Daniel Sarafian Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Oluwale Bamgbose Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	1:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy	Feb 21, 2016
W	Antonio Dos Santos Middleweight	KO/TKO	to Finger Injury	R2	1:01	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway	Dec 20, 2014
L	Kiichi Kunimoto Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:52	UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov	Jun 14, 2014
L	Cezar Ferreira Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
W	Eddie Mendez Middleweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R1	2:20	UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum	Jun 8, 2013
L	CB Dollaway Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping	Jan 19, 2013

Outside the UFC

9-2across 11 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 6 sub · 3 decACB 82 · LFA · Pretorian · Blaze FC · FCF +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Carlos Eduardo19-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ACB 82	Mar 9, 2018
W	James Austen Heidlage9-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Apr 29, 2017
W	Ricardo Silva20-27	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:01	Pretorian	Jul 5, 2011
W	Gilklei Antonio Silva0-1	Submission	Punches	R1	1:44	Blaze FC	Feb 26, 2011
W	Mauricio Alonso13-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	FCF	Oct 23, 2010
W	Yuri Villas Boas0-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:14	HK	Apr 24, 2010
L	Gary Padilla12-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:04	BFC	Apr 3, 2009
W	Cedric Marks31-27	Submission	—	R1	2:06	XFC	Feb 27, 2009
W	Lamont Lister6-13	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:32	DCP	Dec 13, 2008
L	Mike Whitehead27-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFP	Dec 9, 2007
W	Jorge Luis Bezerra21-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	0:43	PFC	Aug 11, 2006

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

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Submission

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Daniel Sarafian

PowerChin

Knockout rate

17%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.79 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.22 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

Daniel Sarafian

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1L

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

OverallC48th

46%94 / 201

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.87 differential

Landed2.23

Absorbed3.10

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%44th56
Body23%54th22
Leg17%54th16

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

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%89
Clinch4%4
Ground1%1

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Daniel Sarafian

Landed per 15

Head

D

30th

19.9

30th

Body

C

46th

7.8

46th

Leg

C

45th

5.7

45th

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

46th

32.0

46th

Body

A

72nd

6.0

72nd

Leg

D

38th

8.5

38th

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	19.9	56	150	37%
Body	7.8	22	34	65%
Leg	5.7	16	17	94%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.0	90	259	35%
Body	6.0	17	29	59%
Leg	8.5	24	26	92%

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 Sarafian

7%

Takedown accuracy

54%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.2 min net

On top1.9

On bottom5.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

42nd

0.4

42nd

TD accuracy

F

15th

7%

15th

Sub attempts

B

66th

0.7

66th

Control

C

44th

1.9 min

44th

Defense

TD defense

D

38th

54%

38th

Controlled

5.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 14
Submission attempts	2
Control time	5:21

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 13
Control absorbed	14:25

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (42min 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 Sarafian

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 42 min

47%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Sarafian fades (-30% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sarafian drops to 47% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Sarafian ▼ 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

Sarafianlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sarafianattempts / min

Control time

Sarafian% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	2.6	3.4	0.28	14%	6
R2	4.8	2.8	4.4	0.54	8%	3
R3	1.9	0.7	1.1	0.20	15%	2

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 Sarafian

6 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

18th

20%

18th

Win quality

D

29th

33%

29th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

1

3

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	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	Oluwale Bamgbose	Unproven	8	Feb 21, 2016
W	Antonio Dos Santos	Unproven	8	Dec 20, 2014
L	Kiichi Kunimoto	Building	15	Jun 14, 2014
L	Cezar Ferreira	Top-15	42	Nov 9, 2013
W	Eddie Mendez	Unproven	8	Jun 8, 2013
L	CB Dollaway	Top-15	56	Jan 19, 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

6 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

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-2

3 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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 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

—

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 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Daniel Sarafian

Extended layoff

8y 4mosince last bout

vs Carlos Eduardo · Mar 9, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-3As underdog 0-1

37.8

DK avg

29.3

Median

80.2

Ceiling

1.2

Floor

33%

Boom

50%

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