Joni Salovaara
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Espoo
- Born
- Finland
- Camp
- Espoon Kehahait
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Joni Salovaara makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
310-180-4
.633 win rate
Winning-record opponents
20 of 21
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
31
21 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 31 bouts · 23 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 6 sub · 4 decCage · Ice Cage 4 · WFCA 13 · Cage 25 · FF 33 +18
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Makwan Amirkhani20-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Ice Cage 4 | May 3, 2025 |
| L | Alex Gilpin15-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage | Nov 25, 2017 |
| W | Oleksii Oliinyk28-22 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R3 | 0:57 | Cage | Sep 9, 2017 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:24 | Cage | Apr 29, 2017 | |
| L | Niklas Backstrom11-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage | Nov 26, 2016 |
| W | Rafael Domingos | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:21 | Cage | Sep 3, 2016 |
| W | Ivan Gladkiy | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | Cage | May 13, 2016 |
| L | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | WFCA 13 | Dec 26, 2015 | |
| NC | Rafael Macedo10-5 | No Contest | — | R3 | 5:00 | Cage | Oct 23, 2015 |
| NC | Vicente Alamo | No Contest | Knee to the Groin | R1 | — | Cage | Nov 28, 2014 |
| W | Nicolas Joannes17-15 | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 1:42 | Cage | Aug 23, 2014 |
| L | Adam Ward18-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage 25 | Feb 15, 2014 |
| W | Chase Beebe24-13-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:48 | FF 33 | Oct 5, 2013 |
| L | Jim Alers14-5 | Submission | Triangle Armbar | R4 | 3:43 | Cage Warriors | Apr 13, 2013 |
| W | Olivier Pastor18-17 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Vision FC 5 | Dec 1, 2012 |
| W | Moktar Benkaci | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FF 32 | Oct 13, 2012 |
| W | Romanas Siaudinis | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 1:42 | BoP | Jun 8, 2012 |
| L | Sergej Grecicho27-11-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:00 | EFN | May 5, 2012 |
| W | Jeremy Pender19-15 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:32 | FF 31 | Oct 1, 2011 |
| W | Jorgen Matsi | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage 15 | Apr 29, 2011 |
| W | Anthony Durnell14-5 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 3:40 | FF 30 | Mar 12, 2011 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:41 | FF | Jun 16, 2010 | |
| W | Greg Knapp7-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | TF | Apr 3, 2010 |
| W | Arvydas Zilius | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:42 | FF 27 | Mar 13, 2010 |
| W | Laimonas Stancikas8-10-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:34 | Cage 11 | Nov 21, 2009 |
| L | Antti Virtanen | Submission | Toe Hold | R1 | 3:48 | BP 8 | Sep 26, 2009 |
| W | Joni Haahka6-3-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:10 | OF | Mar 28, 2009 |
| W | Anton Stepanov | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:34 | FF 25 | Mar 14, 2009 |
| L | Pasi Maliniemi | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | BP 7 | Oct 11, 2008 |
| L | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | AF | Jan 19, 2008 | |
| L | Jani Ketolainen5-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | The Cage Vol. 8 | Nov 10, 2007 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.