James Head Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jason High Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Mount	R1	1:41	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013
L	Mike Pyle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R1	1:55	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale	Dec 15, 2012
W	Brian Ebersole Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao	Jul 21, 2012
W	Papy Abedi Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:33	UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva	Apr 14, 2012
L	Nick Ring Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	3:33	UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin	Jun 11, 2011

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 1 decXFL · BB · PB MMA · TAP Entertainment · CW 9 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gerald Harris26-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFL	Feb 25, 2011
W	Bill Albrecht23-16	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:46	BB	Jun 25, 2010
L	Jesse Forbes15-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PB MMA	Aug 22, 2009
W	Chris Henning1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:20	TAP Entertainment	Sep 27, 2008
W	Lee McKibbin3-8	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	0:00	CW 9	Mar 9, 2008
W	Eric Bradley5-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:47	MOTC 16	Sep 28, 2007
W	Ruben Escamilla4-9	Submission	—	R1	2:12	MOTC 14	Jun 23, 2007
W	Chance Fine2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:02	MOTC 7	Dec 2, 2006

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

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Submission

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Decision

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

James Head

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.52 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

1.69 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

James Head

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

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

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

OverallC49th

48%101 / 208

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.36 differential

Landed2.75

Absorbed3.11

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%54th66
Body32%68th32
Leg3%40th3

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

Sig. strikes by position

53%Standing

Standing53%54
Clinch43%43
Ground4%4

Striking zones

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

UFC only

James Head

Landed per 15

Head

C

50th

27.0

50th

Body

A

77th

13.1

77th

Leg

F

8th

1.2

8th

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

68th

24.1

68th

Body

C

56th

9.0

56th

Leg

F

13th

13.5

13th

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	27.0	66	166	40%
Body	13.1	32	38	84%
Leg	1.2	3	4	75%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.1	59	151	39%
Body	9.0	22	32	69%
Leg	13.5	33	44	75%

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

James Head

100%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.1 min net

On top1.9

On bottom6.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

0.4

47th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

A

70th

0.8

70th

Control

C

50th

1.9 min

50th

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

67%

56th

Controlled

6.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	2
Control time	4:46

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 24
Control absorbed	14:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (37min 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

James Head

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 37 min

48%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Head fades (-41% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Head drops to 48% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Head ▼ 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

Headlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Headattempts / min

Control time

Head% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	4.1	3.5	0.00	14%	5
R2	1.9	1.6	3.0	0.00	8%	2
R3	2.2	1.2	2.5	0.12	18%	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

James Head

5 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

27th

24%

27th

Win quality

C

47th

39%

47th

Limited UFC sample (5 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

1

Top-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
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

79-55-1

.590 win rate

Winning-record opponents

4 of 8

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

8

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	Jason High	Building	15	Aug 28, 2013
L	Mike Pyle	Top-15	53	Dec 15, 2012
W	Brian Ebersole	Established	26	Jul 21, 2012
W	Papy Abedi	Unproven	8	Apr 14, 2012
L	Nick Ring	Building	15	Jun 11, 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

5 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-1

2 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

12y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

James Head

Extended layoff

12y 10mosince last bout

vs Jason High · Aug 28, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 2-2

39.7

DK avg

25.3

Median

65.7

Ceiling

6.2

Floor

20%

Boom

40%

Bust

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