Clifford Starks Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Yoel Romero Middleweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R1	1:32	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
L	Ed Herman Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:43	UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit	Feb 4, 2012
W	Dustin Jacoby Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz	Oct 29, 2011

Outside the UFC

13-3across 16 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 4 sub · 6 decRITC · Bellator · ACB 74 · RUF MMA · ACB 67 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev20-5	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	ACB 74	Nov 18, 2017
W	Waylon Quotskuyva8-3	Submission	Keylock	R1	3:35	RUF MMA	Sep 23, 2017
L	Albert Duraev16-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:34	ACB 67	Aug 19, 2017
L	David Branch22-7	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WSOF 30	Apr 2, 2016
W	Krasimir Mladenov12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 23	Sep 18, 2015
W	Mike Kyle23-19-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 22	Aug 1, 2015
W	Jake Heun16-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	4:11	WSOF 19	Mar 28, 2015
W	Jacob Ortiz16-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:52	Bellator	Sep 26, 2014
W	Joe Yager10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 20, 2013
W	Artenas Young10-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 20	Oct 15, 2011
W	Rudy Aguilar0-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:42	RITC	May 21, 2011
W	Roe Harris2-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:59	RITC	Apr 16, 2011
W	Tony Johnson8-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MEZ Sports	Feb 25, 2011
W	Mike Heidenreich1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:23	RITC	Sep 11, 2010
W	Reyes Ortiz2-1	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	RITC 139	Feb 13, 2010
W	Chad Menneke0-1	Submission	Keylock	R2	1:35	RITC 138	Dec 4, 2009

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

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Submission

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Decision

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

KO history

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

Clifford Starks

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

3.33 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

1 scorecard on file

Clifford Starks

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

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

OverallC44th

33%45 / 136

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.55 differential

Landed1.94

Absorbed2.49

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head89%53rd40
Body9%41st4
Leg2%39th1

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

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%35
Clinch7%3
Ground16%7

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Clifford Starks

Landed per 15

Head

C

47th

25.8

47th

Body

F

9th

2.6

9th

Leg

F

6th

0.6

6th

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

82nd

19.4

82nd

Body

F

24th

12.3

24th

Leg

C

58th

5.8

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.8	40	126	32%
Body	2.6	4	9	44%
Leg	0.6	1	1	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.4	30	109	28%
Body	12.3	19	20	95%
Leg	5.8	9	12	75%

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

Clifford Starks

100%

Takedown accuracy

60%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.8 min net

On top5.7

On bottom0.9

Offense

Takedowns

B

62nd

1.9

62nd

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

B

68th

5.7 min

68th

Defense

TD defense

60%

Controlled

0.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	8:52

Defense

TDs defended	3 / 5
Control absorbed	1:26

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (23min 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

Clifford Starks

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 23 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Starks 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.

StarksOutput / 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

Starkslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Starksattempts / min

Control time

Starks% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	2.3	3.6	0.09	27%	3
R2	3.5	1.6	2.2	0.15	36%	2
R3	4.7	1.4	0.2	0.20	67%	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

Clifford Starks

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

71st

43%

71st

Win quality

F

19th

29%

19th

Limited UFC sample (3 bouts). 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

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

166-100-1

.624 win rate

Winning-record opponents

11 of 16

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

16

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	Yoel Romero	Top-5	61	Apr 20, 2013
L	Ed Herman	Established	30	Feb 4, 2012
W	Dustin Jacoby	Cross-div ranked	32	Oct 29, 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.

Career cohorts

3 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

—

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 UFC bout

8y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Clifford Starks

Extended layoff

8y 7mosince last bout

vs Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev · Nov 18, 2017

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-2

32.9

DK avg

20.6

Median

77.0

Ceiling

1.2

Floor

0%

Boom

33%

Bust

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