Francisco Rivera Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Erik Perez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	Jul 30, 2016
L	#15Brad Pickett Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping	Feb 27, 2016
L	John Lineker Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R1	2:08	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015
W	#14Alex Caceres Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	0:21	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
L	#3Urijah Faber Bantamweight	Submission	Bulldog Choke On Ground	R2	1:34	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014
L	#6Takeya Mizugaki Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
W	George Roop Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	2:20	UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3	Nov 6, 2013
W	Edwin Figueroa Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:20	UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar	Feb 2, 2013
NC	Roland Delorme Bantamweight	No Contest	—	R1	4:19	UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao	Jul 21, 2012
W	Alex Soto Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier	May 15, 2012
L	Reuben Duran Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:57	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale	Jun 4, 2011

Outside the UFC

12-6, 2 NCacross 20 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 5 decCombate Global · Called Out MMA · CXF · UNF 33 · UNF 21 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Jesse Strader9-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:01	UNF 33	May 9, 2026
L	Albert Morales19-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:44	UNF 21	Nov 30, 2024
NC	Jesse Strader9-4	No Contest	Accidental Eye Poke	R2	4:33	UNF 16	Feb 24, 2024
W	Josh Wang Kim5-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UNF 9	Jul 1, 2023
NC	Ricky Bandejas15-9	No Contest	Accidental Eye Poke	R2	0:58	XMMA 6	May 3, 2023
L	Cody Gibson21-12	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	2:42	UNF 3	Nov 19, 2022
W	Teruto Ishihara14-15-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UNF 2	Aug 20, 2022
L	John Dodson24-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 4	Apr 2, 2022
L	David Martinez14-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R2	0:17	Combate Global	May 29, 2021
W	Nohelin Hernandez12-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Combate Global	May 29, 2021
W	Adam Martinez9-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:39	Combate Global	May 29, 2021
W	Ryan Lilley13-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:03	XMMA	Jan 30, 2021
W	Antonio Duarte25-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:15	TPF 12	Mar 9, 2012
W	Brad McDonald9-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:40	TPF 11	Dec 2, 2011
L	Erik Koch16-6	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	1:36	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
W	Fernando Bernstein4-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:30	Called Out MMA	Jan 24, 2010
W	Aaron Arana5-2	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Called Out MMA	Aug 15, 2009
W	Johnny Gomez0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Call To Arms	May 16, 2009
W	Chris Drumm0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:46	CXF	Oct 30, 2008
W	Ray Cox1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:52	CXF	Jun 14, 2008

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

10 wins, 3 losses

W10

L3

Submission

0 wins, 5 losses

W0

L5

Decision

6 wins, 4 losses

W6

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Francisco Rivera

PowerChin

Knockout rate

30%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

1.54 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

2.44 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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Francisco Rivera

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–2

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 67%

1W1L

Split1 decision · 33%

1L

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

OverallB65th

41%369 / 939

Striking accuracy

68%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.91 differential

Landed4.07

Absorbed3.16

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%69th260
Body12%40th46
Leg17%65th63

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

Sig. strikes by position

83%Standing

Standing83%305
Clinch12%43
Ground6%21

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Francisco Rivera

Landed per 15

Head

A

77th

39.9

77th

Body

D

30th

7.1

30th

Leg

B

68th

9.7

68th

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

25.2

72nd

Body

F

22nd

14.4

22nd

Leg

C

57th

7.2

57th

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	39.9	260	798	33%
Body	7.1	46	65	71%
Leg	9.7	63	76	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.2	164	736	22%
Body	14.4	94	145	65%
Leg	7.2	47	71	66%

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

Francisco Rivera

64%

Takedown accuracy

68%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.8 min net

On top0.7

On bottom4.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

51st

1.1

51st

TD accuracy

A

85th

64%

85th

Sub attempts

B

68th

0.6

68th

Control

D

29th

0.7 min

29th

Defense

TD defense

C

57th

68%

57th

Controlled

4.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 11
Submission attempts	4
Control time	4:18

Defense

TDs defended	25 / 37
Control absorbed	29:20

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (98min 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

Francisco Rivera

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 98 min

60%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Rivera fades (-23% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Rivera drops to 60% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Rivera ▼ 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

Riveralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Riveraattempts / min

Control time

Rivera% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.1	4.1	3.3	0.19	9%	10
R2	4.1	3.9	3.4	0.06	1%	8
R3	3.1	3.0	2.4	0.05	1%	5

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

Francisco Rivera

11 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

82nd

54%

82nd

Win quality

F

11th

24%

11th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

2

1

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	4	0-4	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Building	1	0-0, 1 NC	—
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

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	Erik Perez#15	Top-15	67	Jul 30, 2016
L	Brad Pickett#15	Top-5	72	Feb 27, 2016
L	John Lineker	Top-5	72	Sep 5, 2015
W	Alex Caceres#14	Top-15	66	Jun 6, 2015
L	Urijah Faber#3	Top-5	88	Dec 6, 2014
L	Takeya Mizugaki#6	Top-5	77	May 24, 2014
W	George Roop	Unproven	12	Nov 6, 2013
W	Edwin Figueroa	Unproven	12	Feb 2, 2013
NC	Roland Delorme	Building	15	Jul 21, 2012
W	Alex Soto	Unproven	8	May 15, 2012
L	Reuben Duran	Unproven	8	Jun 4, 2011

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

10 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-2

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-2

6 bouts

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

2-3

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-2

4 bouts

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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Francisco Rivera

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Jesse Strader · May 9, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 0-5

53.2

DK avg

38.2

Median

113.0

Ceiling

6.8

Floor

30%

Boom

30%

Bust

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