Danny Welsh
UFC DebutNickname“Wolverine”
Record
Streak
L6
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Born
- England
- Camp
- Independent
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Danny Welsh makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
386-203-7
.655 win rate
Winning-record opponents
24 of 29
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
44
29 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 44 bouts · 37 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 subCC · Salford Fight Factory · Caged Steel 4 · SFC · Caged Steel 8 +32
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Marc Diakiese18-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:16 | Caged Steel 8 | Jun 28, 2014 |
| L | Marius Bogdan Pisat5-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:27 | BCMMA | Sep 22, 2013 |
| L | Gaz Firm | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:35 | Caged Steel 5 | Jul 20, 2013 |
| L | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:26 | AON | Jun 29, 2013 | |
| L | Jack Grant21-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:01 | Caged Steel 4 | Mar 16, 2013 |
| L | Andy Craven | Submission | Heel Hook | R2 | 1:29 | Caged Steel 4 | Mar 16, 2013 |
| W | Simon Neale | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:30 | AMFC 1 | Feb 23, 2013 |
| L | Jamie Jones | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | M4tC 9 | Feb 16, 2013 |
| L | Paul Cook15-7-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:28 | M4tC 8 | Dec 16, 2012 |
| W | KO/TKO | Elbows and Punches | R1 | 2:09 | Cage Control | Dec 2, 2012 | |
| L | Alexei Roberts12-6 | Submission | Keylock | R1 | 0:26 | CC | Dec 1, 2012 |
| L | Shajidul Haque17-6 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | SFC | Nov 11, 2012 |
| L | Tolly Plested | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:52 | CSMMA | Nov 10, 2012 |
| L | John Cullen18-10-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:31 | Vision FC | Oct 20, 2012 |
| L | Davey Grant18-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:54 | M4tC 7 | Oct 13, 2012 |
| L | Murat Polat | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:22 | GP | Jun 30, 2012 |
| L | Andrew Fisher20-10-1 | Submission | Rear Naked Choke | R1 | 1:12 | M4tC 6 | Jun 16, 2012 |
| L | Mark Ryder | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:59 | CC | Jun 9, 2012 |
| W | Scott Richards0-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:23 | OT | Jun 2, 2012 |
| L | Ashleigh Grimshaw20-13-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:11 | UCMMA 28 | May 26, 2012 |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:07 | SFC | May 20, 2012 | |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:36 | UCC 11 | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| W | Dean Gorman | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:26 | Sprawl 'N Brawl | Apr 21, 2012 |
| L | Mike Cutting8-6 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 3:25 | ITC 5 | Mar 11, 2012 |
| L | Uche Ihiekwe9-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:54 | OMMAC 13 | Mar 3, 2012 |
| L | Shay Walsh16-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:00 | CC | Feb 18, 2012 |
| L | Sean Carter12-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 2:42 | UCMMA 26 | Feb 4, 2012 |
| L | Aaron Wilkinson11-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:39 | UCC 10 | Dec 16, 2011 |
| W | Matt Fisher | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:19 | Budo 3 | Nov 5, 2011 |
| L | Paul Reed25-13-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:19 | Island Rumble 3 | Oct 15, 2011 |
| L | Rob Freedman | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:04 | Salford Fight Factory | Oct 9, 2011 |
| L | Liam James9-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:15 | UFA | Oct 2, 2011 |
| L | Dean Garnett | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:25 | Raw 1 | Sep 11, 2011 |
| L | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:54 | OMMAC 11 | Sep 3, 2011 |
| W | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 1:16 | WOTW | Jul 3, 2011 | |
| L | Chris Fishgold18-6-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:08 | OMMAC 10 | Jun 4, 2011 |
| L | Saul Rogers15-5 | Submission | North-South Choke | R1 | 2:17 | Salford Fight Factory | May 29, 2011 |
| L | Leeroy Barnes16-17 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:09 | DED 4 | Jan 29, 2011 |
| L | Steven Stringfellow | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:36 | FFC | Dec 12, 2010 |
| L | Shay Walsh16-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:00 | Salford Fight Factory | Jul 4, 2010 |
| L | John Phillips22-11 | KO/TKO | Punches to the Body | R1 | 0:36 | Trojan MMA | Feb 27, 2010 |
| L | Nij Wright1-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:58 | CC | Aug 15, 2009 |
| W | Lee Bamber | KO/TKO | Head Kick and Punches | R1 | 0:44 | SAS 11 | Jul 5, 2009 |
| L | Cyrus Alizad | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:09 | BG 13 | Jun 21, 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.