John Cholish Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Gleison Tibau Lightweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R2	2:34	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold	May 18, 2013
L	Danny Castillo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller	May 5, 2012
W	Mitch Clarke Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	4:36	UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida	Dec 10, 2011

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 4 sub · 1 decCFFC 9 · Strikeforce · ROC 32 · UCC 2 · UCC 1 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jameel Massouh26-9	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:25	CFFC 9	Jun 10, 2011
W	Marc Stevens24-12	Submission	Kneebar	R2	3:57	Strikeforce	Feb 12, 2011
W	Rich Moskowitz10-7	Submission	Inverted Triangle Choke	R3	3:05	ROC 32	Oct 23, 2010
W	Hitalo Machado7-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	2:25	UCC 2	May 14, 2010
W	Matt Troyer2-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	1:16	UCC 1	Mar 19, 2010
W	Benoit Guionnet2-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:39	Wreck MMA	Dec 12, 2009
W	Chris Connor5-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DCP	Dec 13, 2008
L	Jason Patino3-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:17	CF 6	Sep 29, 2007

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

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Submission

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

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PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

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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

OverallB63rd

49%93 / 190

Striking accuracy

73%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.36 differential

Landed2.65

Absorbed2.29

76%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+22%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%54th64
Body9%41st8
Leg23%63rd21

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

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%71
Clinch5%5
Ground18%17

Striking zones

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

UFC only

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Landed per 15

Head

C

53rd

29.8

53rd

Body

F

14th

3.7

14th

Leg

A

71st

9.8

71st

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

25.2

63rd

Body

B

67th

7.5

67th

Leg

D

35th

9.3

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.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.8	64	152	42%
Body	3.7	8	16	50%
Leg	9.8	21	22	95%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.2	54	288	19%
Body	7.5	16	22	73%
Leg	9.3	20	24	83%

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

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15%

Takedown accuracy

70%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.4 min net

On top1.8

On bottom2.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

54th

0.9

54th

TD accuracy

F

24th

15%

24th

Sub attempts

C

51st

0.0

51st

Control

C

46th

1.8 min

46th

Defense

TD defense

C

57th

70%

57th

Controlled

2.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 13
Submission attempts	0
Control time	3:50

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 10
Control absorbed	4:40

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (32min 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 Cholish

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 32 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Cholish 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.

CholishOutput / 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

Cholishlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cholishattempts / min

Control time

Cholish% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	2.2	2.7	0.47	12%	3
R2	6.3	4.2	2.5	0.49	17%	3
R3	1.8	1.8	3.8	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

John Cholish

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

40th

28%

40th

Win quality

F

20th

29%

20th

Limited UFC sample (3 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

Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

79-51

.608 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 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	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	45	May 18, 2013
L	Danny Castillo	Established	26	May 5, 2012
W	Mitch Clarke	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2011

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

3 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

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

13y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

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Extended layoff

13y 1mosince last bout

vs Gleison Tibau · May 18, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-1

45.8

DK avg

18.5

Median

115.0

Ceiling

3.8

Floor

33%

Boom

67%

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