Jerome Rivera Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Zhalgas Zhumagulov Flyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	2:02	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
L	Ode Osbourne Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:26	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021
L	Francisco Figueiredo Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny	Jan 20, 2021
L	Tyson Nam Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	0:34	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Sep 19, 2020

Outside the UFC

10-2across 12 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 6 sub · 3 decLFA · KOTC · Dana White's Contender Series · JMMAS · Fresquez Productions +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ronaldo Rodriguez17-3	Decision	29–28, 30–27, 30–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 4, 2020
W	Kendrick Latchman10-11	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:12	LFA	Jan 17, 2020
W	Gene Perez7-15	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:07	JMMAS	Feb 23, 2019
L	Brandon Royval17-9	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	0:40	LFA	May 4, 2018
L	Roberto Sanchez8-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	3:41	LFA	Jun 23, 2017
W	Zac Riley9-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Apr 21, 2017
W	Saul Elizondo6-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:13	Fresquez Productions	Feb 25, 2017
W	Jesus Urbina9-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Oct 31, 2015
W	Alejandro Diaz0-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:35	KOTC	Aug 8, 2015
W	Roger Reyes0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:14	RXMMA	Feb 28, 2015
W	Rudy Kennedy1-3	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	2:53	Triple A MMA 11	Dec 6, 2014
W	Levi Lucero0-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:37	Triple A MMA 5	Mar 29, 2014

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.

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsKOTC · Fresquez Productions · Triple A MMA 3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ricky Esquibel3-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:21	Fresquez Productions	Dec 6, 2013
W	Joey Trevino1-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:45	KOTC	Oct 5, 2013
W	Bruce Lee Romero0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:43	Triple A MMA 3	Aug 18, 2013
W	Adrian Lopez0-5	Submission	—	R1	1:38	KOTC	Jun 22, 2013

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Submission

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

KO history

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

Jerome Rivera

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

4.26 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

Jerome Rivera

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

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

OverallD37th

33%74 / 257

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.61 differential

Landed3.21

Absorbed2.60

46%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head31%41st23
Body24%62nd18
Leg45%84th33

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

Sig. strikes by position

86%Standing

Standing86%64
Clinch14%10
Ground0%0

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Jerome Rivera

Landed per 15

Head

F

14th

15.0

14th

Body

B

64th

11.7

64th

Leg

A+

98th

21.5

98th

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

C

52nd

30.6

52nd

Body

C

43rd

11.7

43rd

Leg

D

31st

9.8

31st

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	15.0	23	163	14%
Body	11.7	18	42	43%
Leg	21.5	33	52	63%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.6	47	107	44%
Body	11.7	18	29	62%
Leg	9.8	15	19	79%

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

Jerome Rivera

0%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.3 min net

On top0.7

On bottom5.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

46th

0.0

46th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

51st

0.0

51st

Control

C

47th

0.7 min

47th

Defense

TD defense

33%

Controlled

5.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 6
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:07

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 6
Control absorbed	7:44

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (23min 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

Jerome Rivera

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 23 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Rivera hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

RiveraOutput / 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

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	5.3	4.3	3.4	0.32	1%	4
R2	1.4	1.3	5.2	0.00	4%	2
R3	4.6	2.8	1.6	0.40	15%	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

Jerome Rivera

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

18th

20%

18th

Win quality

F

21st

30%

21st

Limited UFC sample (4 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

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

67-78

.462 win rate

Winning-record opponents

3 of 11

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

11

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	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	Unproven	8	Jul 10, 2021
L	Ode Osbourne	Building	15	Feb 6, 2021
L	Francisco Figueiredo	Building	15	Jan 20, 2021
L	Tyson Nam	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 19, 2020

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

4 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

—

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

0-3

3 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

4y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Jerome Rivera

Extended layoff

4y 11mosince last bout

vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov · Jul 10, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-4

11.9

DK avg

12.2

Median

30.2

Ceiling

0.8

Floor

0%

Boom

75%

Bust

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