Danny Castillo Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Nik Lentz Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2	Dec 19, 2015
L	#12Jim Miller Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II	Jul 25, 2015
L	Paul Felder Lightweight	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Fist Head	R2	2:09	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	Jan 3, 2015
L	Tony Ferguson Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014
W	Charlie Brenneman Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:21	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014
L	Edson Barboza Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	Tim Means Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
W	Paul Sass Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald	Feb 16, 2013
L	Michael Johnson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:06	UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot	Oct 5, 2012
W	John Cholish Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller	May 5, 2012
W	Anthony Njokuani Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem	Dec 30, 2011
W	Shamar Bailey Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:52	UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson	Nov 19, 2011
L	Jacob Volkmann Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle	Aug 14, 2011
W	Joe Stevenson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann	Mar 3, 2011

Outside the UFC

10-3across 13 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 sub · 2 decWEC · CCFC · PFC 7 · GC 73 · GC 71

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Will Kerr9-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:25	WEC	Dec 16, 2010
W	Dustin Poirier30-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
L	Anthony Pettis25-14	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	2:27	WEC	Mar 6, 2010
L	Shane Roller11-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:32	WEC	Nov 18, 2009
W	Ricardo Lamas20-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:15	WEC	Aug 9, 2009
W	Phil Cardella8-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	WEC	Mar 1, 2009
W	Rafael Dias17-12-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:54	WEC	Nov 5, 2008
L	Donald Cerrone36-17	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:30	WEC	Jun 1, 2008
W	Isaiah Hill5-9-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:46	CCFC	May 17, 2008
W	Andy Salazar0-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:02	PFC 7	Mar 20, 2008
W	Noah Schnable4-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:42	CCFC	Feb 16, 2008
W	Gigo Jara6-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:45	GC 73	Dec 22, 2007
W	Billy Terry4-18	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:10	GC 71	Nov 11, 2007

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

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Submission

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Decision

7 wins, 5 losses

W7

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.21

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Danny Castillo

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.64 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

1.62 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

10 scorecards on file

Danny Castillo

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 1 of 5 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 4 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (57%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–4

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–3

Won – Lost

57% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 50%

4W1L

Split4 decisions · 40%

1W3L

Majority1 decision · 10%

1L

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC55th

42%471 / 1,085

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.61 differential

Landed2.57

Absorbed1.96

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%49th312
Body15%36th70
Leg19%56th89

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

Sig. strikes by position

57%Standing

Standing57%267
Clinch15%72
Ground28%132

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Danny Castillo

Landed per 15

Head

C

48th

27.0

48th

Body

D

29th

6.1

29th

Leg

C

56th

7.7

56th

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+

86th

16.0

86th

Body

B

65th

7.8

65th

Leg

C

44th

8.1

44th

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	27.0	312	894	35%
Body	6.1	70	93	75%
Leg	7.7	89	98	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	16.0	185	716	26%
Body	7.8	90	138	65%
Leg	8.1	94	105	90%

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

Danny Castillo

35%

Takedown accuracy

61%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.9 min net

On top5.6

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

A

78th

2.7

78th

TD accuracy

C

47th

35%

47th

Sub attempts

C

49th

0.3

49th

Control

A

84th

5.6 min

84th

Defense

TD defense

C

49th

61%

49th

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	31 / 89
Submission attempts	3
Control time	65:03

Defense

TDs defended	20 / 33
Control absorbed	20:21

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (173min 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

Danny Castillo

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 173 min

86%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Castillo fades (-7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Castillo keeps 86% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Castillo ▼ 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

Castillolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Castilloattempts / min

Control time

Castillo% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.6	3.1	1.4	0.53	49%	14
R2	4.7	2.3	3.0	0.47	24%	13
R3	5.7	2.7	2.3	0.54	36%	10

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

Danny Castillo

14 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

69th

41%

69th

Win quality

F

20th

29%

20th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

1

3

1

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	4	0-4	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	4-0	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	Nik Lentz	Cross-div ranked	45	Dec 19, 2015
L	Jim Miller#12	Top-5	75	Jul 25, 2015
L	Paul Felder	Top-15	52	Jan 3, 2015
L	Tony Ferguson	Top-5	72	Aug 30, 2014
W	Charlie Brenneman	Unproven	12	Apr 26, 2014
L	Edson Barboza	Top-5	65	Dec 14, 2013
W	Tim Means	Established	26	Jul 27, 2013
W	Paul Sass	Building	18	Feb 16, 2013
L	Michael Johnson	Top-5	57	Oct 5, 2012
W	John Cholish	Unproven	8	May 5, 2012
W	Anthony Njokuani	Unproven	8	Dec 30, 2011
W	Shamar Bailey	Unproven	8	Nov 19, 2011
L	Jacob Volkmann	Established	26	Aug 14, 2011
W	Joe Stevenson	Established	35	Mar 3, 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

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

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-6

10 bouts

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

3-3

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-4

7 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

—

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

10y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Danny Castillo

Extended layoff

10y 6mosince last bout

vs Nik Lentz · Dec 19, 2015

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 3-6

60.8

DK avg

63.1

Median

93.0

Ceiling

26.5

Floor

43%

Boom

7%

Bust

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