John Castaneda Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
D	Mark Vologdin Catch Weight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott	Apr 18, 2026
L	Chris Gutierrez Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates	Apr 26, 2025
L	Daniel Marcos Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov	Jun 8, 2024
W	Kyung Ho Kang Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira	Nov 11, 2023
W	Muin Gafurov Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi	Jun 3, 2023
L	Daniel Santos Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R2	4:28	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan	Oct 1, 2022
W	Miles Johns Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Half Guard	R3	1:38	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland	Feb 5, 2022
W	#15Eddie Wineland Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	4:44	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis	Feb 20, 2021
L	Nathaniel Wood Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till	Jul 25, 2020

Outside the UFC

17-4across 21 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 5 sub · 5 decCombate Americas · Driller Promotions · Driller Promotions / SEG · KOTC · Dana White's Contender Series +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Marcelo Rojo17-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	2:37	Combate Americas	Apr 12, 2019
L	Jose Alday13-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Combate Americas	Apr 13, 2018
L	Levy Marroquin16-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Combate Americas	Nov 11, 2017
W	Marc Gomez Sariol21-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Combate Americas	Nov 11, 2017
W	Kevin Moreyra10-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:52	Combate Americas	Nov 11, 2017
W	Cheyden Leialoha11-3	Decision	29–28, 29–28, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 1, 2017
W	Christopher Mario Beal11-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:42	Combate Americas	May 5, 2017
W	Gustavo Lopez16-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	2:24	Combate Americas	Oct 14, 2016
W	Angel Cruz8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:25	Combate Americas	Aug 11, 2016
W	Gabriel Solorio13-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Combate Americas	Apr 25, 2016
W	Federico Lopez10-6	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	4:49	Combate Americas	Dec 16, 2015
W	Justin Governale7-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Combate Americas	Sep 17, 2015
W	Joe Pearson45-31-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:47	KOTC	Aug 22, 2015
W	Pedro Velasco6-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:42	KOTC	May 16, 2015
L	Matt Brown11-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	RFA 19	Oct 10, 2014
W	Ruddy Gray4-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:17	Driller Promotions	Jul 26, 2014
L	Matt Brown11-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:22	Driller Promotions	May 31, 2014
W	Derrick Mandell9-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Driller Promotions / SEG	Feb 22, 2014
W	Adam Schumacher7-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	3:32	Driller Promotions	Nov 2, 2013
W	Bruce Johnson9-53	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:32	Driller Promotions / SEG	Jan 26, 2013
W	Brandon Abrego1-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:36	Driller Promotions / SEG	Sep 22, 2012

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

5-1across 6 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsDriller Promotions / SEG · Brutaal Fight Night · Driller Promotions

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Brandon Gardner4-3	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	Driller Promotions / SEG	Jun 23, 2012
W	Cody Garness4-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:10	Brutaal Fight Night	May 18, 2012
W	Josh Treseler5-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:29	Brutaal Fight Night	Mar 23, 2012
W	Mitchell Field4-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Driller Promotions / SEG	Mar 3, 2012
W	Marcel Anderson0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:42	Driller Promotions / SEG	Jan 6, 2012
L	Codie Kahler4-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Driller Promotions	Oct 28, 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

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Submission

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Decision

7 wins, 6 losses

W7

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.11

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

John Castaneda

PowerChin

Knockout rate

10%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

1.17 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

0.76 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

5 scorecards on file

John Castaneda

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

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

2W2L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

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

OverallC56th

51%599 / 1,160

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.12 differential

Landed4.95

Absorbed5.07

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%76th341
Body16%62nd94
Leg27%92nd164

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

Sig. strikes by position

90%Standing

Standing90%540
Clinch6%38
Ground4%21

Striking zones

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

UFC only

John Castaneda

Landed per 15

Head

A

81st

44.2

81st

Body

B

63rd

12.2

63rd

Leg

A+

96th

21.2

96th

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

15th

51.3

15th

Body

F

23rd

15.2

23rd

Leg

F

11th

15.8

11th

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	44.2	341	810	42%
Body	12.2	94	145	65%
Leg	21.2	164	205	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.3	396	1,031	38%
Body	15.2	117	164	71%
Leg	15.8	122	154	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

John Castaneda

39%

Takedown accuracy

78%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.7 min net

On top2.4

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

53rd

1.4

53rd

TD accuracy

C

50th

39%

50th

Sub attempts

C

46th

0.1

46th

Control

C

52nd

2.4 min

52nd

Defense

TD defense

A

75th

78%

75th

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 28
Submission attempts	1
Control time	18:55

Defense

TDs defended	18 / 23
Control absorbed	5:59

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (116min 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

John Castaneda

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 116 min

170%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Castaneda builds (+16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Castaneda lifts to 170% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Castaneda ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Castanedalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Castanedaattempts / min

Control time

Castaneda% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	5.1	4.0	0.07	12%	9
R2	6.5	4.9	6.9	0.35	13%	8
R3	7.8	5.7	5.8	0.35	27%	7

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

John Castaneda

9 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

40th

28%

40th

Win quality

A+

85th

54%

85th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
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-5	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	1	0-0-1	—

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
D	Mark Vologdin	Unproven	8	Apr 18, 2026
L	Chris Gutierrez	Cross-div ranked	45	Apr 26, 2025
L	Daniel Marcos	Established	22	Jun 8, 2024
W	Kyung Ho Kang	Contender-level	45	Nov 11, 2023
W	Muin Gafurov	Building	15	Jun 3, 2023
L	Daniel Santos	Building	15	Oct 1, 2022
W	Miles Johns	Established	26	Feb 5, 2022
W	Eddie Wineland#15	Top-5	74	Feb 20, 2021
L	Nathaniel Wood	Contender-level	36	Jul 25, 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

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

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-3

6 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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-2

4 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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

John Castaneda

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Mark Vologdin · Apr 18, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-1As underdog 1-3

65.7

DK avg

61.3

Median

95.1

Ceiling

34.6

Floor

44%

Boom

0%

Bust

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