David Velasquez
UFC DebutNickname“Little”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- San Jose, California
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'5" · 165 cm
Before the UFC
David Velasquez 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
160-111-3
.590 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 13
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
19
13 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 19 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 sub · 2 decIFC WC 2 · KOTC · IFC WC 3 · Federation of MMA of Russia · IFC +10
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ibragim Tibilov16-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:00 | Federation of MMA of Russia | May 30, 2013 |
| W | Steve Renaud3-4 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:10 | IFC | Mar 27, 2009 |
| L | Shawn Bias14-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GC 47 | Feb 2, 2006 |
| L | Urijah Faber35-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GC 27 | Jun 3, 2004 |
| L | Jim Kikuchi6-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:06 | X | Sep 6, 2003 |
| W | Daniel Wade | Submission | Heel Hook | R1 | 0:44 | SB 1 | Aug 23, 2003 |
| W | Jose Lopez1-2-1 | Decision | — | R2 | 5:00 | GC 10 | Apr 14, 2002 |
| L | Charlie Valencia12-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:43 | KOTC | Feb 9, 2002 |
| L | Makoto Ishikawa11-10-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:36 | Shogun 1 | Dec 15, 2001 |
| W | Shawn Upshur | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 4:52 | GC 4 | Jun 17, 2001 |
| L | Charlie Valencia12-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GC 2 | Feb 18, 2001 |
| W | Del Hawkins22-17 | Submission | — | R0 | — | Bushido 1 | Jan 18, 2001 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | KOTC | Jun 24, 2000 | |
| L | Anthony Hamlett8-14 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | PPKA | Aug 22, 1999 |
| L | Jason Von Flue14-12-1 | Submission | Choke | R1 | — | IFC WC 3 | Jun 29, 1999 |
| W | Jim Cooley | KO/TKO | Exhaustion | R1 | — | IFC WC 3 | Jun 29, 1999 |
| W | Danny Gryder | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:50 | IFC WC 2 | May 23, 1998 |
| W | Luke Haueter | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 10:02 | IFC WC 2 | May 23, 1998 |
| W | David Tiopan | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:51 | IFC WC 2 | May 23, 1998 |
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.
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