Joe Pyfer Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#5Israel Adesanya Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	4:18	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026
W	#14Abus Magomedov Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:46	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	#11Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2	Jun 7, 2025
W	Marc-Andre Barriault Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:25	UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2	Jun 29, 2024
L	#10Jack Hermansson Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer	Feb 10, 2024
W	Abdul Razak Alhassan Middleweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	2:05	UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green	Oct 7, 2023
W	Gerald Meerschaert Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:15	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
W	Alen Amedovski Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:55	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song	Sep 17, 2022

Outside the UFC

9-2across 11 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 2 sub · 1 decDana White's Contender Series · CFFC 104 · ROC 71 · ROC 70 · ROC 69 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ozzy Diaz10-4	KO/TKO	punches	R2	1:39	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 26, 2022
W	Austin Trotman4-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:55	CFFC 104	Dec 17, 2021
L	Dustin Stoltzfus16-8	KO/TKO	arm injury	R1	4:21	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 11, 2020
W	Chase Gamble7-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:04	ROC 71	Feb 21, 2020
L	Jhonoven Pati11-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:00	ROC 70	Nov 23, 2019
W	Matt Foster9-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:07	ROC 69	Sep 13, 2019
W	Elijah Gbollie6-8	KO/TKO	Elbow and Punch	R2	1:36	ROC 68	May 31, 2019
W	Eric Roncoroni5-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:53	AOW 11	Feb 16, 2019
W	Lorenzo Hunt3-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:47	AOW 8	Oct 5, 2018
W	Derek Wilson3-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 52	Aug 17, 2018
W	Steven Covington0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:40	AOW 7	May 18, 2018

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

4-1across 5 amateur bouts · 5 promotionsAOW 5 · AOW 4 · AOW 2 · XCC 27 · XCC 26

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Sheldon Neighoff2-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:44	AOW 5	Feb 16, 2018
W	Adam Atiyeh10-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:27	AOW 4	Dec 8, 2017
W	Rashaun Day2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:44	AOW 2	Jun 2, 2017
L	Victor Pozsonyi3-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	XCC 27	Feb 24, 2017
W	Christopher Alan0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:17	XCC 26	Nov 18, 2016

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

10 wins, 1 loss

W10

L1

Submission

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Decision

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.63

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Joe Pyfer

PowerChin

Knockout rate

50%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

2.84 per 100 head

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 submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Joe Pyfer

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

1W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

44%253 / 585

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.30 differential

Landed3.52

Absorbed3.22

57%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%71st176
Body23%69th58
Leg8%40th19

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

Sig. strikes by position

85%Standing

Standing85%214
Clinch3%7
Ground13%32

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joe Pyfer

Landed per 15

Head

A

77th

36.8

77th

Body

A

72nd

12.1

72nd

Leg

D

28th

4.0

28th

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

63rd

25.9

63rd

Body

C

44th

9.4

44th

Leg

F

8th

14.6

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.8	176	479	37%
Body	12.1	58	75	77%
Leg	4.0	19	31	61%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.9	124	353	35%
Body	9.4	45	63	71%
Leg	14.6	70	89	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

Joe Pyfer

25%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.3 min net

On top1.6

On bottom1.3

Offense

Takedowns

C

55th

1.3

55th

TD accuracy

D

29th

25%

29th

Sub attempts

B

69th

0.8

69th

Control

D

40th

1.6 min

40th

Defense

TD defense

67%

Controlled

1.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 24
Submission attempts	4
Control time	7:48

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 6
Control absorbed	6:19

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (72min 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 Pyfer

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 72 min

119%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Pyfer builds (+8% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pyfer lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Pyfer ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Pyferlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pyferattempts / min

Control time

Pyfer% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	3.3	2.6	0.33	9%	8
R2	5.9	4.2	2.9	0.28	21%	5
R3	5.5	3.9	5.1	0.50	3%	2
R4	6.9	4.4	6.6	0.60	17%	1
R5	0.8	0.8	3.2	0.00	0%	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 Pyfer

8 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

63/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

82nd

54%

82nd

Win quality

A+

97th

77%

97th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

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
W	Israel Adesanya#5	Champion	92	Mar 28, 2026
W	Abus Magomedov#14	Top-15	62	Oct 4, 2025
W	Kelvin Gastelum#11	Top-5	78	Jun 7, 2025
W	Marc-Andre Barriault	Unproven	12	Jun 29, 2024
L	Jack Hermansson#10	Top-5	77	Feb 10, 2024
W	Abdul Razak Alhassan	Building	22	Oct 7, 2023
W	Gerald Meerschaert	Building	28	Apr 8, 2023
W	Alen Amedovski	Unproven	8	Sep 17, 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

8 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

3-1

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-0

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

5-1

6 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

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

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Joe Pyfer

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Israel Adesanya · Mar 28, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-1As underdog 1-0

88.8

DK avg

97.4

Median

103.2

Ceiling

78.9

Floor

75%

Boom

0%

Bust

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