Chael Sonnen Record, Stats & Next Fight

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Lyoto Machida26-12	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R2	0:22	Bellator	Jun 14, 2019
L	Fedor Emelianenko40-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:46	Bellator	Oct 13, 2018
W	Quinton Jackson38-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jan 20, 2018
W	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jun 24, 2017
L	Tito Ortiz21-12-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:03	Bellator	Jan 21, 2017
W	Paulo Filho24-6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Nov 5, 2008
W	Bryan Baker18-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Mar 26, 2008
L	Paulo Filho24-6-3	Submission	Armbar	R2	4:55	WEC	Dec 12, 2007
W	Kyacey Uscola23-25	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	SF 20	Oct 27, 2007
W	Amar Suloev24-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:33	Bodog Fight	Jul 14, 2007
W	Tim McKenzie14-9	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	0:13	Bodog Fight	Feb 18, 2007
W	Alexey Oleynik61-18-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bodog Fight	Dec 2, 2006
W	Tim Credeur12-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:18	Bodog Fight	Aug 22, 2006
W	Tim Williams1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:59	SF 11	Jul 9, 2005
W	Adam Ryan4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:49	Euphoria	Feb 26, 2005
L	Terry Martin23-12	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	XFO 4	Dec 3, 2004
W	Alex Stiebling19-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Oct 21, 2004
L	Jeremy Horn92-22-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:35	SF 6	Sep 23, 2004
L	Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Jul 25, 2004
L	Jeremy Horn92-22-5	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	3:34	EC 57	May 6, 2004
W	Justin Bailey2-2	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R1	0:40	ROTR	Apr 17, 2004
W	Arman Gambaryan19-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Euphoria	Mar 13, 2004
W	Homer Moore26-9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	ROTR 4.5	Dec 27, 2003
W	Greg Curnut1-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:07	FCFF	Dec 13, 2003
W	Jason Lambert26-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	GC 20	Nov 13, 2003
L	Forrest Griffin19-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:25	IFC	Sep 6, 2003
W	Renato Sobral37-12	Decision	—	R3	5:00	HFP 3	May 2, 2003
D	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	Draw	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Feb 16, 2003
L	Trevor Prangley34-11-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:49	XFA 5	Jan 25, 2003
W	Justin Hawes7-8-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:26	UFCF	Aug 24, 2002
W	Jesse Ault1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFC 1	Jul 13, 2002
W	Scott Shipman7-1	Submission	Forearm Choke	R2	2:08	Dangerzone 13	Apr 13, 2002
W	Jesse Ault1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Dangerzone 13	Apr 13, 2002
W	Jason Miller23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	HFP 1	Mar 30, 2002
W	Ben Hailey0-6	Decision	Unanimous	R1	—	BFV	May 10, 1997

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 7 losses

W8

L7

Submission

4 wins, 9 losses

W4

L9

Decision

19 wins, 1 loss

W19

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Chael Sonnen

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.72 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

4 scorecards on file

Chael Sonnen

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

4W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC57th

43%410 / 900

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.98 differential

Landed3.08

Absorbed1.10

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%47th259
Body17%47th68
Leg20%57th83

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

Sig. strikes by position

52%Ground

Standing30%124
Clinch18%73
Ground52%213

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Chael Sonnen

Landed per 15

Head

C

46th

27.2

46th

Body

D

39th

7.2

39th

Leg

C

58th

8.7

58th

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

A+

93rd

14.6

93rd

Body

A+

87th

4.3

87th

Leg

A+

98th

0.8

98th

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	27.2	259	697	37%
Body	7.2	68	101	67%
Leg	8.7	83	102	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	14.6	139	431	32%
Body	4.3	41	56	73%
Leg	0.8	8	10	80%

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

Chael Sonnen

54%

Takedown accuracy

58%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+8.4 min net

On top10.4

On bottom2.0

Offense

Takedowns

A+

89th

3.9

89th

TD accuracy

A

84th

54%

84th

Sub attempts

B

68th

0.4

68th

Control

A+

97th

10.4 min

97th

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

58%

44th

Controlled

2.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	37 / 69
Submission attempts	4
Control time	98:54

Defense

TDs defended	15 / 26
Control absorbed	18:46

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (143min 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

Chael Sonnen

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 143 min

72%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Sonnen fades (-3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sonnen drops to 72% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Sonnen — HOLDSOutput / 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

Sonnenlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sonnenattempts / min

Control time

Sonnen% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.4	3.4	1.4	0.51	63%	14
R2	6.6	2.4	1.5	0.47	68%	10
R3	7.0	2.4	0.7	0.47	80%	6
R4	7.7	3.2	2.2	0.40	82%	1
R5	6.5	1.9	1.3	0.32	91%	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

Chael Sonnen

14 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

60/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

91st

68%

91st

Win quality

C

49th

40%

49th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

3

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	1-3	25%
Top-5	3	2-1	67%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	3	2-1	67%

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	Rashad Evans#4	Top-5	85	Nov 16, 2013
W	Mauricio Rua#8	Top-5	78	Aug 17, 2013
L	Jon JonesCHAMP	Champion	100	Apr 27, 2013
L	Anderson Silva	Champion	88	Jul 7, 2012
W	Michael Bisping	Champion	86	Jan 28, 2012
W	Brian Stann	Established	30	Oct 8, 2011
L	Anderson Silva	Champion	88	Aug 7, 2010
W	Nate Marquardt	Established	35	Feb 6, 2010
W	Yushin Okami	Top-5	65	Oct 24, 2009
W	Dan Miller	Building	18	May 23, 2009
L	Demian Maia	Cross-div ranked	36	Feb 21, 2009
L	Jeremy Horn	Building	22	May 27, 2006
W	Trevor Prangley	Building	18	Apr 6, 2006
L	Renato Sobral	Established	26	Oct 7, 2005

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

14 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

1-2

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-1

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-3

5 bouts

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

4-2

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-4

7 bouts

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

0-3

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-3

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

7y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Chael Sonnen

Extended layoff

7y 2mosince last bout

vs Lyoto Machida · Jun 14, 2019

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0As underdog 4-5

75.20

DK avg

103.70

Median

130.90

Ceiling

8.80

Floor

57%

Boom

29%

Bust

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