David Branch Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jack Hermansson Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R1	0:49	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
L	Jared Cannonier Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	0:39	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018
W	#11Thiago Santos Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
L	#3Luke Rockhold Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control Submission to Strikes	R2	4:05	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch	Sep 16, 2017
W	#9Krzysztof Jotko Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos	May 13, 2017
L	Rousimar Palhares Middleweight	Submission	Kneebar On Ground	R2	1:44	UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann	Mar 3, 2011
W	Rich Attonito Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale	Dec 4, 2010
W	Tomasz Drwal Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares	Sep 15, 2010
L	Gerald Harris Middleweight	KO/TKO	Slam to On Ground	R3	2:35	UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin	Jul 3, 2010

Outside the UFC

18-2across 20 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 7 sub · 6 decBFC · RCC 7 · WSOF 34 · WSOF 33 · WSOF 30 +14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Alexander Shlemenko67-17-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:58	RCC 7	Dec 14, 2019
W	Louis Taylor19-4-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R5	2:00	WSOF 34	Dec 31, 2016
W	Vinny Magalhaes19-12	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WSOF 33	Oct 7, 2016
W	Clifford Starks14-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WSOF 30	Apr 2, 2016
W	Teddy Holder10-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:21	WSOF 23	Sep 18, 2015
W	Jesse McElligott7-3	Submission	Shoulder Choke	R2	1:28	WSOF 20	Apr 10, 2015
W	Yushin Okami38-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	3:39	WSOF 15	Nov 15, 2014
W	Jesse Taylor33-17	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	1:41	WSOF 10	Jun 21, 2014
W	Danillo Villefort15-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 5	Sep 14, 2013
W	Paulo Filho24-6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 2	Mar 23, 2013
W	Dustin Jacoby22-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 1	Nov 3, 2012
L	Anthony Johnson23-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 22	May 25, 2012
W	Dominique Steele20-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pure MMA	Jan 22, 2012
W	Jeremy May13-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:19	SF 15	May 27, 2011
W	Derrick Mehmen19-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:26	BFC	Apr 22, 2010
W	John Troyer15-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:26	UCC 1	Mar 19, 2010
W	Dennis Olson14-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	BFC	Jun 12, 2009
W	Robby Huston3-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:41	DCP	Dec 13, 2008
W	Alex Aquino5-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	3:29	ROC 19	May 9, 2008
W	Craig Simone2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:44	CF 6	Sep 29, 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

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Submission

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Decision

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.11

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

David Branch

PowerChin

Knockout rate

11%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.54 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.95 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

David Branch

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 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1W

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

OverallC46th

39%137 / 344

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.25 differential

Landed1.66

Absorbed1.91

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%24th65
Body30%51st41
Leg23%52nd31

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

Sig. strikes by position

50%Standing

Standing50%68
Clinch35%48
Ground15%21

Striking zones

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

UFC only

David Branch

Landed per 15

Head

F

12th

11.8

12th

Body

C

44th

7.5

44th

Leg

C

45th

5.6

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

A

83rd

19.1

83rd

Body

A

77th

5.3

77th

Leg

A

70th

4.2

70th

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	11.8	65	251	26%
Body	7.5	41	55	75%
Leg	5.6	31	38	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.1	105	292	36%
Body	5.3	29	43	67%
Leg	4.2	23	28	82%

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

David Branch

33%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.9 min net

On top6.2

On bottom2.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

77th

2.5

77th

TD accuracy

C

42nd

33%

42nd

Sub attempts

D

41st

0.0

41st

Control

A

83rd

6.2 min

83rd

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

44%

28th

Controlled

2.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 43
Submission attempts	0
Control time	34:18

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 16
Control absorbed	12:38

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (82min 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

David Branch

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 82 min

113%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Branch holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Branch lifts to 113% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Branch — HOLDSOutput / 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

Branchlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Branchattempts / min

Control time

Branch% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	1.8	1.5	0.52	45%	9
R2	4.3	1.5	3.1	0.49	31%	7
R3	5.3	1.5	1.0	0.57	51%	4

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

David Branch

9 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

55/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

90th

66%

90th

Win quality

D

35th

35%

35th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	2	2-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	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	Jack Hermansson	Top-5	63	Mar 30, 2019
L	Jared Cannonier	Top-5	72	Nov 3, 2018
W	Thiago Santos#11	Top-15	67	Apr 21, 2018
L	Luke Rockhold#3	Champion	94	Sep 16, 2017
W	Krzysztof Jotko#9	Top-15	70	May 13, 2017
L	Rousimar Palhares	Contender-level	36	Mar 3, 2011
W	Rich Attonito	Building	15	Dec 4, 2010
W	Tomasz Drwal	Building	18	Sep 15, 2010
L	Gerald Harris	Building	15	Jul 3, 2010

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

9 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

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-2

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

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

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-3

4 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

6y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

David Branch

Extended layoff

6y 6mosince last bout

vs Alexander Shlemenko · Dec 14, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 3-4

46.2

DK avg

24.3

Median

86.0

Ceiling

14.6

Floor

22%

Boom

33%

Bust

Pro

See David Branch's DK score in every fight

The full fantasy-points log with closing lines — sortable, filterable, with a live summary — for all 9 UFC bouts.

Unlock with Pro →