Chris Saunders Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Myles Jury

Lightweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 4:03

The Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale · Jun 1, 2012

Submission

R1 · 4:03

Guillotine Choke On Ground

The Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale

Jun 1, 2012

Outside the UFC

16-7across 23 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 7 sub · 6 decBITB · BAMMA USA · LOP · Battle in the Ballroom · CXF 7 +10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Derion Chapman7-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CXF 7	Apr 29, 2017
L	Chris Culley20-16	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	BAMMA Badbeat 20	Jun 10, 2016
W	Darren Smith Jr.25-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 28	Feb 20, 2016
W	Kevin Bostick6-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:29	BAMMA USA	Oct 2, 2015
W	Brandon Morris3-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:28	BAMMA USA	Jun 26, 2015
W	Darren Smith Jr.25-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:14	BAMMA USA	Apr 10, 2015
L	Dominic Clark15-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:09	LOP	Aug 10, 2014
W	Dominic Gutierrez6-20	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	1:03	LOP	Apr 12, 2014
L	Sevak Magakian13-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	LOP	Nov 23, 2013
W	Shad Smith15-27-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:10	RITC	Jul 13, 2013
L	Akop Stepanyan28-15	KO/TKO	Kick to the Body and Punches	R3	3:55	Bellator	Mar 7, 2013
L	Thiago Meller21-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Samurai Pro Sports	Oct 19, 2012
L	Chris Horodecki21-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Jul 23, 2011
W	Cleber Luciano16-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:22	IFS 7	Apr 10, 2011
W	George Valdez4-1	KO/TKO	Elbow and Punches	R4	3:21	MEZ Sports	Nov 19, 2010
W	Andy Morales5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BITB	Jun 24, 2010
W	Todd Willingham5-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BITB	May 13, 2010
W	Nick Reale7-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:35	LBFN 8	Apr 18, 2010
W	Billy Terry4-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:48	BITB	Feb 10, 2010
W	Todd Willingham5-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	BITB	Dec 18, 2009
L	Isaac Gutierrez5-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:18	All Star Boxing / SSP	Nov 20, 2009
W	Guilherme Cotliarenko1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Battle in the Ballroom	Aug 15, 2009
W	Thor Skancke11-8-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:47	Battle in the Ballroom	Jul 17, 2009

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

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Submission

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Decision

6 wins, 4 losses

W6

L4

KO history

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

Chris Saunders

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

OverallC42nd

22%6 / 27

Striking accuracy

75%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.48 differential

Landed1.48

Absorbed2.96

38%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Chris Saunders

Landed per 15

Head

F

2nd

3.7

2nd

Body

F

1st

0.0

1st

Leg

A+

93rd

18.5

93rd

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

83rd

18.5

83rd

Body

B

68th

7.4

68th

Leg

F

4th

18.5

4th

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	3.7	1	14	7%
Body	0.0	0	1	0%
Leg	18.5	5	12	42%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	18.5	5	30	17%
Body	7.4	2	5	40%
Leg	18.5	5	14	36%

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

Chris Saunders

100%

Takedown accuracy

—

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.2 min net

On top2.2

On bottom0.0

Offense

Takedowns

B

64th

3.7

64th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

B

63rd

0.0

63rd

Control

C

54th

2.2 min

54th

Defense

TD defense

—

Controlled

0.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:36

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 0
Control absorbed	0:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (4min 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

Chris Saunders

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 4 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Saunders 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	2.8	1.5	3.0	0.25	15%	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

Chris Saunders

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

79th

49%

79th

Win quality

F

1st

1%

1st

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). 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

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

L
Myles Jury
Jun 1, 2012 · Lightweight
49
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

268-235-6

.533 win rate

Winning-record opponents

13 of 23

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

23

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	Myles Jury	Ranked 6–15	49	Jun 1, 2012

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

1 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

—

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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

—

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 bout

9y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Chris Saunders

Extended layoff

9y 3mosince last bout

vs Derion Chapman · Apr 29, 2017

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-1

8.50

DK avg

8.50

Median

8.50

Ceiling

8.50

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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