John Dodson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Merab Dvalishvili Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020
W	Nathaniel Wood Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:16	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	Feb 15, 2020
L	#14Petr Yan Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019
L	#5Jimmie Rivera Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till	Sep 8, 2018
W	#10Pedro Munhoz Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya	Mar 3, 2018
L	#9Marlon Moraes Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	Nov 11, 2017
W	#10Eddie Wineland Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov	Apr 22, 2017
L	#3John Lineker Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson	Oct 1, 2016
W	Manvel Gamburyan Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	0:37	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans	Apr 16, 2016
L	CDemetrious JohnsonTitle Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015
W	#9Zach Makovsky Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015
W	#5John Moraga Flyweight	KO/TKO	Nose Injury	R2	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014
W	Darrell Montague Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:13	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
L	Demetrious JohnsonTitle Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Dodson	Jan 26, 2013
W	Jussier Formiga Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	4:35	UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot	Oct 5, 2012
W	Tim Elliott Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller	May 5, 2012
W	TJ DillashawTitle Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:54	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale	Dec 3, 2011

Outside the UFC

14-8across 22 bouts · 18 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 sub · 7 decRIZIN · Last Man Standing · XMMA 4 · XMMA 3 · Nemesis Fighting +13

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Takaki Soya13-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	May 4, 2025
L	Hiromasa Ougikubo30-8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2023
W	Tatsuki Saomoto18-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	May 6, 2023
W	Hideo Tokoro36-34-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:43	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2022
W	Francisco Rivera16-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 4	Apr 2, 2022
L	Cody Gibson21-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 3	Oct 23, 2021
W	John Moraga19-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Nemesis Fighting	Dec 11, 2010
W	Jessie Riggleman11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UWC 8	May 22, 2010
L	Pat Runez3-0	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UWC 7	Oct 3, 2009
W	Jose Lujan5-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:52	DCMMAS	Jul 25, 2009
W	Jose Villarisco0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UWC 5	Feb 21, 2009
L	Mike Easton13-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UWC 4	Oct 11, 2008
W	Vern Baca2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:06	Battlequest 8	Apr 11, 2008
W	Zac White0-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:42	Last Man Standing	Dec 15, 2007
L	Bill Boland5-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UCW 7	Apr 7, 2007
W	Jake Long0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Last Man Standing	Mar 17, 2007
W	Clint Godfrey13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	ROF 27	Dec 9, 2006
L	Joe Doherty9-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROF 25	Jul 29, 2006
W	Jared Moreland0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:55	RITR	Feb 18, 2006
W	Johnny Velasquez3-1	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	KOTC	Jul 23, 2005
L	Yasuhiro Urushitani21-8-6	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	GCM	Nov 14, 2004
W	Zac White0-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:23	DE	Sep 3, 2004

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

11 wins, 0 losses

W11

L0

Submission

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Decision

11 wins, 15 losses

W11

L15

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.65

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

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

John Dodson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

35%

6 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

11

2.66 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 strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

9 scorecards on file

John Dodson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 1 of 3 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 5 of 11 rounds they disagreed on (45%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

5–6

Won – Lost

45% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 67%

3W3L

Split3 decisions · 33%

1W2L

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

OverallC52nd

40%742 / 1,822

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.38 differential

Landed3.20

Absorbed3.58

72%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head56%46th414
Body30%75th223
Leg14%51st105

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

Sig. strikes by position

85%Standing

Standing85%631
Clinch11%84
Ground4%27

Striking zones

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

UFC only

John Dodson

Landed per 15

Head

C

44th

26.8

44th

Body

A

79th

14.4

79th

Leg

C

49th

6.8

49th

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

C

52nd

30.5

52nd

Body

D

38th

12.8

38th

Leg

D

29th

10.4

29th

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	26.8	414	1,412	29%
Body	14.4	223	293	76%
Leg	6.8	105	117	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.5	471	1,568	30%
Body	12.8	197	361	55%
Leg	10.4	160	225	71%

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 Dodson

29%

Takedown accuracy

82%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.5 min net

On top0.7

On bottom1.2

Offense

Takedowns

D

36th

0.7

36th

TD accuracy

D

41st

29%

41st

Sub attempts

D

30th

0.0

30th

Control

F

22nd

0.7 min

22nd

Defense

TD defense

A+

85th

82%

85th

Controlled

1.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 38
Submission attempts	0
Control time	11:28

Defense

TDs defended	74 / 90
Control absorbed	19:09

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (232min 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 Dodson

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 232 min

106%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Dodson builds (+9% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Dodson lifts to 106% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Dodson ▲ 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

Dodsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Dodsonattempts / min

Control time

Dodson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	3.1	2.7	0.16	2%	17
R2	4.0	3.3	3.2	0.13	7%	14
R3	3.5	3.0	4.0	0.14	2%	12
R4	4.3	3.0	5.2	0.33	7%	3
R5	5.4	3.9	6.3	0.27	19%	3

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 Dodson

17 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

67/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

72%

93rd

Win quality

A

71st

47%

71st

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

8

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
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	1-4	20%
Top-5	8	5-3	63%
Top-15	2	2-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	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
L	Merab Dvalishvili#15	Champion	86	Aug 15, 2020
W	Nathaniel Wood	Contender-level	36	Feb 15, 2020
L	Petr Yan#14	Champion	87	Feb 23, 2019
L	Jimmie Rivera#5	Top-5	82	Sep 8, 2018
W	Pedro Munhoz#10	Top-5	77	Mar 3, 2018
L	Marlon Moraes#9	Top-5	83	Nov 11, 2017
W	Eddie Wineland#10	Top-5	77	Apr 22, 2017
L	John Lineker#3	Top-5	86	Oct 1, 2016
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Building	22	Apr 16, 2016
L	Demetrious JohnsonCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 5, 2015
W	Zach Makovsky#9	Top-15	73	May 23, 2015
W	John Moraga#5	Top-5	80	Jun 7, 2014
W	Darrell Montague	Top-15	43	Oct 19, 2013
L	Demetrious Johnson	Champion	83	Jan 26, 2013
W	Jussier Formiga	Top-5	61	Oct 5, 2012
W	Tim Elliott	Top-5	54	May 5, 2012
W	TJ Dillashaw	Champion	83	Dec 3, 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

17 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

3-4

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-3

9 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

5-1

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-6

10 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

1-2

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-2

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

John Dodson

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Takaki Soya · May 4, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-2As underdog 2-5

65.1

DK avg

53.7

Median

104.4

Ceiling

34.1

Floor

29%

Boom

12%

Bust

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