Dan Ige#10	Ranked 6–15	71	Jul 15, 2020
W	Jeremy Stephens#7	Top-5	78	May 9, 2020
L	Zabit Magomedsharipov#5	Top-5	84	Nov 9, 2019
W	Ricardo Lamas#10	Top-5	81	Jun 8, 2019
W	Chris Fishgold	Unproven	8	Oct 27, 2018
L	Renato Moicano#11	Top-5	76	Apr 7, 2018
W	Shane Burgos	Ranked 6–15	52	Jan 20, 2018
W	Andre Fili#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Jul 29, 2017

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.