Joe Merritt Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Alex Oliveira

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero · Jun 27, 2015

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero

Jun 27, 2015

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 7 KOGladiator Challenge · RFA 33 · RFA 21 · SCMMA 3 · Xplode Fight Series +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Robert Allensworth1-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:10	Gladiator Challenge	Jul 2, 2016
L	Felipe Fogolin8-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:50	RFA 33	Dec 11, 2015
W	Steven Ciaccio4-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:31	RFA 21	Dec 5, 2014
W	Dillon Woods0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:28	Gladiator Challenge	Oct 4, 2014
W	Dominique Chisem5-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:22	Gladiator Challenge	Apr 5, 2014
W	Roger Kelly0-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R3	0:39	SCMMA 3	Sep 7, 2013
W	Gino Guidi0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	Xplode Fight Series	Jun 21, 2013
W	Drew Reed1-9	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	1:35	Kingdom Promotions 2	Jun 23, 2012

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

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsMomentum FC · Prize Fight Promotions

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jordan Herring1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:29	Momentum FC	Jan 28, 2012
W	Tyler Smith2-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:40	Prize Fight Promotions	Apr 16, 2011

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

7 wins, 0 losses

W7

L0

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

KO history

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

Joe Merritt

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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 strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Joe Merritt

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

OverallB64th

58%23 / 39

Striking accuracy

66%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.80 differential

Landed1.53

Absorbed0.73

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+24%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joe Merritt

Landed per 15

Head

F

18th

16.0

18th

Body

F

12th

3.0

12th

Leg

D

32nd

4.0

32nd

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+

97th

7.0

97th

Body

A+

99th

0.0

99th

Leg

A

76th

4.0

76th

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	16.0	16	30	53%
Body	3.0	3	4	75%
Leg	4.0	4	5	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	7.0	7	25	28%
Body	0.0	0	2	0%
Leg	4.0	4	6	67%

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

Joe Merritt

0%

Takedown accuracy

69%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-7.9 min net

On top2.5

On bottom10.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

0.0

49th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.0

61st

Control

C

55th

2.5 min

55th

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

69%

56th

Controlled

10.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 2
Submission attempts	0
Control time	2:31

Defense

TDs defended	11 / 16
Control absorbed	10:24

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

Joe Merritt

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 15 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Merritt 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.

MerrittOutput / 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

Merrittlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Merrittattempts / min

Control time

Merritt% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.00	17%	1
R2	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.40	30%	1
R3	1.2	1.0	1.2	0.00	4%	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

Joe Merritt

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

72nd

44%

72nd

Win quality

F

1st

6%

1st

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). 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

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

L
Alex Oliveira
Jun 27, 2015 · Welterweight
44
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

19-45

.297 win rate

Winning-record opponents

1 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	Alex Oliveira	Ranked 6–15	44	Jun 27, 2015

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

1 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

—

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

—

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 bout

10y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Joe Merritt

Extended layoff

10y 1mosince last bout

vs Robert Allensworth · Jul 2, 2016

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-1

30.90

DK avg

30.90

Median

30.90

Ceiling

30.90

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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