Denis Kang Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Michael Bisping Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:24	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009
W	Xavier Foupa-Pokam Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 97: Redemption	Apr 18, 2009
L	Alan Belcher Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	4:36	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009

Outside the UFC

34-14-2, 2 NCacross 52 bouts · 36 promotions · wins by 15 KO · 14 sub · 5 decPRIDE · Spirit MC · Spirit MC 5 · Pancrase · DREAM +31

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Melvin Manhoef32-17-1	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body	R1	0:50	DREAM	Dec 31, 2012
W	Hye Seok Son4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:57	Road FC 8	Jun 16, 2012
L	Shungo Oyama14-19	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	4:30	Road FC 5	Dec 3, 2011
L	Seung Bae Whi7-5	KO/TKO	Knees	R2	3:18	Road FC 3	Jul 24, 2011
L	Jesse Taylor33-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:57	BFL 8	May 28, 2011
W	Eun Soo Lee17-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Road FC 2	Apr 16, 2011
D	Paulo Filho24-6-3	Draw	Split	R3	5:00	Impact FC 2	Jul 18, 2010
W	Dae Won Kim11-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:49	W-1 MMA 5	Jun 19, 2010
W	Marvin Eastman18-15-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:48	Raw Combat	Oct 25, 2008
W	Jae Young Kim29-17	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:31	Spirit MC 18	Aug 31, 2008
L	Gegard Mousasi49-9-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:10	DREAM	Apr 29, 2008
L	Yoshihiro Akiyama16-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:45	K-1 HERO's	Oct 28, 2007
W	Jung Gyu Choi11-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Spirit MC	Mar 11, 2007
L	Kazuo Misaki25-11-2	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Nov 5, 2006
W	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Nov 5, 2006
W	Amar Suloev24-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:10	PRIDE	Aug 26, 2006
W	Murilo Rua20-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:15	PRIDE	Jun 4, 2006
W	Albert Basconcelles0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:12	Spirit MC 8	Apr 22, 2006
W	Mark Weir21-18-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Knees	R1	4:55	PRIDE	Apr 2, 2006
W	Ron Fields30-33-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:46	AFC 14	Dec 10, 2005
NC	Robert Villegas8-3	No Contest	—	R1	4:25	Spirit MC 7	Oct 29, 2005
W	Andrei Semenov34-9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Jul 17, 2005
W	Takahiro Oba5-7-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:26	PRIDE	Apr 3, 2005
W	Alexei Veselovzorov14-8-1	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	1:17	M-1	Dec 4, 2004
W	Jin Ho Yang2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	Spirit MC 5	Sep 11, 2004
W	Jae Young Kim29-17	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:38	Spirit MC 5	Sep 11, 2004
W	Junpei Hamada9-18	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:35	Spirit MC 5	Sep 11, 2004
W	Kobus Huisamen1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:06	Spirit MC 4	Jun 12, 2004
W	Hyun Chul Cho3-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:06	Spirit MC 3	Apr 10, 2004
W	Hyung Jun Kim2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:13	Spirit MC	Feb 7, 2004
W	Jae Young Kim29-17	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:38	Spirit MC	Feb 7, 2004
D	Andrei Semenov34-9-2	Draw	—	R1	10:00	M-1	Dec 5, 2003
W	Stephan Potvin10-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:22	TKO 13	Sep 6, 2003
W	Kaipo Miller Kalama4-4-1	Decision	Majority	R3	3:00	SB 30	Jun 13, 2003
W	Brendan Seguin23-19-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:24	SB 30	Jun 13, 2003
W	Keith Rockel12-4-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:59	USMMA 3	May 3, 2003
W	Chris Peak11-19	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:57	WFF 4	Apr 4, 2003
L	Jason Miller23-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:41	EC 50	Feb 23, 2003
L	Joe Doerksen51-16	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:49	UCC 11	Oct 11, 2002
W	Pat Healy34-24	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:42	RITR 7	Jul 20, 2002
W	Shane Biever5-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:03	WFF 2	Jun 22, 2002
NC	Dennis Hallman53-20-2	No Contest	—	R2	3:15	WFF 1	Apr 13, 2002
L	Marty Armendarez6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:52	IFC WC 15	Aug 31, 2001
L	Osami Shibuya38-34-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:45	Pancrase	May 13, 2001
L	Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10	Decision	Majority	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Dec 4, 2000
W	Minoru Suzuki29-19	KO/TKO	Back Injury	R1	3:43	Pancrase	Sep 24, 2000
W	Lonnie Canida2-4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:06	WCT	Mar 18, 2000
L	Joe Slick16-5-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	5:53	EC 24	May 15, 1999
L	Jacen Flynn10-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:07	BRI 2	Apr 24, 1999
W	Tom Bolger1-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:55	BRI 2	Apr 24, 1999
W	Fadi Habib0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:53	UWC 2	Nov 1, 1998
W	Eric Harcrow0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:15	UWC 1	Aug 2, 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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 6 losses

W15

L6

Submission

14 wins, 8 losses

W14

L8

Decision

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Denis Kang

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

2.00 per 100 head

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).

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Denis Kang

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

Split

None

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

OverallB59th

35%68 / 173

Striking accuracy

67%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.62 differential

Landed2.27

Absorbed1.65

53%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head74%48th50
Body22%52nd15
Leg4%36th3

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

Sig. strikes by position

46%Standing

Standing46%31
Clinch9%6
Ground46%31

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Denis Kang

Landed per 15

Head

D

37th

22.1

37th

Body

D

36th

6.6

36th

Leg

F

9th

1.3

9th

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+

89th

15.4

89th

Body

B

62nd

7.5

62nd

Leg

A

73rd

4.0

73rd

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	22.1	50	146	34%
Body	6.6	15	22	68%
Leg	1.3	3	5	60%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	15.4	35	132	27%
Body	7.5	17	24	71%
Leg	4.0	9	10	90%

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

Denis Kang

67%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+6.9 min net

On top7.7

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

A

80th

3.5

80th

TD accuracy

A

81st

67%

81st

Sub attempts

B

69th

0.9

69th

Control

A

83rd

7.7 min

83rd

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	8 / 12
Submission attempts	2
Control time	17:31

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 3
Control absorbed	1:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (34min 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

Denis Kang

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 34 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Kang 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.

KangOutput / 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

Kanglanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kangattempts / min

Control time

Kang% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	2.5	0.9	0.27	62%	3
R2	4.3	1.6	3.3	0.43	35%	3
R3	5.3	1.4	0.4	0.40	67%	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

Denis Kang

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

75th

46%

75th

Win quality

F

2nd

10%

2nd

Limited UFC sample (3 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

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	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

966-584-62

.623 win rate

Winning-record opponents

36 of 52

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

52

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	Michael Bisping	Champion	76	Nov 14, 2009
W	Xavier Foupa-Pokam	Unproven	8	Apr 18, 2009
L	Alan Belcher	Top-15	52	Jan 17, 2009

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

3 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

1-0

1 bout

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

13y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Denis Kang

Extended layoff

13y 6mosince last bout

vs Melvin Manhoef · Dec 31, 2012

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-2

54.0

DK avg

41.4

Median

96.2

Ceiling

24.4

Floor

33%

Boom

0%

Bust

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