Josh Samman Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

#15Tim Boetsch

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R2 · 3:49

UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker · Jul 13, 2016

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:49

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker

Jul 13, 2016

L

Tamdan McCrory

Middleweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R3 · 4:10

UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 · Dec 19, 2015

Submission

R3 · 4:10

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2

Dec 19, 2015

W

Caio Magalhaes

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:52

The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale · Jul 12, 2015

Submission

R1 · 2:52

Rear Naked Choke

The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale

Jul 12, 2015

W

Eddie Gordon

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:08

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II · Dec 6, 2014

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:08

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II

Dec 6, 2014

W

Kevin Casey

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R2 · 2:17

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale · Apr 13, 2013

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:17

Knee to Head In Clinch

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale

Apr 13, 2013

Outside the UFC

9-2across 11 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 2 sub · 1 decMoon Management · ISCF · XFC 16 · BFC · WWCF +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mikey Gomez17-12	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	3:37	XFC 16	Feb 10, 2012
L	Dan Cramer11-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Jun 25, 2011
W	John Walsh5-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	Moon Management	Aug 28, 2010
W	David Baggett8-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:20	Moon Management	Apr 24, 2010
W	Chris Cope8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Moon Management	Jan 23, 2010
W	Colby McMahon3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:23	Moon Management	Oct 3, 2009
W	Ryan Hodge6-10	Submission	—	R2	2:41	WWCF	Nov 29, 2008
L	John Walsh5-6	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:48	ISCF	Mar 28, 2008
W	Michael Shoffner3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:24	Reality Combat Championship 2	Mar 1, 2008
W	Michael Adams0-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:52	ISCF	Sep 15, 2007
W	Travis Miller0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RCC	Apr 28, 2007

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

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionISCF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	James Ashcraft0-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	ISCF	Jun 24, 2006

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

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Submission

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.40

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Josh Samman

PowerChin

Knockout rate

40%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

5.88 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

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).

Career striking

OverallC49th

52%86 / 163

Striking accuracy

34%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.39 differential

Landed2.08

Absorbed2.47

34%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head40%34th34
Body41%68th35
Leg20%56th17

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

Sig. strikes by position

42%Standing

Standing42%36
Clinch42%36
Ground16%14

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Josh Samman

Landed per 15

Head

F

13th

12.4

13th

Body

A

75th

12.7

75th

Leg

C

51st

6.2

51st

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

C

50th

30.5

50th

Body

A

72nd

6.2

72nd

Leg

A+

95th

0.4

95th

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	12.4	34	92	37%
Body	12.7	35	54	65%
Leg	6.2	17	17	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.5	84	132	64%
Body	6.2	17	22	77%
Leg	0.4	1	2	50%

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 Samman

33%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.3 min net

On top4.4

On bottom7.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

54th

1.1

54th

TD accuracy

C

47th

33%

47th

Sub attempts

C

57th

0.4

57th

Control

B

64th

4.4 min

64th

Defense

TD defense

F

23rd

33%

23rd

Controlled

7.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 9
Submission attempts	1
Control time	12:12

Defense

TDs defended	3 / 9
Control absorbed	21:24

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (41min 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 Samman

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 41 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Samman hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

SammanOutput / 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

Sammanlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sammanattempts / min

Control time

Samman% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	2.2	1.5	0.26	35%	5
R2	3.5	2.5	3.4	0.07	20%	4
R3	2.8	0.0	4.6	0.48	35%	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 Samman

5 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

37th

28%

37th

Win quality

C

50th

40%

50th

Limited UFC sample (5 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

2

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

66-64

.508 win rate

Winning-record opponents

4 of 11

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

11

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	Tim Boetsch#15	Ranked 6–15	67	Jul 13, 2016
L	Tamdan McCrory	Building	18	Dec 19, 2015
W	Caio Magalhaes	Building	18	Jul 12, 2015
W	Eddie Gordon	Unproven	8	Dec 6, 2014
W	Kevin Casey	Unproven	8	Apr 13, 2013

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

5 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

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

2-1

3 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 bout

10y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Josh Samman

Extended layoff

10y 1mosince last bout

vs Tim Boetsch · Jul 13, 2016

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-2As underdog 2-0

69.30

DK avg

94.70

Median

98.70

Ceiling

39.00

Floor

60%

Boom

20%

Bust

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