Dustin Denes
UFC DebutNickname“Clean”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Port Everglades, Florida
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Dustin Denes makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
412-276-42
.599 win rate
Winning-record opponents
13 of 19
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
19
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.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 19 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 10 sub · 2 decHOOKnSHOOT · Shooto · Bodog Fight · IFL · CFC 1 +10
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Nick Thompson38-14-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:27 | Bodog Fight | Feb 18, 2007 |
| L | Brian Foster9-12 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:30 | IFL | Sep 9, 2006 |
| W | Franz Mendez4-9 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:40 | CFC 1 | Jul 15, 2006 |
| W | Todd Carney20-23 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 2:08 | AFC 17 | Jun 24, 2006 |
| L | Shiko Yamashita10-5-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AFC 16 | Apr 22, 2006 |
| W | Darrell Smith17-19-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 3:43 | AFC 13 | Jul 30, 2005 |
| W | Pat Healy34-24 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AFC 12 | Apr 30, 2005 |
| D | Masanori Suda22-11-3 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jul 9, 2004 |
| W | Adrian Serrano56-29-4 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:20 | AFC 6 | Dec 6, 2003 |
| W | Nick Thompson38-14-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:45 | AFC 5 | Sep 5, 2003 |
| L | Akira Shoji14-18-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AFC 4 | Jul 19, 2003 |
| D | Shiko Yamashita10-5-3 | Draw | — | R1 | 3:48 | Shooto | Feb 23, 2003 |
| W | Scott Henze21-10-2 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:45 | HOOKnSHOOT | Dec 13, 2002 |
| W | Izuru Takeuchi25-11-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | HOOKnSHOOT | Sep 7, 2002 |
| W | Rory Singer11-9 | Submission | Armlock | R2 | 1:42 | WEFC 1 | Jun 29, 2002 |
| W | Tom Jones19-12 | Submission | Triangle Armbar | R1 | 2:48 | HOOKnSHOOT | May 25, 2002 |
| W | Eric Schafer14-8-2 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | — | HOOKnSHOOT | Mar 9, 2002 |
| W | George Allen12-19-2 | Submission | Triangle Armbar | R1 | — | RSF 7 | Jan 26, 2002 |
| D | Akihiro Gono38-24-8 | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Aug 18, 2001 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
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