John Gunderson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Yves Edwards

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares · Sep 15, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares

Sep 15, 2010

W

Mark Holst

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale · Jun 19, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

Jun 19, 2010

L

Rafaello Oliveira

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva · Jan 2, 2010

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva

Jan 2, 2010

Outside the UFC

34-14-2across 50 bouts · 42 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 27 sub · 2 decIFL · FCFF · RITC · WSOF 9 · WSOF 3 +37

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jeff Fletcher12-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	2:26	RITC	Jun 7, 2014
L	Chris Gruetzemacher15-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 9	Mar 29, 2014
L	Dan Lauzon17-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 3	Jun 14, 2013
L	David Castillo20-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	3:30	UCS	Jul 14, 2012
W	Karo Parisyan24-12	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:47	ShoFight 20	Jun 16, 2012
W	Justin Buchholz16-11	Submission	Kimura	R3	2:34	SCC 4	Feb 16, 2012
L	Niko Puhakka30-18	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FF 31	Oct 1, 2011
W	James Birdsley40-16	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:06	SCC	Aug 20, 2011
L	Dominique Robinson9-7-2	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R3	0:41	TPF 8	Feb 18, 2011
W	Alejandro Solano Rodriguez29-16	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:34	XVT 5	Dec 19, 2010
W	Steve Sharp28-17	Submission	Kimura	R3	3:17	MMA Xplosion	Oct 10, 2009
W	Fabian Acuna5-2-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:18	ROF 35	Aug 1, 2009
W	Dan Russom2-4	Submission	Peruvian Necktie	R1	2:10	DB 37	Jun 27, 2009
L	Bryan Travers15-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	PFC 13	May 8, 2009
W	Eric Regan15-25	Submission	Kimura	R2	0:55	RITC 125	Apr 17, 2009
W	Alexander Crispim8-6	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	PFC 12	Jan 22, 2009
L	Ryan Schultz23-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	4:00	IFL	Feb 29, 2008
L	Wagnney Fabiano16-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:53	IFL	Nov 3, 2007
W	Gabriel Casillas10-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:58	IFL	Jun 16, 2007
L	Bart Palaszewski36-17	Decision	Split	R3	4:00	IFL	Apr 7, 2007
W	Josh Odom6-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:05	IFL	Jan 19, 2007
W	Bryan Caraway22-9	Submission	Armbar	R2	4:10	DesertBrawl 19	Sep 23, 2006
W	Mike Joy11-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:09	DB 17	Apr 1, 2006
W	Cam Ward8-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 14	Jan 6, 2006
W	Danny Payne2-16	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	0:28	DB 15	Oct 15, 2005
W	Rudy Garcia0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	UCF	Aug 27, 2005
W	Charles Bennett31-48-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:28	GC 40	Aug 13, 2005
W	Shawn Bias14-9	Submission	Triangle Armbar	R1	—	DB 14	Jul 23, 2005
L	Frank Watts9-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:47	XFC	Apr 30, 2005
W	Enoch Wilson20-10-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:06	SF 9	Mar 26, 2005
W	Armando Valadez3-4-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:36	RITR 10	Dec 11, 2004
L	Donny Raines19-11-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	DB 12	Nov 20, 2004
W	Dave Rivas11-10-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	—	DB 11	Jul 17, 2004
W	Mike Jonet7-11-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:27	PFA	Jun 3, 2004
D	Rob Hisamoto0-2-1	Draw	—	R2	5:00	FCFF	May 15, 2004
W	Rob Hisamoto0-2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:45	DB 10	Apr 3, 2004
W	Brad Horner1-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:15	SF 2	Mar 19, 2004
W	Dean Lavin3-9	Submission	—	R1	3:02	FCFF	Jan 24, 2004
W	Chris Young2-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:17	DB 9	Nov 8, 2003
L	Chris Irvine5-5	Submission	Armbar	R2	1:15	URC 6	Oct 25, 2003
W	Pedro Castaneda1-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:10	TQP	Oct 11, 2003
W	Shawn Cahill5-5	Submission	—	R2	3:55	FCFF	Jul 12, 2003
L	Chad Nelson6-4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:44	FCFF	Jun 7, 2003
W	Vince Guzman5-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:40	DesertBrawl 7	May 17, 2003
W	Dominic Rivera0-6	Submission	—	R0	—	FCFF	Apr 19, 2003
D	Armando Valadez3-4-1	Draw	—	R3	3:00	XRW	Mar 15, 2003
W	Lin Tru1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:20	PPKA	Feb 22, 2003
W	Brock Mclure0-1	Submission	—	R0	—	SO	Jan 25, 2003
L	Charlie Fortec3-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:27	DB 6	Jan 11, 2003
W	Al Libey0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	DB 5	Aug 17, 2002

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Submission

27 wins, 6 losses

W27

L6

Decision

3 wins, 8 losses

W3

L8

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

2.00

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

John Gunderson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 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 strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

John Gunderson

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

OverallC44th

27%47 / 171

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.67 differential

Landed1.04

Absorbed1.71

35%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%28th30
Body21%34th10
Leg15%37th7

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

Sig. strikes by position

49%Ground

Standing43%20
Clinch9%4
Ground49%23

Striking zones

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

UFC only

John Gunderson

Landed per 15

Head

F

8th

10.0

8th

Body

F

12th

3.3

12th

Leg

F

15th

2.3

15th

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

A

79th

20.0

79th

Body

A+

91st

3.3

91st

Leg

A+

89th

2.3

89th

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	10.0	30	147	20%
Body	3.3	10	12	83%
Leg	2.3	7	12	58%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	20.0	60	161	37%
Body	3.3	10	14	71%
Leg	2.3	7	11	64%

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 Gunderson

33%

Takedown accuracy

11%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.2 min net

On top4.6

On bottom6.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

63rd

1.7

63rd

TD accuracy

C

47th

33%

47th

Sub attempts

A

85th

2.0

85th

Control

B

69th

4.6 min

69th

Defense

TD defense

F

11th

11%

11th

Controlled

6.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 15
Submission attempts	6
Control time	13:40

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 9
Control absorbed	20:21

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (45min 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 Gunderson

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 45 min

101%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Gunderson holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Gunderson sustains 101% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Gunderson — HOLDSOutput / 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

Gundersonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Gundersonattempts / min

Control time

Gunderson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.1	1.0	2.0	0.27	31%	3
R2	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.40	31%	3
R3	3.1	0.9	1.9	0.33	29%	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 Gunderson

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

10th

16%

10th

Win quality

C

49th

40%

49th

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

2

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	1-1	50%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

568-433-16

.567 win rate

Winning-record opponents

26 of 50

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

50

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	Yves Edwards	Established	30	Sep 15, 2010
W	Mark Holst	Unproven	8	Jun 19, 2010
L	Rafaello Oliveira	Unproven	8	Jan 2, 2010

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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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 bout

12y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

John Gunderson

Extended layoff

12y 2mosince last bout

vs Jeff Fletcher · Jun 7, 2014

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-1

38.10

DK avg

9.90

Median

95.30

Ceiling

9.30

Floor

33%

Boom

67%

Bust

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