Justin Salas Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jason Saggo Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	4:31	UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016
L	Joe Proctor Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:27	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller	Jul 16, 2014
W	Ben Wall Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:41	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014
L	Thiago Tavares Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:38	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
W	Aaron Riley Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
L	Tim Means Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	1:06	UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall	Jun 8, 2012
W	Anton Kuivanen Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger	Feb 15, 2012

Outside the UFC

9-3across 12 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 3 sub · 3 decMidwest Championship Fighting · VFC · FFFC · FTW / KOC · FTW +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Joe Ellenberger15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	VFC	Oct 14, 2011
W	Robert Emerson21-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FFFC	Jan 29, 2011
W	Matt Simms4-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:14	FTW / KOC	Jul 24, 2010
W	Robert Simmons2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:40	FTW	Jan 30, 2010
W	Josh Arocho14-16	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:53	Midwest Championship Fighting	Oct 24, 2009
L	Eddie Pelczynski14-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:09	ROF 35	Aug 1, 2009
L	Andrew Chappelle10-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:06	ROF 33	Jan 10, 2009
W	Eric Fagyas1-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:09	WC 4	Jul 19, 2008
W	Max Smith3-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:26	ROF 32	Jun 13, 2008
W	Kris Hartman1-1	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	ROF 27	Dec 9, 2006
W	Corey Lieberth3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:33	Midwest Championship Fighting	Nov 18, 2006
L	Corey Lieberth3-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	—	VFC 13	May 13, 2006

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

4 wins, 4 losses

W4

L4

Submission

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Decision

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Justin Salas

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.03 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

3.09 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

2 scorecards on file

Justin Salas

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 50%

1W

Split1 decision · 50%

1W

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

OverallB60th

43%169 / 391

Striking accuracy

68%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.46 differential

Landed3.42

Absorbed2.96

34%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%53rd97
Body20%57th34
Leg22%71st38

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

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%113
Clinch21%35
Ground12%21

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Justin Salas

Landed per 15

Head

C

52nd

29.5

52nd

Body

C

58th

10.3

58th

Leg

A

79th

11.5

79th

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

54th

29.5

54th

Body

D

42nd

10.6

42nd

Leg

A

75th

4.3

75th

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	29.5	97	290	33%
Body	10.3	34	48	71%
Leg	11.5	38	53	72%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.5	97	375	26%
Body	10.6	35	72	49%
Leg	4.3	14	23	61%

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

Justin Salas

21%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top2.1

On bottom1.2

Offense

Takedowns

A

71st

2.4

71st

TD accuracy

D

25th

21%

25th

Sub attempts

C

47th

0.0

47th

Control

C

48th

2.1 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

1.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	8 / 39
Submission attempts	0
Control time	7:00

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 1
Control absorbed	4:06

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (49min 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

Justin Salas

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 49 min

93%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Salas holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Salas keeps 93% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Salas — 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

Salaslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Salasattempts / min

Control time

Salas% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.0	3.2	3.5	0.81	10%	7
R2	7.2	4.2	2.8	0.82	13%	3
R3	6.1	2.9	1.9	0.70	27%	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

Justin Salas

7 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

12th

17%

12th

Win quality

C

49th

39%

49th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

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	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

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	Jason Saggo	Building	15	Mar 5, 2016
L	Joe Proctor	Building	18	Jul 16, 2014
W	Ben Wall	Unproven	8	May 10, 2014
L	Thiago Tavares	Cross-div ranked	40	Nov 9, 2013
W	Aaron Riley	Unproven	8	Jul 27, 2013
L	Tim Means	Established	22	Jun 8, 2012
W	Anton Kuivanen	Unproven	8	Feb 15, 2012

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

7 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-2

2 bouts

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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-3

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 UFC bout

10y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Justin Salas

Extended layoff

10y 4mosince last bout

vs Jason Saggo · Mar 5, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-1As underdog 0-3

41.0

DK avg

15.1

Median

80.8

Ceiling

4.1

Floor

29%

Boom

57%

Bust

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