Chris Cariaso

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Chris Cariaso

Nickname“Kamikaze”

Record

17-8

Streak

L3

Age

45

Date of birth

May 27, 1981

Fighting out of: San Francisco, California
Born: United States
Camp: Fight and Fitness
Weight class: Flyweight
Height: 5'3" · 160 cm
Reach: 64" · 163 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Oct 3, 2015
Cut risk: 70%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Sergio Pettis

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson · Oct 3, 2015

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson

Henry Cejudo

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos · Mar 14, 2015

UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos

Demetrious Johnson

CDemetrious JohnsonTitle

Flyweight · Submission · Kimura From Side Control · R2 · 2:29

UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso · Sep 27, 2014

Kimura From Side Control

UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso

Louis Smolka

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva · May 10, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva

Danny Martinez

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2 · Feb 1, 2014

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2

Iliarde Santos

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R2 · 4:31

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields · Oct 9, 2013

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields

Jussier Formiga

#5Jussier Formiga

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold · May 18, 2013

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

John Moraga

Flyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing · R3 · 1:11

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II · Dec 29, 2012

Guillotine Choke Standing

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II

Josh Ferguson

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs. Weidman · Jul 11, 2012

UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs. Weidman

Takeya Mizugaki

Takeya Mizugaki

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson · Feb 25, 2012

UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson

Vaughan Lee

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz · Nov 5, 2011

UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz

Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill · May 28, 2011

UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill

Will Campuzano

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2 · Jan 22, 2011

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2

Outside the UFC

10-2across 12 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 2 sub · 6 decStrikeforce · WEC · ShoXC · LTD · WCSC +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Renan Barao34-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:47	WEC	Dec 16, 2010
W	Rafael Rebello9-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Jun 20, 2010
W	Rolando Velasco13-6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:17	LTD	Oct 24, 2009
W	Alvin Cacdac17-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R0	—	WCSC	May 30, 2009
W	Anthony Figueroa11-8-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:34	Strikeforce	Jun 27, 2008
L	Mark Oshiro12-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:38	ShoXC	Mar 21, 2008
W	Rick McCorkell7-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ShoXC	Oct 26, 2007
W	Anthony Figueroa11-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Strikeforce	Jun 22, 2007
W	David Barrios4-8	KO/TKO	Kick	R2	—	CCFC	May 12, 2007
W	Andrew Valladerez5-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Strikeforce	Feb 10, 2007
W	Walt Hughes0-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WC 1	Aug 12, 2006
W	Ralph Alvarado2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ICFO 1	May 13, 2006

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

Career striking

OverallC52nd

43%591 / 1,368

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.12 differential

Landed3.35

Absorbed2.23

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%50th337
Body29%76th174
Leg14%51st80

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

Sig. strikes by position

68%Standing

Standing68%404
Clinch23%133
Ground9%54

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Chris Cariaso

Chris Cariaso

Landed per 15

Head

C

49th

28.4

49th

Body

A

80th

14.6

80th

Leg

C

50th

6.7

50th

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

75th

21.1

75th

Body

C

49th

11.0

49th

Leg

A

84th

4.1

84th

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	28.4	337	1,030	33%
Body	14.6	174	243	72%
Leg	6.7	80	95	84%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.1	251	842	30%
Body	11.0	131	184	71%
Leg	4.1	49	61	80%

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

Chris Cariaso

Chris Cariaso

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 178 min

142%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Cariaso builds (+21% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Cariaso lifts to 142% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Chris Cariaso

Cariaso ▲ 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

Chris Cariaso

Cariasolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Chris Cariaso

Cariasoattempts / min

Control time

Chris Cariaso

Cariaso% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	3.0	2.5	0.09	4%	13
R2	4.4	3.5	2.4	0.15	12%	13
R3	5.3	3.5	2.3	0.21	28%	11

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

Chris Cariaso

Chris Cariaso

13 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

41/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

78th

49%

78th

Win quality

F

13th

26%

13th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

5

1

5

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	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	5	1-4	20%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	5	5-0	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	Sergio Pettis	Top-5	63	Oct 3, 2015
L	Henry Cejudo	Champion	68	Mar 14, 2015
L	Demetrious JohnsonCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 27, 2014
W	Louis Smolka	Ranked 6–15	48	May 10, 2014
W	Danny Martinez	Unproven	8	Feb 1, 2014
W	Iliarde Santos	Unproven	8	Oct 9, 2013
L	Jussier Formiga#5	Top-5	86	May 18, 2013
L	John Moraga	Top-5	56	Dec 29, 2012
W	Josh Ferguson	Unproven	8	Jul 11, 2012
W	Takeya Mizugaki	Top-5	57	Feb 25, 2012
W	Vaughan Lee	Unproven	8	Nov 5, 2011
L	Michael McDonald	Top-5	59	May 28, 2011
W	Will Campuzano	Unproven	8	Jan 22, 2011

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.