David Velasquez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Jens Pulver

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R2 · 2:41

UFC 24: First Defense · Mar 10, 2000

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:41

Punches to Head From Mount

UFC 24: First Defense

Mar 10, 2000

Outside the UFC

10-9across 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	Dave Hisquierdo6-4	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 Tiopan0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:51	IFC WC 2	May 23, 1998

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Submission

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Decision

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Other

0 wins, 1 loss

Disqualifications and other results

W0

L1

KO history

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

David Velasquez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

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 submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallD32nd

0%20 / 37

Striking accuracy

0%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.00 differential

Landed0.00

Absorbed0.00

0%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-100%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

David Velasquez

Landed per 15

Head

F

13th

13.7

13th

Body

A

82nd

15.6

82nd

Leg

A

71st

9.8

71st

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

1st

82.0

1st

Body

F

3rd

23.4

3rd

Leg

A+

99th

0.0

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.7	7	20	35%
Body	15.6	8	10	80%
Leg	9.8	5	7	71%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	82.0	42	94	45%
Body	23.4	12	13	92%
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

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 Velasquez

—

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-10.2 min net

On top0.0

On bottom10.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

57th

0.0

57th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

B

62nd

0.0

62nd

Control

C

48th

0.0 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

10.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:00

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 3
Control absorbed	5:14

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (8min 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 Velasquez

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 8 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Velasquez 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.

VelasquezOutput / 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

Velasquezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Velasquezattempts / min

Control time

Velasquez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	4.0	5.6	0.00	0%	1
R2	0.0	0.0	9.7	0.00	0%	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 Velasquez

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

23rd

22%

23rd

Win quality

F

17th

28%

17th

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). 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.

1

Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

L
Jens Pulver
Mar 10, 2000 · Lightweight
22
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

160-113-3

.586 win rate

Winning-record opponents

10 of 14

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

19

14 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.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jens Pulver	Established	22	Mar 10, 2000

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

1 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

—

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

—

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

13y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

David Velasquez

Extended layoff

13y 3mosince last bout

vs Ibragim Tibilov · May 30, 2013

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFS

12.80

DK avg

12.80

Median

12.80

Ceiling

12.80

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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