Daron Cruickshank Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Paul Felder Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	3:56	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz	Jan 17, 2016
L	James Krause Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:27	UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II	Jul 25, 2015
L	Beneil Dariush Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:38	UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos	Mar 14, 2015
NC	KJ Noons Lightweight	No Contest	—	R2	0:25	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale	Dec 12, 2014
W	Anthony Njokuani Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine	Oct 4, 2014
L	#14Jorge Masvidal Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown	Jul 26, 2014
W	Erik Koch Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	3:21	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014
W	Mike Rio Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R2	4:56	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014
L	Adriano Martins Lightweight	Submission	Straight Armbar From Half Guard	R2	2:49	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
W	Yves Edwards Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
L	John Makdessi Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz	Mar 16, 2013
W	Henry Martinez Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	2:57	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz	Dec 8, 2012
W	Chris Tickle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale	Jun 1, 2012

Outside the UFC

17-8across 25 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 11 KO · 2 sub · 4 decRIZIN · KOTC · XFC 45 · TAURA MMA · Bellator +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Guilherme Faria19-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	XFC 45	Aug 6, 2021
W	Deivison Francisco Ribeiro27-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TAURA MMA	Oct 30, 2020
L	Goiti Yamauchi31-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:11	Bellator	Dec 29, 2019
L	Tofiq Musayev23-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Jun 2, 2019
L	Damien Brown19-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:10	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2018
W	Diego Brandao31-21	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R2	0:17	RIZIN	Sep 30, 2018
W	Tom Santos12-19	KO/TKO	Submission to Elbows	R3	4:13	RIZIN	Jul 29, 2018
W	Koshi Matsumoto24-15-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	3:52	RIZIN	May 6, 2018
W	Alexander Trevino9-10	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	2:02	KOP 58	Sep 30, 2017
L	Yusuke Yachi29-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	5:12	RIZIN	Apr 16, 2017
L	Satoru Kitaoka45-29-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	8:19	RIZIN	Dec 29, 2016
W	Andy Souwer2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:09	RIZIN	Sep 25, 2016
W	Shinji Sasaki20-14-3	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	4:36	RIZIN	Apr 17, 2016
W	Jesse Gross10-7	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	1:39	SFS 3	Dec 3, 2011
W	Mike Ricci11-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Ringside MMA 12	Oct 21, 2011
W	Brad Cardinal17-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:35	SITH	Jun 17, 2011
W	Tiawan Howard11-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	BUCB	Apr 9, 2011
L	Luis Palomino27-17	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	3:52	G-Force Fights	Feb 26, 2011
W	Anthony Smith0-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:52	KOTC	Sep 11, 2010
L	King Green35-17-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:39	KOTC	Aug 13, 2010
W	Jason Holmes8-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	KOTC	Apr 16, 2010
W	Raul Mandez0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:19	KOTC	Mar 13, 2010
W	Dominic Deshazor0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:25	XCC 46	Mar 6, 2010
W	Brett Biederman1-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:58	XCC 38	Jan 16, 2010
W	Ricky Stettner2-3	KO/TKO	Spinning Backfist	R1	2:23	KOTC	Oct 10, 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

14 wins, 2 losses

W14

L2

Submission

2 wins, 8 losses

W2

L8

Decision

7 wins, 4 losses

W7

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.42

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Daron Cruickshank

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

2.44 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Daron Cruickshank

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 3 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

1W2L

Split1 decision · 25%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

38%358 / 942

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.10 differential

Landed2.88

Absorbed2.98

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%43rd205
Body28%62nd99
Leg15%50th54

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

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%254
Clinch17%61
Ground12%43

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Daron Cruickshank

Landed per 15

Head

D

39th

24.2

39th

Body

B

65th

11.7

65th

Leg

C

47th

6.4

47th

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

B

65th

24.7

65th

Body

C

48th

9.7

48th

Leg

D

30th

10.2

30th

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	24.2	205	700	29%
Body	11.7	99	174	57%
Leg	6.4	54	68	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.7	209	653	32%
Body	9.7	82	124	66%
Leg	10.2	86	103	83%

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

Daron Cruickshank

40%

Takedown accuracy

60%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.3 min net

On top2.0

On bottom3.2

Offense

Takedowns

B

65th

1.9

65th

TD accuracy

C

58th

40%

58th

Sub attempts

C

49th

0.2

49th

Control

D

42nd

2.0 min

42nd

Defense

TD defense

C

47th

60%

47th

Controlled

3.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	16 / 40
Submission attempts	2
Control time	16:43

Defense

TDs defended	12 / 20
Control absorbed	27:24

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (127min 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

Daron Cruickshank

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 127 min

80%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Cruickshank fades (-13% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Cruickshank drops to 80% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Cruickshank ▼ 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

Cruickshanklanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cruickshankattempts / min

Control time

Cruickshank% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.4	2.7	0.24	14%	12
R2	4.3	2.7	2.7	0.35	12%	10
R3	3.6	1.9	3.8	0.41	12%	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

Daron Cruickshank

13 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

53rd

33%

53rd

Win quality

C

42nd

37%

42nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

2

1

2

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
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
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	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	0-2	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	0-1, 1 NC	0%
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	Paul Felder	Top-15	55	Jan 17, 2016
L	James Krause	Contender-level	36	Jul 25, 2015
L	Beneil Dariush	Top-5	61	Mar 14, 2015
NC	KJ Noons	Building	18	Dec 12, 2014
W	Anthony Njokuani	Unproven	12	Oct 4, 2014
L	Jorge Masvidal#14	Top-15	65	Jul 26, 2014
W	Erik Koch	Cross-div ranked	45	May 10, 2014
W	Mike Rio	Unproven	8	Jan 25, 2014
L	Adriano Martins	Building	15	Nov 9, 2013
W	Yves Edwards	Established	35	Jul 27, 2013
L	John Makdessi	Contender-level	36	Mar 16, 2013
W	Henry Martinez	Unproven	8	Dec 8, 2012
W	Chris Tickle	Unproven	8	Jun 1, 2012

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

12 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

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-4

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-0

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

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-4

6 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

4y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Daron Cruickshank

Extended layoff

4y 11mosince last bout

vs Guilherme Faria · Aug 6, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-3As underdog 1-3

54.3

DK avg

47.6

Median

101.4

Ceiling

7.7

Floor

42%

Boom

25%

Bust

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