Derek Brunson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#10Dricus Du Plessis Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard Corner Stoppage	R2	4:59	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane	Mar 4, 2023
L	#3Jared Cannonier Middleweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground	R2	4:29	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022
W	#7Darren Till Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:13	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till	Sep 4, 2021
W	#10Kevin Holland Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland	Mar 20, 2021
W	#9Edmen Shahbazyan Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	0:26	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan	Aug 1, 2020
W	#10Ian Heinisch Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019
W	#14Elias Theodorou Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019
L	#9Israel Adesanya Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	4:51	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018
L	#3Jacare Souza Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	3:50	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2	Jan 27, 2018
W	#7Lyoto Machida Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	Oct 28, 2017
W	#15Daniel Kelly Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:16	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
L	#7Anderson Silva Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie	Feb 11, 2017
L	#7Robert Whittaker Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	4:07	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Nov 26, 2016
W	#9Uriah Hall Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:41	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson	Sep 17, 2016
W	#15Roan Carneiro Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R1	2:38	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy	Feb 21, 2016
W	Sam Alvey Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	2:19	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015
W	Ed Herman Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:36	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015
W	Lorenz Larkin Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014
L	#14Yoel Romero Middleweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Body On Ground	R3	3:23	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou	Jan 15, 2014
W	Brian Houston Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:48	UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3	Nov 6, 2013
W	Chris Leben Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II	Dec 29, 2012

Outside the UFC

10-2across 12 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 sub · 3 decStrikeforce · CFP · PFL · ShoFight 20 · WEF +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ray Cooper III26-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Nov 24, 2023
L	Ronaldo Souza26-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:41	Strikeforce	Aug 18, 2012
L	Kendall Grove24-19	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	ShoFight 20	Jun 16, 2012
W	Nate James14-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Nov 18, 2011
W	Lumumba Sayers6-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:33	Strikeforce	Jul 30, 2011
W	Jeremy Hamilton9-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jun 24, 2011
W	Danny Babcock9-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:07	WEF	Jan 22, 2011
W	Rhomez Brower11-13-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:27	Xtreme Fight Promotions	Dec 4, 2010
W	Todd Chattelle12-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:14	ICE	Oct 29, 2010
W	Edward Jackson0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:41	CFP	Jul 31, 2010
W	Chris McNally5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:42	CFP	Jun 26, 2010
W	John Bryant2-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:52	CFP	May 22, 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.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionCFP

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shawn Tavares2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:15	CFP	Feb 27, 2010
W	Steve Bontatibus0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	CFP	Jan 23, 2010

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

12 wins, 7 losses

W12

L7

Submission

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Decision

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Derek Brunson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

1.31 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

5

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

1.76 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

5 scorecards on file

Derek Brunson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–3

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 100%

4W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC56th

47%648 / 1,391

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.46 differential

Landed3.51

Absorbed3.05

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%76th457
Body15%53rd99
Leg14%62nd92

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

Sig. strikes by position

63%Standing

Standing63%405
Clinch15%96
Ground23%147

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Derek Brunson

Landed per 15

Head

A

78th

38.1

78th

Body

C

50th

8.2

50th

Leg

B

63rd

7.7

63rd

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

C

55th

28.4

55th

Body

F

22nd

12.6

22nd

Leg

C

51st

6.7

51st

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	38.1	457	1,112	41%
Body	8.2	99	149	66%
Leg	7.7	92	130	71%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.4	341	848	40%
Body	12.6	151	198	76%
Leg	6.7	81	121	67%

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

Derek Brunson

32%

Takedown accuracy

84%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.4 min net

On top5.8

On bottom0.4

Offense

Takedowns

A

84th

3.0

84th

TD accuracy

D

36th

32%

36th

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.6

60th

Control

A

84th

5.8 min

84th

Defense

TD defense

A

80th

84%

80th

Controlled

0.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	36 / 114
Submission attempts	7
Control time	69:33

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 19
Control absorbed	4:47

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (180min 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

Derek Brunson

21 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 180 min

116%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Brunson builds (+4% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Brunson lifts to 116% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Brunson ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Brunsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Brunsonattempts / min

Control time

Brunson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.0	3.7	2.3	0.58	40%	21
R2	6.9	3.7	3.9	0.62	35%	11
R3	7.7	3.8	4.4	0.78	39%	9
R4	6.4	1.6	1.6	0.60	75%	1
R5	4.4	1.6	2.0	0.60	25%	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

Derek Brunson

21 resolved UFC bouts · 16 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

74/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

95th

74%

95th

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

5

8

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	0-4	0%
Top-5	5	2-3	40%
Top-15	8	8-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Dricus Du Plessis#10	Champion	89	Mar 4, 2023
L	Jared Cannonier#3	Top-5	86	Feb 12, 2022
W	Darren Till#7	Top-5	78	Sep 4, 2021
W	Kevin Holland#10	Top-15	68	Mar 20, 2021
W	Edmen Shahbazyan#9	Top-15	70	Aug 1, 2020
W	Ian Heinisch#10	Top-15	69	Aug 17, 2019
W	Elias Theodorou#14	Top-15	63	May 4, 2019
L	Israel Adesanya#9	Champion	90	Nov 3, 2018
L	Jacare Souza#3	Top-5	88	Jan 27, 2018
W	Lyoto Machida#7	Top-5	84	Oct 28, 2017
W	Daniel Kelly#15	Top-15	61	Jun 10, 2017
L	Anderson Silva#7	Champion	91	Feb 11, 2017
L	Robert Whittaker#7	Champion	91	Nov 26, 2016
W	Uriah Hall#9	Top-15	71	Sep 17, 2016
W	Roan Carneiro#15	Top-15	62	Feb 21, 2016
W	Sam Alvey	Top-15	48	Aug 8, 2015
W	Ed Herman	Established	35	Jan 31, 2015
W	Lorenz Larkin	Cross-div ranked	32	Aug 30, 2014
L	Yoel Romero#14	Top-5	80	Jan 15, 2014
W	Brian Houston	Unproven	8	Nov 6, 2013
W	Chris Leben	Established	41	Dec 29, 2012

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

21 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

0-4

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-1

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

8-2

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-3

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-4

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

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

2y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Derek Brunson

Extended layoff

2y 7mosince last bout

vs Ray Cooper III · Nov 24, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-3As underdog 6-4

79.1

DK avg

91.3

Median

109.6

Ceiling

30.5

Floor

67%

Boom

14%

Bust

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