Josh Clopton Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Rani Yahya Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 163: Aldo vs. Jung	Aug 3, 2013
L	Steven Siler Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale	Dec 3, 2011

Outside the UFC

6-0-1across 7 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 2 sub · 4 decXFL · SWC 9 · 5150 Combat League · DBE · SIS +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mike Baskis4-5	Decision	Split	R5	3:00	SWC 9	Nov 28, 2009
W	Justin Foster3-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:37	5150 Combat League	Jun 27, 2009
D	Randy Steinke19-12-1	Draw	—	R2	5:00	DBE	Apr 25, 2009
W	Gavin Merrick2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SIS	Jan 17, 2009
W	Jeremy Dodd1-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SWC 1	Sep 19, 2008
W	Cody Daniels0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:55	XFL	Apr 7, 2007
W	Richard Gamble2-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	XFL	Mar 27, 2007

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

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Submission

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Decision

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

KO history

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

Josh Clopton

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

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

Josh Clopton

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

OverallD36th

64%48 / 75

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.27 differential

Landed1.60

Absorbed2.87

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Josh Clopton

Landed per 15

Head

F

4th

11.0

4th

Body

D

26th

7.0

26th

Leg

D

35th

6.0

35th

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

76th

24.5

76th

Body

F

21st

15.5

21st

Leg

A+

87th

3.0

87th

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	11.0	22	48	46%
Body	7.0	14	14	100%
Leg	6.0	12	13	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.5	49	125	39%
Body	15.5	31	35	89%
Leg	3.0	6	13	46%

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 Clopton

67%

Takedown accuracy

75%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.2 min net

On top5.5

On bottom4.4

Offense

Takedowns

B

61st

2.0

61st

TD accuracy

67%

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

A

73rd

5.5 min

73rd

Defense

TD defense

B

64th

75%

64th

Controlled

4.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 6
Submission attempts	0
Control time	11:04

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 8
Control absorbed	8:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (30min 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 Clopton

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 30 min

178%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Clopton builds (+27% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Clopton lifts to 178% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Clopton ▲ 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

Cloptonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cloptonattempts / min

Control time

Clopton% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.5	1.5	3.3	0.00	26%	2
R2	4.0	2.2	4.5	0.30	23%	2
R3	4.5	1.1	0.8	0.30	62%	2

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 Clopton

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

45th

30%

45th

Win quality

F

8th

21%

8th

Limited UFC sample (2 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

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

31-32-1

.492 win rate

Winning-record opponents

1 of 7

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

7

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	Rani Yahya	Cross-div ranked	36	Aug 3, 2013
L	Steven Siler	Established	22	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

2 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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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 UFC bout

12y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Josh Clopton

Extended layoff

12y 11mosince last bout

vs Rani Yahya · Aug 3, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

38.9

DK avg

59.4

Median

59.4

Ceiling

18.4

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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