Joshua Burkman

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Joshua Burkman

Nickname“The People's Warrior”

Record

28-18, 1 NC

Streak

L6

Age

45

Date of birth

Oct 4, 1980

Fighting out of: Salt Lake City, Utah
Born: United States
Camp: The Pit Elevated Fight Team
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 72" · 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Feb 18, 2018
Cut risk: 86%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Alex Morono

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard · R1 · 2:12

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros · Feb 18, 2018

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros

Drew Dober

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:04

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · Jul 29, 2017

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2

Michel Prazeres

Michel Prazeres

Lightweight · Submission · North-South Choke · R1 · 1:42

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum · Mar 11, 2017

North-South Choke

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum

Zak Ottow

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson · Oct 1, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson

Paul Felder

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt · May 29, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt

KJ Noons

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson · Feb 6, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson

Patrick Cote

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:26

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira · Aug 23, 2015

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira

Dong Hyun Kim

#7Dong Hyun Kim

Welterweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R3 · 2:13

UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier · May 23, 2015

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier

Hector Lombard

#6Hector Lombard

Welterweight · No Contest · R3 · 5:00

UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier · Jan 3, 2015

UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier

Pete Sell

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote · Oct 25, 2008

UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote

Dustin Hazelett

Dustin Hazelett

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R2 · 4:46

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale · Jun 21, 2008

Armbar From Bottom Guard

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale

Mike Swick

Welterweight · Decision · Majority · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman · Jan 23, 2008

UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman

Forrest Petz

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 77: Hostile Territory · Oct 20, 2007

UFC 77: Hostile Territory

Karo Parisyan

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson · May 26, 2007

UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson

Chad Reiner

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon · Jan 25, 2007

UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon

Josh Neer

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals · Jul 8, 2006

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

Jon Fitch

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 4:57

UFC Fight Night 4 · Apr 6, 2006

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night 4

Drew Fickett

Welterweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke After Drop to Half Guard · R1 · 1:07

UFC Fight Night 3 · Jan 16, 2006

Guillotine Choke After Drop to Half Guard

UFC Fight Night 3

Sammy Morgan

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Slam to On Ground · R1 · 0:21

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale · Nov 5, 2005

Slam to On Ground

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale

Outside the UFC

22-6across 28 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 9 sub · 7 decUCE · LFA · WSOF 9 · WSOF 6 · WSOF 3 +14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	William Macario11-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LFA	May 10, 2019
W	Tyler Stinson31-10	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:15	WSOF 9	Mar 29, 2014
L	Steve Carl22-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R4	1:02	WSOF 6	Oct 26, 2013
W	Jon Fitch32-8-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:41	WSOF 3	Jun 14, 2013
W	Aaron Simpson12-5	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	3:04	WSOF 2	Mar 23, 2013
W	Gerald Harris26-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 1	Nov 3, 2012
W	Jamie Yager9-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	3:25	Showdown Fights 8	Aug 25, 2012
W	Koffi Adzitso20-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Showdown Fights 6	Feb 24, 2012
L	Jordan Mein34-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Knockout Entertainment	Apr 2, 2011
W	Jordan Smith18-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Showdown Fights 2	Sep 24, 2010
W	Jake Paul20-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Showdown Fights 1	Apr 9, 2010
W	Brandon Melendez25-25	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:14	Throwdown Showdown 5	Nov 20, 2009
L	Jeremy Horn92-22-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:14	XFC	Apr 29, 2005
W	Brian Wieber2-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:36	IFC	Mar 5, 2005
W	Kyacey Uscola23-25	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	SF 4	Jun 26, 2004
W	Drew Ellisor4-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFC 1	May 1, 2004
W	Isidro Gonzalez19-16	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:58	SF 2	Mar 19, 2004
L	Matt Horwich30-25-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:11	SF 1	Feb 21, 2004
W	Jeremy Brown7-2	Decision	—	R3	3:00	UCE	Nov 29, 2003
W	Derek Downey11-4	Decision	—	R3	3:00	UCE	Aug 30, 2003
W	Brian Garlick3-1	Submission	—	R2	—	UCE	Jul 12, 2003
W	Jeremy Brown7-2	Submission	—	R1	—	UCE	Jul 5, 2003
W	Matthew Bell0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	UCE	Jun 28, 2003
W	Gedeon Jarvis6-2	Submission	—	R1	—	UCE	May 10, 2003
W	Hank Weiss35-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	UCE	May 3, 2003
W	Matt King2-4	Submission	—	R1	—	UCE	Apr 12, 2003
W	Cedric Nicholsen0-2	Submission	—	R1	—	UCE	Apr 5, 2003
L	Hank Weiss35-21	Submission	—	R0	—	UCE	Feb 7, 2003

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

Career striking

OverallC43rd

43%501 / 1,117

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.44 differential

Landed2.69

Absorbed3.13

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head48%29th238
Body16%39th82
Leg36%84th181

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

Sig. strikes by position

65%Standing

Standing65%325
Clinch24%122
Ground11%54

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joshua Burkman

Joshua Burkman

Landed per 15

Head

D

26th

19.1

26th

Body

D

33rd

6.6

33rd

Leg

A+

87th

14.5

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

55th

28.6

55th

Body

C

46th

10.1

46th

Leg

C

47th

7.8

47th

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	19.1	238	768	31%
Body	6.6	82	129	64%
Leg	14.5	181	220	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.6	356	893	40%
Body	10.1	126	178	71%
Leg	7.8	97	115	84%

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

Joshua Burkman

Joshua Burkman

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 187 min

104%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Burkman builds (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Burkman sustains 104% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Joshua Burkman

Burkman — HOLDSOutput / 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

Joshua Burkman

Burkmanlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Joshua Burkman

Burkmanattempts / min

Control time

Joshua Burkman

Burkman% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.9	3.2	2.3	0.48	31%	18
R2	3.7	2.0	3.6	0.34	17%	13
R3	6.2	2.8	3.6	0.68	35%	11

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

Joshua Burkman

Joshua Burkman

19 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

64th

39%

64th

Win quality

F

23rd

30%

23rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

4

5

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	1	0-0, 1 NC	—
Ranked 6–15	4	0-4	0%
Contender-level	4	0-4	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	5	3-2	60%
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

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	Alex Morono	Contender-level	36	Feb 18, 2018
L	Drew Dober	Ranked 6–15	48	Jul 29, 2017
L	Michel Prazeres	Contender-level	40	Mar 11, 2017
L	Zak Ottow	Building	15	Oct 1, 2016
L	Paul Felder	Ranked 6–15	55	May 29, 2016
W	KJ Noons	Building	18	Feb 6, 2016
L	Patrick Cote	Building	18	Aug 23, 2015
L	Dong Hyun Kim#7	Ranked 6–15	74	May 23, 2015
NC	Hector Lombard#6	Top-5	77	Jan 3, 2015
L	Pete Sell	Unproven	8	Oct 25, 2008
L	Dustin Hazelett	Established	26	Jun 21, 2008
L	Mike Swick	Contender-level	40	Jan 23, 2008
W	Forrest Petz	Unproven	12	Oct 20, 2007
L	Karo Parisyan	Contender-level	40	May 26, 2007
W	Chad Reiner	Unproven	8	Jan 25, 2007
W	Josh Neer	Building	18	Jul 8, 2006
L	Jon Fitch	Ranked 6–15	48	Apr 6, 2006
W	Drew Fickett	Building	18	Jan 16, 2006
W	Sammy Morgan	Unproven	8	Nov 5, 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.