Josh Barnett Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

W

#6Andrei Arlovski

Heavyweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 2:53

UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett · Sep 3, 2016

Submission

R3 · 2:53

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett

Sep 3, 2016

L

#7Ben Rothwell

Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock · R2 · 3:48

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader · Jan 30, 2016

Submission

R2 · 3:48

Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader

Jan 30, 2016

W

#11Roy Nelson

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson · Sep 26, 2015

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson

Sep 26, 2015

L

#5Travis Browne

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head In Clinch · R1 · 1:00

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 · Dec 28, 2013

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:00

Elbows to Head In Clinch

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2

Dec 28, 2013

W

#8Frank Mir

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R1 · 1:56

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2 · Aug 31, 2013

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:56

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2

Aug 31, 2013

W

Randy CoutureTitle

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R2 · 4:35

UFC 36: Worlds Collide · Mar 22, 2002

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:35

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC 36: Worlds Collide

Mar 22, 2002

W

Bobby Hoffman

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard Submission to Strikes · R2 · 4:25

UFC 34: High Voltage · Nov 2, 2001

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:25

Punches to Head From Half Guard Submission to Strikes

Heavyweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R1 · 4:21

UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands · Jun 29, 2001

Submission

R1 · 4:21

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands

Jun 29, 2001

L

Pedro Rizzo

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:21

UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk · Feb 23, 2001

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:21

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk

Feb 23, 2001

W

Gan McGee

Super Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Mount · R2 · 4:34

UFC 28: High Stakes · Nov 17, 2000

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:34

Elbows to Head From Mount

UFC 28: High Stakes

Nov 17, 2000

Outside the UFC

28-5across 33 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 17 sub · 4 decPRIDE · UFCF · Strikeforce · SB 13 · Affliction +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nandor Guelmino11-6-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:11	Strikeforce	Jan 12, 2013
L	Daniel Cormier22-3	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	May 19, 2012
W	Sergei Kharitonov35-8	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:28	Strikeforce	Sep 10, 2011
W	Brett Rogers17-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	1:17	Strikeforce	Jun 18, 2011
W	Geronimo dos Santos44-26-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:35	Impact FC 1	Jul 10, 2010
W	Siala-Mou Siliga12-6	Submission	Kimura	R1	4:41	DREAM	Mar 22, 2010
W	Gilbert Yvel40-16-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R3	3:05	Affliction	Jan 24, 2009
W	Pedro Rizzo20-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	1:44	Affliction	Jul 19, 2008
W	Jeff Monson60-26-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Sengoku	May 18, 2008
W	Hidehiko Yoshida9-8-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R3	3:23	Sengoku	Mar 5, 2008
L	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2006
W	Pawel Nastula5-6	Submission	Toe Hold	R2	3:04	PRIDE	Oct 21, 2006
L	Mirko Filipovic38-11-2	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	7:32	PRIDE	Sep 10, 2006
W	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Sep 10, 2006
W	Mark Hunt13-14-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:02	PRIDE	Jul 1, 2006
W	Aleksander Emelianenko29-9-1	Submission	Keylock	R2	1:57	PRIDE	May 5, 2006
W	Kazuhiro Nakamura21-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	8:10	PRIDE	Feb 26, 2006
L	Mirko Filipovic38-11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Oct 23, 2005
L	Mirko Filipovic38-11-2	KO/TKO	Shoulder Injury	R1	0:46	PRIDE	Oct 31, 2004
W	Rene Rooze5-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:15	K-1 MMA	May 22, 2004
W	Semmy Schilt26-14-1	Submission	Armbar	R3	4:48	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003	Dec 31, 2003
W	Kazuo Takahashi30-28-3	Submission	Triangle Armbar	R2	2:52	NJPW	Oct 13, 2003
W	Yuki Kondo67-41-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:26	Pancrase	Aug 31, 2003
W	Jimmy Ambriz17-21-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	3:05	NJPW	May 2, 2003
W	Dan Severn101-19-7	Submission	Armbar	R4	1:21	SB 16	Feb 8, 2000
W	Bobby Hoffman36-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SB 13	Sep 7, 1999
W	John Marsh8-7	Submission	Kimura	R1	4:23	SB 13	Sep 7, 1999
W	Juha Tuhkasaari1-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:32	SB 13	Sep 7, 1999
W	Trevor Howard0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	UFCF	Sep 19, 1998
W	Bob Gilstrap5-7	Disqualification	—	R1	0:42	UFCF	Mar 14, 1998
W	Chris Munsen7-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	UFCF	Sep 6, 1997
W	Bob Gilstrap5-7	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	UFCF	Jul 7, 1997
W	Chris Charnos2-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:41	UFCF	Jan 11, 1997

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

10 wins, 4 losses

W10

L4

Submission

19 wins, 1 loss

W19

L1

Decision

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 19%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.10

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Josh Barnett

PowerChin

Knockout rate

40%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.40 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.69 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

Josh Barnett

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 2 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–1

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

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

OverallB64th

50%392 / 637

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.09 differential

Landed3.20

Absorbed2.11

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%68th248
Body30%85th116
Leg7%50th28

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

Sig. strikes by position

44%Clinch

Standing34%133
Clinch44%171
Ground22%88

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Josh Barnett

Landed per 15

Head

A

73rd

40.5

73rd

Body

A+

92nd

18.9

92nd

Leg

C

45th

4.6

45th

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

71st

23.7

71st

Body

B

61st

6.9

61st

Leg

B

60th

5.4

60th

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	40.5	248	476	52%
Body	18.9	116	130	89%
Leg	4.6	28	31	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.7	145	352	41%
Body	6.9	42	51	82%
Leg	5.4	33	42	79%

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

Josh Barnett

63%

Takedown accuracy

59%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top4.7

On bottom4.7

Offense

Takedowns

C

53rd

0.8

53rd

TD accuracy

A

77th

63%

77th

Sub attempts

A

76th

0.8

76th

Control

A

72nd

4.7 min

72nd

Defense

TD defense

C

45th

59%

45th

Controlled

4.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 8
Submission attempts	5
Control time	28:59

Defense

TDs defended	13 / 22
Control absorbed	28:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (92min 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

Josh Barnett

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 92 min

167%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Barnett builds (+18% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Barnett lifts to 167% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Barnett ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Barnettlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Barnettattempts / min

Control time

Barnett% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.0	2.5	0.09	21%	10
R2	7.1	5.1	1.9	0.09	42%	7
R3	6.2	4.8	3.8	0.13	26%	2
R4	9.9	7.8	0.8	0.00	52%	1
R5	6.8	5.0	3.6	0.00	45%	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

Josh Barnett

10 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

75/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

76%

96th

Win quality

A+

91st

60%

91st

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

1

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	4	2-2	50%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
W	Andrei Arlovski#6	Top-5	83	Sep 3, 2016
L	Ben Rothwell#7	Top-5	78	Jan 30, 2016
W	Roy Nelson#11	Ranked 6–15	72	Sep 26, 2015
L	Travis Browne#5	Top-5	82	Dec 28, 2013
W	Frank Mir#8	Top-5	76	Aug 31, 2013
W	Randy Couture	Title-fight challenger	50	Mar 22, 2002
W	Bobby Hoffman	Unproven	8	Nov 2, 2001
W	Semmy Schilt	Unproven	8	Jun 29, 2001
L	Pedro Rizzo	Contender-level	40	Feb 23, 2001
W	Gan McGee	Building	15	Nov 17, 2000

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

10 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

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-0

3 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

3-0

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-3

6 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

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

9y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Josh Barnett

Extended layoff

9y 11mosince last bout

vs Andrei Arlovski · Sep 3, 2016

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-2

76.40

DK avg

99.80

Median

113.90

Ceiling

14.80

Floor

70%

Boom

30%

Bust

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