Dominic Waters Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Leon Edwards Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski	May 8, 2016
L	#7Dong Hyun Kim Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Crucifix	R1	3:11	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal	Nov 28, 2015
L	George Sullivan Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015

Outside the UFC

10-3across 13 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 2 sub · 5 dec864 Fighting Championship · CCFC · GKO 3 · RFA 23 · WSOF 16 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Tanner Saraceno10-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:14	864 Fighting Championship	May 26, 2018
W	Cody Wilson10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	864 Fighting Championship	Mar 24, 2018
W	Jack Montgomery16-18	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:05	GKO 3	Mar 21, 2015
W	Mikey Gomez17-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFA 23	Feb 6, 2015
W	Martin Sano4-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 16	Dec 13, 2014
L	Curtis Millender22-13	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	FCOC	Jun 19, 2014
W	Kenny Ento14-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CCFC	Jun 22, 2013
L	Ron Keslar11-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UPC Unlimited	May 19, 2012
W	John Corstorphine8-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	1:28	CCFC	Mar 3, 2012
W	Rigo Oropeza6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BAMMA USA	Apr 16, 2011
W	Ronnie Bryson0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:59	Gladiator Challenge	Feb 20, 2011
W	Frank Park4-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:25	LBFN 10	Oct 17, 2010
W	Frank Pizzirulli1-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:49	KOTC	Aug 5, 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

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Submission

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Decision

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

KO history

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

Dominic Waters

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

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Dominic Waters

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

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

OverallD27th

23%16 / 69

Striking accuracy

39%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.05 differential

Landed0.48

Absorbed2.53

34%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-38%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head81%27th13
Body19%32nd3
Leg0%37th0

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

Sig. strikes by position

81%Standing

Standing81%13
Clinch6%1
Ground13%2

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Dominic Waters

Landed per 15

Head

F

4th

5.9

4th

Body

F

3rd

1.4

3rd

Leg

F

1st

0.0

1st

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

72nd

23.1

72nd

Body

D

32nd

11.8

32nd

Leg

A

81st

3.2

81st

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	5.9	13	63	21%
Body	1.4	3	3	100%
Leg	0.0	0	3	0%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.1	51	100	51%
Body	11.8	26	30	87%
Leg	3.2	7	9	78%

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

Dominic Waters

53%

Takedown accuracy

29%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.1 min net

On top6.1

On bottom5.1

Offense

Takedowns

A

81st

4.1

81st

TD accuracy

B

67th

53%

67th

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

A

73rd

6.1 min

73rd

Defense

TD defense

29%

Controlled

5.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 17
Submission attempts	0
Control time	13:34

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 7
Control absorbed	11:11

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (33min 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

Dominic Waters

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 33 min

97%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Waters builds (+8% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Waters sustains 97% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Waters ▲ 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

Waterslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Watersattempts / min

Control time

Waters% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.5	0.7	3.7	0.30	47%	3
R2	3.5	0.1	1.8	0.70	31%	2
R3	4.1	0.6	1.7	0.60	42%	2

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

Dominic Waters

3 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

84th

56%

84th

Win quality

F

1st

0%

1st

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
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

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

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

123-108-1

.532 win rate

Winning-record opponents

8 of 13

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

13

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	Leon Edwards	Champion	71	May 8, 2016
L	Dong Hyun Kim#7	Top-15	74	Nov 28, 2015
L	George Sullivan	Building	18	Jul 12, 2015

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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-2

2 bouts

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

0-2

2 bouts

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 UFC bout

8y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dominic Waters

Extended layoff

8y 1mosince last bout

vs Tanner Saraceno · May 26, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

28.9

DK avg

41.5

Median

43.8

Ceiling

1.6

Floor

0%

Boom

33%

Bust

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