Genaro Valdez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Evan Elder Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva	Jul 15, 2023
L	Natan Levy Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022
L	Matt Frevola Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	3:15	UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane	Jan 22, 2022

Outside the UFC

10-0across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 3 subDana White's Contender Series · LUX 009 · LUX 008 · UWC Mexico 20 · Combate Americas: Mexico vs. Spain +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Patrik White9-3	KO/TKO	punches	R2	0:44	Dana White's Contender Series	Oct 5, 2021
W	Edgar Diaz Guzman6-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:34	LUX 009	Jul 17, 2020
W	Miguel Arizmendi8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:47	LUX 008	Feb 14, 2020
W	Alan Bautista Munoz0-4	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:51	UWC Mexico 20	Aug 24, 2019
W	Hilario Portales5-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:37	Combate Americas: Mexico vs. Spain	Mar 8, 2019
W	Carlos Lopez4-14	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R1	1:38	FFC	Mar 16, 2018
W	Luis Martinez4-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:01	Genesis Desert Combat Legion	Sep 2, 2017
W	Ricardo Avila Soria1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:50	WTC 5	Dec 10, 2016
W	Jose Miguel Higuera Valles0-1	KO/TKO	Ground and Pound	R1	3:45	Gladiadores del Sur -	Jul 16, 2016
W	Manuel Vaca0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:05	EXF 5	Apr 15, 2016

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

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

0 wins, 2 losses

W0

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Genaro Valdez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.16 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

3.60 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

2 scorecards on file

Genaro Valdez

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC42nd

30%123 / 432

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-3.08 differential

Landed4.08

Absorbed7.16

42%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-22%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%66th86
Body11%47th14
Leg19%65th23

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

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%110
Clinch8%10
Ground2%3

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Genaro Valdez

Landed per 15

Head

A

79th

38.8

79th

Body

D

32nd

6.3

32nd

Leg

A

74th

10.4

74th

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

6th

62.7

6th

Body

F

7th

19.4

7th

Leg

F

4th

18.5

4th

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	38.8	86	367	23%
Body	6.3	14	28	50%
Leg	10.4	23	37	62%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	62.7	139	327	43%
Body	19.4	43	60	72%
Leg	18.5	41	44	93%

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

Genaro Valdez

0%

Takedown accuracy

36%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.6 min net

On top0.1

On bottom2.7

Offense

Takedowns

D

40th

0.0

40th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

51st

0.0

51st

Control

D

35th

0.1 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

D

26th

36%

26th

Controlled

2.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:11

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 11
Control absorbed	5:53

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

Genaro Valdez

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 33 min

63%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Valdez fades (-21% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Valdez drops to 63% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Valdez ▼ 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

Valdezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Valdezattempts / min

Control time

Valdez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	4.0	9.0	0.08	1%	3
R2	4.3	4.3	5.0	0.00	0%	2
R3	2.7	2.7	5.4	0.00	0%	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

Genaro Valdez

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

25th

23%

25th

Win quality

F

12th

25%

12th

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

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	0-2	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

28-42

.400 win rate

Winning-record opponents

2 of 9

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

9

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	Evan Elder	Building	15	Jul 15, 2023
L	Natan Levy	Building	15	Dec 3, 2022
L	Matt Frevola	Top-15	46	Jan 22, 2022

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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-2

2 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

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

2y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Genaro Valdez

Extended layoff

2y 11mosince last bout

vs Evan Elder · Jul 15, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

20.8

DK avg

22.2

Median

35.9

Ceiling

4.2

Floor

0%

Boom

33%

Bust

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