Josh Neer

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Josh Neer

Nickname“The Dentist”

Record

36-16-1

Streak

L3

Age

43

Date of birth

Mar 24, 1983

Fighting out of: Des Moines, Iowa
Born: United States
Camp: Cesar Gracie Fight Team
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 72" · 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Feb 23, 2013
Cut risk: 64%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Court McGee

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche · Feb 23, 2013

UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche

Justin Edwards

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing Technical Submission · R1 · 0:45

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot · Oct 5, 2012

Guillotine Choke Standing Technical Submission

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot

Mike Pyle

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:56

UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall · Jun 8, 2012

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall

Duane Ludwig

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Half Guard Technical Submission · R1 · 3:04

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller · Jan 20, 2012

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Half Guard Technical Submission

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller

Keith Wisniewski

Keith Wisniewski

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Facial Cut · R2 · 5:00

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson · Oct 1, 2011

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson

Gleison Tibau

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun · Oct 24, 2009

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun

Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Pellegrino

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 8, 2009

UFC 101: Declaration

Mac Danzig

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 3:36

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens · Feb 7, 2009

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

Nate Diaz

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer · Sep 17, 2008

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer

Din Thomas

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon · Apr 2, 2008

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

Nick Diaz

Welterweight · Submission · Kimura From Side Control · R3 · 1:42

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral · Aug 26, 2006

Kimura From Side Control

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral

Joshua Burkman

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals · Jul 8, 2006

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

Joe Stevenson

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night 4 · Apr 6, 2006

UFC Fight Night 4

Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard

Welterweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R1 · 4:20

UFC Fight Night 3 · Jan 16, 2006

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night 3

Drew Fickett

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission · R1 · 1:35

UFC Fight Night 1 · Aug 6, 2005

Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission

UFC Fight Night 1

Outside the UFC

30-7-1across 38 bouts · 29 promotions · wins by 20 KO · 8 sub · 2 decXKK · VFC · Bellator · Greensparks · MCC 54 +24

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Anthony Smith39-22	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:27	VFC	Jan 29, 2016
L	Andre Santos38-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Nov 20, 2015
L	Paul Bradley23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Oct 17, 2014
W	Travis Coyle12-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:37	VFC	Aug 2, 2014
W	Ron Jackson3-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:20	MCC 54	Jun 27, 2014
W	Anthony Smith39-22	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	3:38	VFC	Dec 14, 2013
W	Blas Avena8-7	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	2:54	SCC	Aug 20, 2011
W	Jesse Juarez23-12	KO/TKO	Injury	R1	5:00	SF 16	Jun 25, 2011
W	Andre Kase9-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:20	WWFC	Apr 9, 2011
W	Jesse Finney5-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:09	Fight Me MMA 1	Aug 14, 2010
L	Eddie Alvarez30-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:08	BFC	May 6, 2010
W	Anselmo Martinez7-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:05	SF 8	Feb 5, 2010
W	Matt Delanoit27-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:48	MFDM	Jan 8, 2010
W	Nick Sorg6-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:16	C3	Oct 27, 2007
W	Paul Rodriguez10-9-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:39	Greensparks	Jul 27, 2007
L	Mark Miller9-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:54	IFL	May 19, 2007
W	Tyson Burris5-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:31	FSG	Apr 8, 2007
W	Mark Gearhart1-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:21	Greensparks	Mar 17, 2007
W	T.J. Waldburger16-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:24	IFC	Mar 4, 2007
W	Wayne Hajicek19-16	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:30	MCC 5	Nov 22, 2006
W	Alex Carter6-29	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:43	XKK	Nov 23, 2005
L	Nick Thompson38-14-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:19	EC 64	Oct 15, 2005
W	Forrest Petz26-10	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:25	FFC 15	Sep 14, 2005
W	Todd Kiser3-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:41	EC 62	Jun 18, 2005
W	Mark Long26-28-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:54	XKK	May 20, 2005
W	Jay Jack12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EC 61	Apr 22, 2005
W	Derrick Noble27-15-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:22	XKK	Mar 19, 2005
W	Terrance Reasby1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:52	DD 2	Feb 2, 2005
W	Mark Bear6-5	KO/TKO	Knees	R3	3:40	VFC 8	Nov 27, 2004
W	David Gardner18-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:55	XKK	Oct 30, 2004
W	Anthony Macias26-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:41	FFC 11	Sep 10, 2004
W	Fred Leavy9-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:44	XKK	Aug 7, 2004
W	Kyle Jensen39-11-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:04	EC 57	May 6, 2004
L	Spencer Fisher24-9	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	VFC 7	Mar 6, 2004
W	Joe Chacon4-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	XKK	Feb 7, 2004
D	Joe Jordan48-14-2	Draw	—	R3	3:00	AFA	Jan 17, 2004
W	Royce Louck9-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:43	AAF 4	Sep 13, 2003
W	Josh Kennedy0-1	KO/TKO	Slam	R1	3:41	Gladiators 20	Mar 15, 2003

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

Amateur

10-1across 11 amateur bouts · 1 promotionTHFC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Michael Doormand0-1	N/A	—	R0	0:00	THFC	Nov 19, 2003
W	Cameron Hykamp0-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:00	THFC	Sep 3, 2003
W	Andrew Barnett0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R0	0:00	THFC	Aug 27, 2003
W	Kain Rayan0-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R0	0:00	THFC	Jun 25, 2003
W	Tyson Tyson1-2	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R0	0:00	THFC	Jun 18, 2003
L	Ben Rebels1-0	Other	No Contest	R0	0:00	THFC	May 21, 2003
W	Josh Kennedy0-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	2:15	THFC	May 16, 2003
W	Kevin Burns12-7	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	0:00	THFC	Dec 28, 2002
W	Houston Alexander17-16-1	Decision	—	R3	0:00	THFC	Aug 28, 2002
W	Gary Waldon0-8	N/A	—	R0	0:00	THFC	Jul 17, 2002
W	Gary Waldon0-8	KO/TKO	Strikes	R0	0:00	THFC	Jun 19, 2002

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB59th

46%473 / 1,059

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.34 differential

Landed3.29

Absorbed3.63

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head74%66th352
Body15%44th72
Leg10%43rd49

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

Sig. strikes by position

47%Standing

Standing47%222
Clinch29%139
Ground24%112

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Josh Neer

Josh Neer

Landed per 15

Head

A

70th

35.2

70th

Body

D

39th

7.2

39th

Leg

D

38th

4.9

38th

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

D

37th

35.7

37th

Body

F

23rd

13.7

23rd

Leg

B

68th

5.0

68th

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	35.2	352	910	39%
Body	7.2	72	90	80%
Leg	4.9	49	59	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.7	357	1,047	34%
Body	13.7	137	184	74%
Leg	5.0	50	55	91%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Josh Neer

Josh Neer

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 150 min

106%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Neer fades (-6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Neer lifts to 106% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Josh Neer

Neer ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Josh Neer

Neerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Josh Neer

Neerattempts / min

Control time

Josh Neer

Neer% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	2.9	4.5	0.19	19%	15
R2	5.5	3.9	3.8	0.16	28%	10
R3	3.7	2.6	1.9	0.11	20%	8

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 Neer

Josh Neer

15 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

31st

26%

31st

Win quality

C

44th

38%

44th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

2

3

3

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 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
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	4	2-2	50%

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
L	Court McGee	Building	18	Feb 23, 2013
L	Justin Edwards	Unproven	8	Oct 5, 2012
L	Mike Pyle	Ranked 6–15	53	Jun 8, 2012
W	Duane Ludwig	Building	18	Jan 20, 2012
W	Keith Wisniewski	Unproven	8	Oct 1, 2011
L	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	40	Oct 24, 2009
L	Kurt Pellegrino	Established	30	Aug 8, 2009
W	Mac Danzig	Unproven	12	Feb 7, 2009
L	Nate Diaz	Top-5	59	Sep 17, 2008
W	Din Thomas	Established	30	Apr 2, 2008
L	Nick Diaz	Top-5	61	Aug 26, 2006
L	Joshua Burkman	Unproven	12	Jul 8, 2006
W	Joe Stevenson	Established	22	Apr 6, 2006
W	Melvin Guillard	Contender-level	32	Jan 16, 2006
L	Drew Fickett	Building	15	Aug 6, 2005

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.