Jacob Volkmann Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

King Green

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:25

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar · Feb 2, 2013

Submission

R3 · 4:25

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar

Feb 2, 2013

W

Shane Roller

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:38

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot · Oct 5, 2012

Submission

R1 · 2:38

Rear Naked Choke

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot

Oct 5, 2012

L

Paul Sass

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Armbar From Bottom · R1 · 1:54

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir · May 26, 2012

Submission

R1 · 1:54

Triangle Armbar From Bottom

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

May 26, 2012

W

Efrain Escudero

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem · Dec 30, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

Dec 30, 2011

W

Danny Castillo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle · Aug 14, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle

Aug 14, 2011

W

Antonio McKee

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 125: Resolution · Jan 1, 2011

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko · Aug 1, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

Aug 1, 2010

W

Ronys Torres

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi · Mar 31, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi

Mar 31, 2010

L

Martin Kampmann

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock · R1 · 4:03

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva · Jan 2, 2010

Submission

R1 · 4:03

Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva

Jan 2, 2010

L

Paulo Thiago

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 · Nov 21, 2009

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2

Nov 21, 2009

Outside the UFC

13-3across 16 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 sub · 5 decBrutaal · MF · Fight Night at the Island · LFC 51 · LFC 43 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ben Saunders23-13-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:17	Fight Night at the Island	Sep 9, 2016
W	Antonio Trocoli12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 51	Feb 5, 2016
W	Zak Ottow20-8	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	4:55	LFC 43	Jul 17, 2015
L	T.J. O'Brien20-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:14	PC MMA	May 9, 2014
W	Danny White10-8-1	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R2	3:45	Dakota FC 18	Apr 26, 2014
L	Luiz Firmino20-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 6	Oct 26, 2013
W	Lyle Beerbohm24-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 3	Jun 14, 2013
W	Kevin Knabjian12-7-1	Submission	Brabo Choke	R2	1:42	BFC	May 15, 2009
W	Bobby Voelker34-15	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	VFC 25	Dec 5, 2008
W	Steve Merth7-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:52	Brutaal	Sep 5, 2008
W	Travis McCullough20-47	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:51	MF	Jul 19, 2008
W	Wayne Hajicek19-16	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:34	MF	Apr 26, 2008
W	Brent Mehrhoff9-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFO 22	Feb 23, 2008
W	Caleb Wolff13-9	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	—	Brutaal	Jan 11, 2008
W	Nathan Oliver1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UCS	Oct 20, 2007
W	Chaylen Rader11-13	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:17	CFX 6	Sep 29, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Submission

6 wins, 5 losses

W6

L5

Decision

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.50

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Jacob Volkmann

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

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

4 scorecards on file

Jacob Volkmann

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

2W1L

Split1 decision · 25%

1W

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

OverallD36th

34%134 / 389

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.59 differential

Landed1.19

Absorbed1.78

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head73%23rd98
Body15%20th20
Leg12%32nd16

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

Sig. strikes by position

59%Ground

Standing33%44
Clinch8%11
Ground59%79

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Jacob Volkmann

Landed per 15

Head

F

12th

13.0

12th

Body

F

10th

2.7

10th

Leg

F

15th

2.1

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

A+

87th

16.3

87th

Body

A

76th

6.0

76th

Leg

A

74th

4.4

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.0	98	316	31%
Body	2.7	20	31	65%
Leg	2.1	16	42	38%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	16.3	123	335	37%
Body	6.0	45	54	83%
Leg	4.4	33	37	89%

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

Jacob Volkmann

49%

Takedown accuracy

53%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.9 min net

On top7.4

On bottom3.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

80th

3.2

80th

TD accuracy

B

66th

49%

66th

Sub attempts

A+

90th

2.0

90th

Control

A+

87th

7.4 min

87th

Defense

TD defense

D

41st

53%

41st

Controlled

3.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	24 / 49
Submission attempts	15
Control time	56:07

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 17
Control absorbed	26:28

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (113min 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

Jacob Volkmann

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 113 min

109%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Volkmann holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Volkmann lifts to 109% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Volkmann — HOLDSOutput / 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

Volkmannlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Volkmannattempts / min

Control time

Volkmann% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.30	45%	10
R2	4.7	0.8	1.7	0.51	59%	7
R3	4.4	1.0	2.5	0.52	46%	7

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

Jacob Volkmann

10 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

23rd

22%

23rd

Win quality

B

67th

45%

67th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

4

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 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
Ranked 6–15	2	0-2	0%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	2	1-1	50%
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	King Green	Ranked 6–15	45	Feb 2, 2013
W	Shane Roller	Unproven	12	Oct 5, 2012
L	Paul Sass	Building	15	May 26, 2012
W	Efrain Escudero	Building	18	Dec 30, 2011
W	Danny Castillo	Established	22	Aug 14, 2011
W	Antonio McKee	Unproven	8	Jan 1, 2011
W	Paul Kelly	Established	26	Aug 1, 2010
W	Ronys Torres	Unproven	8	Mar 31, 2010
L	Martin Kampmann	Ranked 6–15	59	Jan 2, 2010
L	Paulo Thiago	Unproven	8	Nov 21, 2009

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

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-2

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-0

1 bout

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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-2

6 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 bout

9y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Jacob Volkmann

Extended layoff

9y 11mosince last bout

vs Ben Saunders · Sep 9, 2016

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 2-2

58.00

DK avg

68.00

Median

97.70

Ceiling

5.50

Floor

40%

Boom

20%

Bust

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