Evan Tanner Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kendall Grove Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale	Jun 21, 2008
L	Yushin Okami Middleweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R2	3:00	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	Mar 1, 2008
W	JL Justin Levens Middleweight	Submission	Triangle Choke After Drop to Guard	R1	3:14	UFC 59: Reality Check	Apr 15, 2006
L	David Loiseau Middleweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R2	4:15	UFC Fight Night 2	Oct 3, 2005
L	Rich FranklinTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R4	3:25	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	Jun 4, 2005
W	David TerrellTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R1	4:35	UFC 51: Super Saturday	Feb 5, 2005
W	Robbie Lawler Middleweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	2:22	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004
W	Phil Baroni Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 48: Payback	Jun 19, 2004
W	Phil Baroni Middleweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R1	4:42	UFC 45: Revolution	Nov 21, 2003
L	Rich Franklin Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:40	UFC 42: Sudden Impact	Apr 25, 2003
W	Chris Haseman Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall	Jul 13, 2002
W	Elvis Sinosic Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cuts	R1	2:06	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002
W	Homer Moore Light Heavyweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom Guard	R2	0:55	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
L	Tito OrtizTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Slam to On Ground	R1	0:32	UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk	Feb 23, 2001
W	Lance Gibson Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	4:58	UFC 29: Defense of the Belts	Dec 16, 2000
W	Valeri Ignatov Middleweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R1	2:58	UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns	Mar 5, 1999
W	DG Darrel Gholar Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	7:57	UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title	Jan 8, 1999

Outside the UFC

21-2across 23 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 13 sub · 1 decPancrase · PSDA · USWF 4 · Gladiators · FCFF +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shannon Ritch58-88	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	—	FCFF	Feb 15, 2003
W	Travis Fulton255-54-10	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:31	USWF 18	Nov 25, 2000
W	Raoul Romero3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	6:59	USWF 17	Jul 17, 2000
W	Vinny Nixon0-2	Submission	Keylock	R1	1:07	USWF 14	Apr 24, 1999
L	Leon van Dijk6-11-1	KO/TKO	Knees and Palm Strikes	R1	11:39	Pancrase	Apr 18, 1999
W	Mike Cizek1-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:06	USWF 13	Mar 20, 1999
W	Ryushi Yanagisawa24-25-9	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:24	Pancrase	Dec 19, 1998
W	Gene Lydick1-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:15	USWF 12	Oct 24, 1998
W	Kiuma Kunioku35-26-9	Decision	Lost Points	R1	20:00	Pancrase	Sep 14, 1998
W	Justin McCully11-5-2	Submission	Kimura	R1	5:07	Pancrase	Jul 26, 1998
W	Kosei Kubota27-41-17	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:23	Pancrase	Jul 7, 1998
W	Ikuhisa Minowa63-45-8	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:05	Pancrase	Jul 7, 1998
W	Tony Castillo6-6	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	4:06	USWF 9	Jun 20, 1998
W	Dennis Reed45-63-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:20	Gladiators	Apr 18, 1998
W	Wade Kroeze0-1	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	1:00	Gladiators	Apr 18, 1998
W	Rusty Totty0-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:36	USWF 8	Mar 28, 1998
L	Heath Herring28-16	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	8:20	PSDA	Nov 22, 1997
W	Jesse Gonzalez0-1	Submission	Ezekiel Choke	R1	1:15	PSDA	Nov 22, 1997
W	Joe Frailey0-2	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:56	PSDA	Nov 22, 1997
W	Heath Herring28-16	KO/TKO	Exhaustion	R1	6:19	USWF 7	Oct 18, 1997
W	Paul Buentello35-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:20	USWF 4	Apr 12, 1997
W	Gary Nabors2-1	Submission	Keylock	R1	2:21	USWF 4	Apr 12, 1997
W	Mike Kennedy2-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Palm Strikes	R1	1:29	USWF 4	Apr 12, 1997

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

12 wins, 6 losses

W12

L6

Submission

17 wins, 1 loss

W17

L1

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.06

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.88

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Evan Tanner

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.42 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

2.24 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

OverallB64th

59%388 / 647

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.41 differential

Landed3.05

Absorbed2.64

41%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head61%56th237
Body25%69th97
Leg14%56th54

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

Sig. strikes by position

42%Ground

Standing33%129
Clinch24%95
Ground42%164

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Evan Tanner

Landed per 15

Head

C

56th

29.0

56th

Body

A

71st

11.9

71st

Leg

C

54th

6.6

54th

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

B

59th

27.3

59th

Body

B

70th

6.4

70th

Leg

A

79th

3.2

79th

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	29.0	237	455	52%
Body	11.9	97	131	74%
Leg	6.6	54	61	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.3	223	616	36%
Body	6.4	52	62	84%
Leg	3.2	26	31	84%

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

Evan Tanner

46%

Takedown accuracy

22%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.0 min net

On top6.3

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

79th

2.6

79th

TD accuracy

B

64th

46%

64th

Sub attempts

A+

86th

1.8

86th

Control

A+

86th

6.3 min

86th

Defense

TD defense

F

18th

22%

18th

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	21 / 46
Submission attempts	15
Control time	51:21

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 9
Control absorbed	10:24

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (123min 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

Evan Tanner

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 123 min

122%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Tanner builds (+10% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Tanner lifts to 122% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Tanner ▲ 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

Tannerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Tannerattempts / min

Control time

Tanner% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	3.1	1.8	0.35	41%	17
R2	6.1	3.2	2.7	0.39	45%	7
R3	7.0	3.9	3.5	0.40	48%	4
R4	2.9	1.2	7.0	0.59	0%	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

Evan Tanner

17 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

50th

32%

50th

Win quality

B

68th

45%

68th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

9

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Title-fight eliteTitle fight where opp had an elite UFC record at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
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	1-0	100%
Title-fight elite	1	0-1	0%
Title-fight challenger	2	1-1	50%
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	9	9-0	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	Kendall Grove	Established	26	Jun 21, 2008
L	Yushin Okami	Top-5	65	Mar 1, 2008
W	Justin Levens	Unproven	8	Apr 15, 2006
L	David Loiseau	Building	18	Oct 3, 2005
L	Rich Franklin	Title-fight elite	60	Jun 4, 2005
W	David Terrell	Title-fight challenger	50	Feb 5, 2005
W	Robbie Lawler	Cross-div champ	57	Oct 22, 2004
W	Phil Baroni	Unproven	12	Jun 19, 2004
W	Phil Baroni	Unproven	12	Nov 21, 2003
L	Rich Franklin	Long-tenured vet	42	Apr 25, 2003
W	Chris Haseman	Unproven	8	Jul 13, 2002
W	Elvis Sinosic	Unproven	8	Mar 22, 2002
W	Homer Moore	Unproven	8	Nov 2, 2001
L	Tito Ortiz	Title-fight challenger	50	Feb 23, 2001
W	Lance Gibson	Unproven	8	Dec 16, 2000
W	Valeri Ignatov	Unproven	8	Mar 5, 1999
W	Darrel Gholar	Unproven	8	Jan 8, 1999

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

17 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

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-3

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-2

7 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

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-4

11 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

1-2

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

18 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Evan Tanner

Extended layoff

18 yearssince last bout

vs Kendall Grove · Jun 21, 2008

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 0-1

74.3

DK avg

96.9

Median

111.9

Ceiling

17.3

Floor

59%

Boom

18%

Bust

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