Daniel Cormier Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	CStipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020
L	#1Stipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R4	4:09	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019
W	#2Derrick LewisTitle Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:14	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018
W	CStipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	4:33	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
W	#2Volkan OezdemirTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Crucifix	R2	2:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Jan 20, 2018
NC	#1Jon JonesTitle Light Heavyweight	No Contest	—	R3	3:01	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	Jul 29, 2017
W	#1Anthony JohnsonTitle Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:37	UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2	Apr 8, 2017
W	Anderson Silva Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes	Jul 9, 2016
W	#2Alexander GustafssonTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015
W	#1Anthony JohnsonTitle Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:39	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015
L	CJon JonesTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	Jan 3, 2015
W	#6Dan Henderson Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission	R3	3:53	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
W	Patrick Cummins Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:19	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014
W	#9Roy Nelson Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
W	#7Frank Mir Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013

Outside the UFC

11-0across 11 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 1 sub · 3 decStrikeforce · XMMA · KOTC · XMMA 2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dion Staring36-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:02	Strikeforce	Jan 12, 2013
W	Josh Barnett35-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	May 19, 2012
W	Antonio Silva19-15-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:56	Strikeforce	Sep 10, 2011
W	Jeff Monson60-26-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 18, 2011
W	Devin Cole20-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jan 7, 2011
W	Soa Palelei22-5	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	XMMA	Nov 5, 2010
W	Jason Riley10-8	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:02	Strikeforce	Aug 21, 2010
W	Tony Johnson18-11-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	KOTC	Aug 13, 2010
W	Lucas Browne6-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:35	XMMA 2	Jul 31, 2010
W	John Devine6-4	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:09	Strikeforce	Mar 26, 2010
W	Gary Frazier3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:39	Strikeforce	Sep 25, 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

10 wins, 1 loss

W10

L1

Submission

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Decision

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Daniel Cormier

PowerChin

Knockout rate

21%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.31 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.06 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 submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Daniel Cormier

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–2

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

3W2L

Split1 decision · 17%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

52%853 / 1,524

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.33 differential

Landed4.25

Absorbed2.92

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%86th653
Body13%54th107
Leg11%59th93

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

Sig. strikes by position

59%Standing

Standing59%500
Clinch23%197
Ground18%156

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Daniel Cormier

Landed per 15

Head

A+

88th

50.4

88th

Body

C

53rd

8.3

53rd

Leg

B

59th

7.2

59th

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

C

54th

29.2

54th

Body

F

23rd

12.9

23rd

Leg

C

51st

6.7

51st

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	50.4	653	1,260	52%
Body	8.3	107	151	71%
Leg	7.2	93	113	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.2	379	988	38%
Body	12.9	167	213	78%
Leg	6.7	87	104	84%

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

Daniel Cormier

49%

Takedown accuracy

74%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.3 min net

On top4.9

On bottom1.6

Offense

Takedowns

B

67th

1.8

67th

TD accuracy

B

68th

49%

68th

Sub attempts

A

71st

0.6

71st

Control

A

73rd

4.9 min

73rd

Defense

TD defense

B

65th

74%

65th

Controlled

1.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	23 / 47
Submission attempts	8
Control time	62:52

Defense

TDs defended	23 / 31
Control absorbed	20:24

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (194min 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

Daniel Cormier

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 194 min

103%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Cormier fades (-9% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Cormier sustains 103% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Cormier ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Cormierlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cormierattempts / min

Control time

Cormier% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.4	3.8	2.6	0.29	44%	14
R2	7.3	4.8	2.8	0.26	41%	12
R3	6.6	4.9	3.7	0.22	26%	9
R4	5.2	5.0	5.5	0.05	2%	4
R5	4.7	3.6	3.7	0.27	7%	3

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

Daniel Cormier

15 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

97/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

100th

90%

100th

Win quality

A+

99th

86%

99th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

7

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	1-3, 1 NC	25%
Top-5	7	7-0	100%
Top-15	2	2-0	100%
Cross-div champ	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	Stipe MiocicCHAMP	Champion	100	Aug 15, 2020
L	Stipe Miocic#1	Champion	97	Aug 17, 2019
W	Derrick Lewis#2	Top-5	87	Nov 3, 2018
W	Stipe MiocicCHAMP	Champion	100	Jul 7, 2018
W	Volkan Oezdemir#2	Top-5	87	Jan 20, 2018
NC	Jon Jones#1	Champion	98	Jul 29, 2017
W	Anthony Johnson#1	Top-5	90	Apr 8, 2017
W	Anderson Silva	Cross-div champ	67	Jul 9, 2016
W	Alexander Gustafsson#2	Top-5	89	Oct 3, 2015
W	Anthony Johnson#1	Top-5	90	May 23, 2015
L	Jon JonesCHAMP	Champion	100	Jan 3, 2015
W	Dan Henderson#6	Top-5	90	May 24, 2014
W	Patrick Cummins	Top-15	48	Feb 22, 2014
W	Roy Nelson#9	Top-15	73	Oct 19, 2013
W	Frank Mir#7	Top-5	76	Apr 20, 2013

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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-0

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-3

7 bouts

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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

9-2

11 bouts

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

6-3

9 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

4-1

5 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-2

4 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-2

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-2

3 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Daniel Cormier

Extended layoff

5y 10mosince last bout

vs Stipe Miocic · Aug 15, 2020

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-2As underdog 3-1

93.8

DK avg

106.3

Median

111.5

Ceiling

75.8

Floor

79%

Boom

0%

Bust

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