Jorge Rivera Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Eric Schafer Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	1:31	UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller	Jan 20, 2012
L	Constantinos Philippou Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2	Aug 6, 2011
L	Michael Bisping Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R2	1:54	UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch	Feb 26, 2011
W	Nate Quarry Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	0:29	UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi	Mar 31, 2010
W	Rob Kimmons Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R3	1:53	UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun	Oct 24, 2009
W	Nissen Osterneck Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann	Apr 1, 2009
L	Martin Kampmann Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R1	2:44	UFC 85: Bedlam	Jun 7, 2008
W	Kendall Grove Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	1:20	UFC 80: Rapid Fire	Jan 19, 2008
L	Terry Martin Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:14	UFC 67: All or Nothing	Feb 3, 2007
W	Edwin DeWees Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:37	The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale	Nov 11, 2006
L	Chris Leben Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:44	UFC Fight Night 3	Jan 16, 2006
W	Dennis Hallman Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 55: Fury	Oct 7, 2005
L	Rich Franklin Middleweight	Submission	Armbar From Mount	R3	4:28	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004
L	Lee Murray Middleweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	1:45	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004
W	David Loiseau Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 44: Undisputed	Sep 26, 2003

Outside the UFC

12-2across 14 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 2 sub · 1 decWFL 6 · Cage Rage 13 · WFL 3 · Cage Rage 11 · Cage Rage 10 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Timothy Williams0-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:50	WFL 6	Apr 1, 2006
W	Marcelo Azevedo8-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Cage Rage 13	Sep 10, 2005
W	Danny Vega1-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:47	WFL 3	Aug 6, 2005
L	Anderson Silva34-11	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R2	3:53	Cage Rage 11	Apr 30, 2005
W	Alex Reid10-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:41	Cage Rage 10	Feb 26, 2005
W	Mark Weir21-18-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	—	Cage Rage 7	Jul 10, 2004
W	James Gabert6-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:10	MMA	Apr 30, 2004
W	Solomon Hutcherson11-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:01	USMMA 3	May 3, 2003
W	Andy Lagden6-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	Cage Warriors	Nov 30, 2002
W	Travis Lutter10-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:46	USMMA 2	Sep 21, 2002
W	Joe Nye1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:52	USMMA 1	May 18, 2002
W	Brian Hawkins5-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	TFC FightZone	Mar 22, 2002
W	Elias Rivera5-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	6:50	MD 3	Aug 4, 2001
L	Branden Lee Hinkle17-11	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	1:54	RSF 2	Jun 23, 2001

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

6-0across 6 amateur bouts · 4 promotionsEGC · VTRI 4 · VTRI 2 · VTRI 1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Anatoly Yaschenko4-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	0:46	EGC	Jun 21, 2002
W	Anatoly Yaschenko4-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	EGC	Feb 8, 2002
W	Mat Santos3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:30	VTRI 4	Jul 7, 2000
W	Rich O'Connor2-0	Decision	Unanimous	R1	7:00	VTRI 4	Jul 7, 2000
W	Tim Sylvia31-10	Decision	Unanimous	R1	7:00	VTRI 2	Oct 23, 1999
W	Elias Rivera5-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	5:53	VTRI 1	Jul 10, 1999

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

14 wins, 5 losses

W14

L5

Submission

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Decision

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.53

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.07

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Jorge Rivera

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

3.29 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

2.86 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Jorge Rivera

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

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

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

OverallB64th

48%378 / 761

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.52 differential

Landed3.16

Absorbed2.64

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%61st243
Body23%68th86
Leg13%55th49

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

Sig. strikes by position

44%Clinch

Standing30%114
Clinch44%165
Ground26%99

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Jorge Rivera

Landed per 15

Head

B

62nd

31.5

62nd

Body

B

69th

11.2

69th

Leg

C

52nd

6.4

52nd

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

72nd

22.7

72nd

Body

B

58th

7.8

58th

Leg

C

57th

5.8

57th

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	31.5	243	594	41%
Body	11.2	86	104	83%
Leg	6.4	49	63	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.7	175	519	34%
Body	7.8	60	82	73%
Leg	5.8	45	52	87%

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

Jorge Rivera

50%

Takedown accuracy

64%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.5 min net

On top5.0

On bottom4.6

Offense

Takedowns

C

46th

0.9

46th

TD accuracy

B

67th

50%

67th

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.1

43rd

Control

A

75th

5.0 min

75th

Defense

TD defense

C

51st

64%

51st

Controlled

4.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 14
Submission attempts	1
Control time	38:52

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 42
Control absorbed	35:21

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

Jorge Rivera

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 116 min

120%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Rivera builds (+6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Rivera lifts to 120% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Rivera ▲ 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

Riveralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Riveraattempts / min

Control time

Rivera% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	3.2	2.4	0.09	25%	15
R2	5.9	3.5	3.2	0.18	46%	9
R3	5.0	3.2	1.6	0.11	36%	6

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

Jorge Rivera

15 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

35/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

45th

30%

45th

Win quality

C

54th

41%

54th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 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
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	5	3-2	60%

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
W	Eric Schafer	Unproven	8	Jan 20, 2012
L	Constantinos Philippou	Top-5	54	Aug 6, 2011
L	Michael Bisping	Champion	81	Feb 26, 2011
W	Nate Quarry	Established	30	Mar 31, 2010
W	Rob Kimmons	Building	18	Oct 24, 2009
W	Nissen Osterneck	Unproven	8	Apr 1, 2009
L	Martin Kampmann	Cross-div ranked	36	Jun 7, 2008
W	Kendall Grove	Established	26	Jan 19, 2008
L	Terry Martin	Unproven	8	Feb 3, 2007
W	Edwin DeWees	Unproven	8	Nov 11, 2006
L	Chris Leben	Established	26	Jan 16, 2006
W	Dennis Hallman	Building	15	Oct 7, 2005
L	Rich Franklin	Long-tenured vet	42	Oct 22, 2004
L	Lee Murray	Unproven	8	Jan 31, 2004
W	David Loiseau	Building	15	Sep 26, 2003

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

15 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

2-4

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-2

7 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

5-2

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

2-5

7 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

—

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

14y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Jorge Rivera

Extended layoff

14y 5mosince last bout

vs Eric Schafer · Jan 20, 2012

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 3-2

59.1

DK avg

77.2

Median

111.5

Ceiling

3.0

Floor

47%

Boom

40%

Bust

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