Journey Newson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Marcus McGhee Catch Weight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:03	UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon	Apr 29, 2023
L	Sergey Morozov Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland	Dec 17, 2022
W	Fernie Garcia Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
L	Randy Costa Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	0:41	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Sep 19, 2020
NC	Domingo Pilarte Bantamweight	No Contest	—	R1	0:38	UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes	Feb 8, 2020
L	Ricardo Ramos Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019

Outside the UFC

9-1across 10 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 3 sub · 3 decCS · KOTC · FFC 36 · Prime Fighting 11 · COGA 60 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Soslan Abanokov6-5-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:20	FFC 36	May 9, 2019
W	Chris San Jose8-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:41	Prime Fighting 11	Nov 10, 2018
W	Tycen Lynn7-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	COGA 60	Feb 17, 2018
W	Anthony Zender6-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:24	CS	Jul 15, 2017
W	Jordan Mackin6-14	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:55	CS	Feb 25, 2017
W	Anthony Zender6-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	1:27	CS	Dec 17, 2016
L	Benito Lopez10-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:04	KOTC	Oct 8, 2016
W	Shane Friesz2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SFL 49 / CageSport 40	May 7, 2016
W	Justin Williams-Hugo3-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:17	SFL 45 / CageSport 38	Dec 12, 2015
W	Damen Wood6-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Sep 5, 2015

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.

Amateur

5-2-1across 8 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsFCFF · Main Event Sports

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Don Johnson1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:45	Main Event Sports	Apr 19, 2014
L	Ricky Simon22-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Oct 12, 2013
W	Brent Messineo1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	FCFF	May 18, 2013
W	Jess Moore0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Mar 9, 2013
L	Dylan Atkinson5-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	FCFF	Nov 10, 2012
W	Jeff Alden3-3-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:29	FCFF	May 21, 2011
D	Jeff Alden3-3-1	Draw	Majority	R3	3:00	FCFF	Apr 23, 2011
W	Alex Corrales2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Mar 5, 2011

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

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Submission

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Decision

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

Journey Newson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.78 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

3 scorecards on file

Journey Newson

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 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

1W2L

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

OverallC47th

32%135 / 423

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.07 differential

Landed2.64

Absorbed2.57

54%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head36%25th49
Body30%58th41
Leg33%72nd45

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

Sig. strikes by position

94%Standing

Standing94%127
Clinch3%4
Ground3%4

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Journey Newson

Landed per 15

Head

F

8th

13.9

8th

Body

B

60th

11.7

60th

Leg

A

82nd

12.8

82nd

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+

86th

20.5

86th

Body

B

65th

8.8

65th

Leg

D

39th

9.4

39th

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	13.9	49	288	17%
Body	11.7	41	70	59%
Leg	12.8	45	65	69%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	20.5	72	295	24%
Body	8.8	31	52	60%
Leg	9.4	33	40	83%

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

Journey Newson

17%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.4 min net

On top0.5

On bottom2.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

44th

0.6

44th

TD accuracy

F

23rd

17%

23rd

Sub attempts

C

57th

0.3

57th

Control

D

32nd

0.5 min

32nd

Defense

TD defense

F

25th

44%

25th

Controlled

2.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 12
Submission attempts	1
Control time	1:55

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 16
Control absorbed	10:19

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (53min 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

Journey Newson

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 53 min

119%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Newson builds (+4% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Newson lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Newson — 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

Newsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Newsonattempts / min

Control time

Newson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.0	1.8	2.7	0.34	5%	5
R2	4.0	3.3	2.8	0.18	3%	4
R3	3.2	2.7	2.2	0.13	3%	3

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

Journey Newson

6 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

14th

18%

14th

Win quality

D

41st

37%

41st

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
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
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	1-1, 1 NC	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	Marcus McGhee	Cross-div ranked	32	Apr 29, 2023
L	Sergey Morozov	Building	18	Dec 17, 2022
W	Fernie Garcia	Unproven	8	May 7, 2022
L	Randy Costa	Unproven	8	Sep 19, 2020
NC	Domingo Pilarte	Unproven	8	Feb 8, 2020
L	Ricardo Ramos	Established	26	Jun 29, 2019

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

1-2

3 bouts

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

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

3y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Journey Newson

Extended layoff

3y 2mosince last bout

vs Marcus McGhee · Apr 29, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-2As underdog 1-2

20.8

DK avg

15.0

Median

16.1

Ceiling

7.1

Floor

0%

Boom

80%

Bust

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