David Kaplan Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

George Roop

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida · May 23, 2009

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

May 23, 2009

L

Junie Browning

Lightweight · Submission · Armbar From Side Control · R2 · 1:32

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale · Dec 13, 2008

Submission

R2 · 1:32

Armbar From Side Control

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale

Dec 13, 2008

Outside the UFC

3-2across 5 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 1 subTPF 5 · Fury FC 2 · SF 3 · BP · Rings Holland

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Dominique Robinson9-7-2	KO/TKO	Elbows	R3	0:57	TPF 5	Jul 9, 2010
L	Cristiano Marcello13-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:37	Fury FC 2	Nov 30, 2006
W	Rich Swawola0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:42	SF 3	Apr 22, 2006
W	Steve Headden8-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	BP	Sep 17, 2005
W	Xander Nel3-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:42	Rings Holland	May 21, 2005

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

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 1 promotionKOTR

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brian Densberger0-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:00	KOTR	Aug 7, 2004
W	Jason Jones0-3	Decision	—	R0	0:00	KOTR	May 8, 2004
W	Aaron Moser0-2	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	KOTR	May 8, 2004
W	Kevin Chay0-0-1	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:00	KOTR	Mar 8, 2004

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Submission

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

David Kaplan

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

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

1 scorecard on file

David Kaplan

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls.

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

None on file

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1L

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

OverallC56th

46%62 / 134

Striking accuracy

67%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.44 differential

Landed2.88

Absorbed4.32

34%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+13%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

David Kaplan

Landed per 15

Head

F

8th

10.4

8th

Body

D

25th

5.6

25th

Leg

A+

99th

27.2

99th

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

F

18th

47.4

18th

Body

B

59th

8.4

59th

Leg

D

37th

9.1

37th

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	10.4	15	72	21%
Body	5.6	8	12	67%
Leg	27.2	39	50	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	47.4	68	251	27%
Body	8.4	12	22	55%
Leg	9.1	13	16	81%

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 Kaplan

44%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.2 min net

On top4.4

On bottom2.2

Offense

Takedowns

A

83rd

4.9

83rd

TD accuracy

B

63rd

44%

63rd

Sub attempts

B

67th

0.7

67th

Control

B

63rd

4.4 min

63rd

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

2.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 16
Submission attempts	1
Control time	6:15

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 2
Control absorbed	3:07

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (22min 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 Kaplan

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 22 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Kaplan hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

KaplanOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Kaplanlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kaplanattempts / min

Control time

Kaplan% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.3	3.6	5.8	0.40	13%	2
R2	6.0	1.4	2.3	0.92	47%	2
R3	8.5	3.4	4.0	1.20	38%	1

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 Kaplan

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

0th

8%

0th

Win quality

C

58th

42%

58th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Unproven	2	0-2	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

33-33-2

.500 win rate

Winning-record opponents

3 of 5

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

5

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	George Roop	Unproven	8	May 23, 2009
L	Junie Browning	Unproven	8	Dec 13, 2008

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

2 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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 bout

16y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

David Kaplan

Extended layoff

16y 1mosince last bout

vs Dominique Robinson · Jul 9, 2010

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

43.00

DK avg

64.10

Median

64.10

Ceiling

22.00

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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