Danny Roberts

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Danny Roberts

Nickname“Hot Chocolate”

Record

18-9

Streak

L4

Age

39

Date of birth

Jul 14, 1987

Fighting out of: London
Born: England
Camps: SK-1 Fight School·Team McHale
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Jul 22, 2023
Cut risk: 55%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jonny Parsons

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:57

UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · Jul 22, 2023

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura

Jack Della Maddalena

Jack Della Maddalena

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:24

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · Nov 19, 2022

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba

Francisco Trinaldo

Francisco Trinaldo

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 7, 2022

UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje

Ramazan Emeev

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont · Oct 16, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont

Zelim Imadaev

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:54

UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · Nov 9, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar

Michel Pereira

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R1 · 1:47

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

Flying Knee Head

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee

Claudio Silva

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R3 · 2:37

UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal · Mar 16, 2019

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal

David Zawada

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith · Jul 22, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith

Oliver Enkamp

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:12

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov · Mar 17, 2018

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov

Nordine Taleb

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:59

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · Dec 16, 2017

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos

Bobby Nash

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:59

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio · Jul 16, 2017

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio

Mike Perry

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R3 · 4:40

UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson · Oct 8, 2016

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson

Dominique Steele

Dominique Steele

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux · Apr 23, 2016

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux

Nathan Coy

Welterweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard Technical Submission · R1 · 2:46

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · Dec 10, 2015

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard Technical Submission

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant

Outside the UFC

11-2across 13 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 4 sub · 2 decCage Warriors · UCC 10 · PFL · CC · Raw 1 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Patrick Habirora9-0	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	4:32	PFL	Jul 5, 2025
W	Jim Wallhead33-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:49	Cage Warriors	May 3, 2014
W	Juan Manuel Suarez32-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Cage Warriors	Feb 15, 2014
W	Henry Fadipe15-13-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:34	Cage Warriors	Jul 20, 2013
W	Diego Gonzalez20-15	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R2	3:02	Cage Warriors	May 4, 2013
W	Jack Mason29-17-1	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:46	Cage Warriors	Jul 21, 2012
L	Pavel Doroftei19-5	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:21	UCC 10	Dec 16, 2011
W	Shaun Lomas27-86-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	UCC 10	Dec 16, 2011
W	Shaun Lomas27-86-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:32	CC	Oct 29, 2011
W	Aurelijus Kerpe11-22	Submission	Brabo Choke	R2	2:43	Raw 1	Sep 11, 2011
W	David Howell5-6	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body	R2	2:26	Cage Warriors	Jul 9, 2011
W	Matt Ross Francombe2-2	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body and Punches	R2	1:27	OMMAC 9	Mar 5, 2011
W	Darius Kuncevicius1-9	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body	R1	0:47	OMMAC 8	Dec 4, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsOMMAC 7 · CC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	James Thomas0-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:26	OMMAC 7	Oct 2, 2010
W	Martin Chester1-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	CC	May 8, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC46th

39%405 / 1,024

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.55 differential

Landed3.18

Absorbed3.73

54%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head58%52nd233
Body26%70th106
Leg16%58th66

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

Sig. strikes by position

65%Standing

Standing65%262
Clinch20%82
Ground15%61

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Danny Roberts

Danny Roberts

Landed per 15

Head

C

51st

27.5

51st

Body

A

75th

12.5

75th

Leg

C

58th

7.8

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

28th

39.6

28th

Body

D

40th

10.8

40th

Leg

B

63rd

5.4

63rd

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	27.5	233	800	29%
Body	12.5	106	146	73%
Leg	7.8	66	78	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.6	336	774	43%
Body	10.8	92	137	67%
Leg	5.4	46	56	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Danny Roberts

Danny Roberts

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 127 min

161%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Roberts builds (+22% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Roberts lifts to 161% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Danny Roberts

Roberts ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Danny Roberts

Robertslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Danny Roberts

Robertsattempts / min

Control time

Danny Roberts

Roberts% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	2.6	3.6	0.12	10%	14
R2	4.7	3.2	4.0	0.27	17%	9
R3	5.4	4.3	3.5	0.07	23%	6

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 Roberts

Danny Roberts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

41st

29%

41st

Win quality

D

38th

36%

38th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

3

7

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	2	0-2	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	7	6-1	86%

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	Jonny Parsons	Unproven	8	Jul 22, 2023
L	Jack Della Maddalena	Champion	68	Nov 19, 2022
L	Francisco Trinaldo	Cross-div ranked	45	May 7, 2022
W	Ramazan Emeev	Established	30	Oct 16, 2021
W	Zelim Imadaev	Unproven	8	Nov 9, 2019
L	Michel Pereira	Ranked 6–15	43	May 18, 2019
L	Claudio Silva	Established	26	Mar 16, 2019
W	David Zawada	Unproven	8	Jul 22, 2018
W	Oliver Enkamp	Unproven	8	Mar 17, 2018
L	Nordine Taleb	Established	30	Dec 16, 2017
W	Bobby Nash	Unproven	8	Jul 16, 2017
L	Mike Perry	Ranked 6–15	42	Oct 8, 2016
W	Dominique Steele	Unproven	8	Apr 23, 2016
W	Nathan Coy	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2015

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.