David Zawada Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Alex Morono Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till	Sep 4, 2021
L	Ramazan Emeev Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar	Jan 16, 2021
W	Abubakar Nurmagomedov Welterweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	2:50	UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar	Nov 9, 2019
L	Li Jingliang Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R3	4:07	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2	Nov 24, 2018
L	Danny Roberts Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith	Jul 22, 2018

Outside the UFC

19-8across 27 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 12 KO · 4 sub · 3 decOktagon MMA · RFC · PFL · KSW 43 · KSW 40 +14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Daniel Ligocki5-3	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Oktagon MMA	Jan 17, 2026
L	Kamil Oniszczuk12-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Oktagon MMA	Aug 9, 2025
L	Matej Penaz10-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	4:42	Oktagon MMA	Feb 1, 2025
L	Marek Mazuch8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:15	Oktagon MMA	Jun 8, 2024
W	Hojat Khajevand10-5	Submission	Heel Hook	R3	4:24	Oktagon MMA	Feb 10, 2024
L	Magomed Magomedkerimov34-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:54	PFL	Jun 23, 2023
L	Carlos Leal23-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:25	PFL	Apr 14, 2023
W	Erhan Kartal12-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	Oktagon MMA	Jun 4, 2022
W	Michal Michalski14-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	0:48	KSW 43	Apr 14, 2018
W	Maciej Jewtuszko13-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KSW 40	Oct 22, 2017
W	Andreas Stahl17-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:24	GMC 11	Apr 22, 2017
W	Robert Radomski12-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:50	KSW 37	Dec 3, 2016
W	Stefan Larisch8-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:30	RFC	Apr 9, 2016
L	Kamil Szymuszowski19-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	KSW 33	Nov 28, 2015
W	Stefan Sekulic14-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:24	SBC 6	Sep 19, 2015
W	Aldin Osmancevic0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:47	MFC 3	Jul 27, 2015
L	Borys Mankowski22-11-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:20	KSW 29	Dec 6, 2014
W	Sebastian Risch11-6	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:39	GMC 5	Sep 13, 2014
W	Luca Vitali11-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:48	SMMAC	Dec 1, 2013
L	Djamil Chan16-10	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	1:34	RFC	Apr 13, 2013
W	Kerim Engizek24-5	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	SFC 11	Sep 15, 2012
W	Egny Borges0-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:04	SFC 10	Jun 2, 2012
W	Garcia Matadore2-4-1	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	4:37	SFC 9	Mar 31, 2012
W	Maurice Skrober1-3	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	4:50	SFC 8	Feb 4, 2012
W	Florian Ziebert3-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R2	0:21	RFC	Apr 9, 2011
W	Nerijus Slepetis2-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:27	GMA 7	Apr 3, 2011
W	Michael Zabrocki1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:34	GMA 6	Nov 7, 2010

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

12 wins, 6 losses

W12

L6

Submission

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Decision

3 wins, 5 losses

W3

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.40

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

David Zawada

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.74 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.47 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

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

David Zawada

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 1 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (20%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–4

Won – Lost

20% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 33%

1L

Split2 decisions · 67%

2L

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

OverallC55th

41%238 / 578

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.70 differential

Landed3.84

Absorbed4.54

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%62nd136
Body32%85th77
Leg11%54th25

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

Sig. strikes by position

80%Standing

Standing80%190
Clinch18%42
Ground3%6

Striking zones

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

UFC only

David Zawada

Landed per 15

Head

B

68th

32.9

68th

Body

A+

91st

18.6

91st

Leg

C

50th

6.1

50th

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

8th

51.1

8th

Body

C

46th

9.0

46th

Leg

D

42nd

8.0

42nd

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	32.9	136	455	30%
Body	18.6	77	95	81%
Leg	6.1	25	28	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.1	211	545	39%
Body	9.0	37	44	84%
Leg	8.0	33	43	77%

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 Zawada

33%

Takedown accuracy

57%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.7 min net

On top1.5

On bottom4.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

50th

1.0

50th

TD accuracy

C

45th

33%

45th

Sub attempts

A

83rd

1.7

83rd

Control

D

40th

1.5 min

40th

Defense

TD defense

D

41st

57%

41st

Controlled

4.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 12
Submission attempts	7
Control time	6:15

Defense

TDs defended	8 / 14
Control absorbed	17:27

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (62min 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 Zawada

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 62 min

94%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Zawada holds steady (+2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Zawada keeps 94% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Zawada ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Zawadalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Zawadaattempts / min

Control time

Zawada% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	3.9	4.1	0.18	4%	5
R2	5.0	4.3	4.6	0.10	9%	4
R3	4.9	3.2	5.0	0.31	18%	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 Zawada

5 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

53rd

33%

53rd

Win quality

F

10th

23%

10th

Limited UFC sample (5 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.

1

2

1

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

304-143-2

.680 win rate

Winning-record opponents

21 of 27

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

27

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	Alex Morono	Contender-level	45	Sep 4, 2021
L	Ramazan Emeev	Established	26	Jan 16, 2021
W	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Building	15	Nov 9, 2019
L	Li Jingliang	Top-15	54	Nov 24, 2018
L	Danny Roberts	Established	26	Jul 22, 2018

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

5 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

1-2

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

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

5 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

David Zawada

Active

5 monthssince last bout

vs Daniel Ligocki · Jan 17, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-4

51.5

DK avg

40.9

Median

41.6

Ceiling

40.4

Floor

20%

Boom

0%

Bust

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