Eric Schafer Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jorge Rivera Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	1:31	UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller	Jan 20, 2012
L	Aaron Simpson Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3	Oct 8, 2011
L	Jason Brilz Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones	Mar 21, 2010
L	Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun	Oct 24, 2009
W	Antonio Mendes Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	3:35	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009
W	Houston Alexander Light Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R1	4:53	UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer	Sep 17, 2008
L	Stephan Bonnar Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:47	UFC 77: Hostile Territory	Oct 20, 2007
L	Michael Bisping Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:24	UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2	Dec 30, 2006
W	RM Rob MacDonald Light Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control Technical Submission	R1	2:26	UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral	Aug 26, 2006

Outside the UFC

11-2-2across 15 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 6 sub · 1 decHOOKnSHOOT · CFFC · GFS · MS 1 · Madtown Throwdown 29 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	James Austen Heidlage9-5	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	3:01	CFFC	Apr 16, 2016
W	Eric Hammerich7-11	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:38	CFFC	Sep 19, 2015
W	John Poppie14-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:07	Madtown Throwdown 29	Jan 5, 2013
W	Chris Albandia8-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:41	XFO 41	Sep 3, 2011
W	William Hill23-34	KO/TKO	—	R1	2:52	GFS	May 17, 2008
W	Ryan Antle17-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:41	GFS	Feb 16, 2008
W	William Hill23-34	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:37	XFO	Jan 28, 2006
W	Jason Veach4-2	Submission	Choke	R1	0:00	DC 2	Aug 6, 2005
W	Jason Guida19-28	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:49	XFO 6	Jun 25, 2005
L	Dustin Denes12-4-3	Submission	Kimura	R1	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 9, 2002
D	Jim Desouza3-0-1	Draw	—	R2	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Nov 18, 2001
D	Paul Ivens0-0-1	Draw	—	R1	15:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Nov 6, 1999
W	Steve Martin2-2-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Strikes	R1	4:13	CC 4	Sep 26, 1999
W	Duane Franzen2-1	Decision	—	R1	10:00	MS 1	Jun 27, 1998
W	John Lowey1-1	N/A	—	R1	3:59	MS 1	Jun 27, 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.

Amateur

3-1across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsECT · XFO

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ritch Seldel1-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:29	XFO	Oct 2, 2004
L	Wade Kroeze0-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	3:54	ECT	Feb 7, 1998
W	Ben Fowler1-2	Submission	—	R1	4:52	ECT	Feb 7, 1998
W	Al Mussemann3-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:22	ECT	Feb 7, 1998

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

4 wins, 4 losses

W4

L4

Submission

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Decision

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Eric Schafer

PowerChin

Knockout rate

11%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

2.02 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

Career striking

OverallD42nd

34%141 / 409

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.49 differential

Landed1.89

Absorbed3.38

53%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%44th110
Body13%31st19
Leg9%32nd12

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

Sig. strikes by position

43%Standing

Standing43%61
Clinch18%25
Ground39%55

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Eric Schafer

Landed per 15

Head

D

37th

22.1

37th

Body

F

18th

3.8

18th

Leg

F

15th

2.4

15th

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

25th

39.8

25th

Body

B

65th

7.0

65th

Leg

A

75th

3.8

75th

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	110	367	30%
Body	3.8	19	28	68%
Leg	2.4	12	14	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.8	198	510	39%
Body	7.0	35	53	66%
Leg	3.8	19	22	86%

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

Eric Schafer

36%

Takedown accuracy

50%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.1 min net

On top3.8

On bottom3.7

Offense

Takedowns

B

63rd

1.8

63rd

TD accuracy

C

47th

36%

47th

Sub attempts

A

84th

1.8

84th

Control

B

62nd

3.8 min

62nd

Defense

TD defense

D

34th

50%

34th

Controlled

3.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 25
Submission attempts	9
Control time	18:54

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 12
Control absorbed	18:17

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (75min 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

Eric Schafer

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 75 min

54%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Schafer fades (-75% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Schafer drops to 54% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Schafer ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Schaferlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Schaferattempts / min

Control time

Schafer% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	2.5	2.9	0.50	42%	9
R2	2.4	1.5	4.6	0.21	8%	5
R3	1.1	0.8	3.1	0.07	3%	3

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

Eric Schafer

9 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

38th

28%

38th

Win quality

F

20th

29%

20th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

1

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div champ	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	0-3	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	3-0	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	Jorge Rivera	Established	30	Jan 20, 2012
L	Aaron Simpson	Established	30	Oct 8, 2011
L	Jason Brilz	Building	18	Mar 21, 2010
L	Ryan Bader	Top-5	57	Oct 24, 2009
W	Antonio Mendes	Unproven	8	Jan 17, 2009
W	Houston Alexander	Unproven	12	Sep 17, 2008
L	Stephan Bonnar	Established	26	Oct 20, 2007
L	Michael Bisping	Cross-div champ	54	Dec 30, 2006
W	Rob MacDonald	Unproven	8	Aug 26, 2006

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

9 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

1-3

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-3

4 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

1-4

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 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

10y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Eric Schafer

Extended layoff

10y 2mosince last bout

vs James Austen Heidlage · Apr 16, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 1-3

51.1

DK avg

28.9

Median

116.8

Ceiling

14.0

Floor

33%

Boom

33%

Bust

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