Joe Soto Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#13Iuri Alcantara Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:06	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders	Feb 3, 2018
L	Brett Johns Bantamweight	Submission	Calf Slicer On Ground	R1	0:30	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale	Dec 1, 2017
W	#14Rani Yahya Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	Marco Beltran Catch Weight	Submission	Heel Hook On Ground	R1	1:37	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson	Nov 5, 2016
W	Chris Beal Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	3:39	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson	Jun 18, 2016
L	Michinori Tanaka Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit	Jan 2, 2016
L	Anthony Birchak Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:37	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
L	CTJ DillashawTitle Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R5	2:20	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014

Outside the UFC

15-2across 17 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 8 sub · 2 decBFC · TPF 20 · TPF 18 · TPF 17 · TPF 13 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Terrion Ware18-12	Submission	North-South Choke	R3	2:48	TPF 20	Aug 7, 2014
W	Jeremiah Labiano13-11	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R3	4:16	TPF 18	Feb 6, 2014
W	Cory Vom Baur7-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:36	TPF 17	Nov 14, 2013
W	Chad George18-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:01	TPF 13	May 10, 2012
W	Chris David13-11-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:28	TWC 13	Jan 27, 2012
W	Romeo McCovey1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NFF	Oct 15, 2011
L	Eddie Yagin16-7-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:00	TPF 10	Aug 5, 2011
L	Joe Warren15-8	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R2	0:33	BFC	Sep 2, 2010
W	Diego Saraiva22-20-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	BFC	May 20, 2010
W	Mike Christensen11-8	Submission	Gogoplata	R1	2:06	TPF 1	Oct 8, 2009
W	Yahir Reyes14-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:11	BFC	Jun 5, 2009
W	Wilson Reis28-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	May 8, 2009
W	Ben Greer11-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:40	BFC	Apr 3, 2009
W	Anthony Luna0-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	0:33	GC 86	Nov 2, 2008
W	Brandon Jinnies3-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:59	PFC 10	Sep 26, 2008
W	Darren Crisp11-10	Submission	Kneebar	R1	1:08	PFC 9	Jul 18, 2008
W	Jared Williams2-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:26	GC 53	Jul 16, 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

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Submission

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.13

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Joe Soto

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.36 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

2 scorecards on file

Joe Soto

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 50%

1W

Split1 decision · 50%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

2

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC47th

41%238 / 570

Striking accuracy

67%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.01 differential

Landed3.36

Absorbed5.37

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head82%70th195
Body7%26th17
Leg11%45th26

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

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%211
Clinch1%3
Ground10%24

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joe Soto

Landed per 15

Head

A

78th

41.3

78th

Body

F

11th

3.6

11th

Leg

D

35th

5.5

35th

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

F

7th

62.3

7th

Body

D

39th

11.9

39th

Leg

B

63rd

6.4

63rd

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	41.3	195	505	39%
Body	3.6	17	23	74%
Leg	5.5	26	42	62%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	62.3	294	1,037	28%
Body	11.9	56	80	70%
Leg	6.4	30	37	81%

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 Soto

21%

Takedown accuracy

70%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.2 min net

On top1.6

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.8

48th

TD accuracy

D

26th

21%

26th

Sub attempts

A+

88th

1.9

88th

Control

C

43rd

1.6 min

43rd

Defense

TD defense

B

62nd

70%

62nd

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 19
Submission attempts	9
Control time	7:31

Defense

TDs defended	14 / 20
Control absorbed	8:19

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (71min 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 Soto

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 71 min

245%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Soto builds (+41% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Soto lifts to 245% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Soto ▲ 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

Sotolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sotoattempts / min

Control time

Soto% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.9	1.7	4.3	0.36	2%	8
R2	5.0	4.3	6.0	0.10	11%	4
R3	7.0	5.0	5.6	0.32	26%	4
R4	2.6	2.6	6.4	0.00	0%	1
R5	4.3	1.7	6.0	0.86	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 Soto

8 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

70th

43%

70th

Win quality

D

26th

32%

26th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class 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	0-1	0%
Top-15	3	1-2	33%
Building	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

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	Iuri Alcantara#13	Top-15	70	Feb 3, 2018
L	Brett Johns	Top-15	44	Dec 1, 2017
W	Rani Yahya#14	Top-15	63	Mar 11, 2017
W	Marco Beltran	Building	18	Nov 5, 2016
W	Chris Beal	Building	18	Jun 18, 2016
L	Michinori Tanaka	Building	15	Jan 2, 2016
L	Anthony Birchak	Unproven	8	Jun 6, 2015
L	TJ DillashawCHAMP	Champion	100	Aug 30, 2014

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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-3

3 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

1-3

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-1

3 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

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

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

8y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Joe Soto

Extended layoff

8y 5mosince last bout

vs Iuri Alcantara · Feb 3, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 2-4

38.9

DK avg

39.2

Median

75.8

Ceiling

0.4

Floor

13%

Boom

38%

Bust

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