Kai Kara-France Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	CAlexandre PantojaTitle Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:55	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira	Jun 28, 2025
W	#9Steve Erceg Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:04	UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya	Aug 17, 2024
L	#7Amir Albazi Flyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi	Jun 3, 2023
L	#1Brandon MorenoTitle Flyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R3	4:34	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022
W	#2Askar Askarov Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus	Mar 26, 2022
W	Cody Garbrandt Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	3:21	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	#7Rogerio Bontorin Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:55	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
L	#10Brandon Royval Flyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R2	0:48	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020
W	Tyson Nam Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker	Feb 22, 2020
L	#5Brandon Moreno Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington	Dec 14, 2019
W	#15Mark De La Rosa Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang	Aug 31, 2019
W	Raulian Paiva Flyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	Feb 9, 2019
W	Elias Garcia Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018

Outside the UFC

17-7, 1 NCacross 25 bouts · 18 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 3 sub · 5 decWLF · Legend FC · PXC · MIMMA · PRO Fighting +13

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Xiaoyu Shi7-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	Glory of Heroes	Mar 4, 2018
W	Chuhayifu Huyixibai23-12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WLF	Nov 11, 2017
W	Qileng Aori26-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WLF	May 20, 2017
W	Ze Wu29-19	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:01	WLF	Apr 22, 2017
W	Rodolfo Marques25-18-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R3	2:59	HFS	Mar 31, 2017
L	Tatsumitsu Wada26-14-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 29, 2016
W	Crisanto Pitpitunge9-7	KO/TKO	Cartwheel Kick and Punches	R3	—	PXC	Mar 18, 2016
W	Josh Duenas4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:28	PXC	Dec 4, 2015
W	Shantaram Maharaj11-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:33	K-Oz Entertainment	Sep 27, 2015
W	Dindo Camansa3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:12	MIMMA	Jun 1, 2015
W	Ik Hwan Jang8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:08	PRO Fighting	May 9, 2015
L	Jumayi Ayideng16-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kunlun Fight 18	Jan 18, 2015
L	Mark Striegl18-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:10	MIMMA	Oct 25, 2014
L	Gustavo Falciroli17-6-2	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	4:55	AFC 9	May 17, 2014
W	Tieyin Wu4-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kunlun Fight 1	Jan 25, 2014
NC	Gustavo Falciroli17-6-2	No Contest	Fell From Ring	R2	3:20	AFC 7	Dec 14, 2013
W	Tieyin Wu4-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:54	World Team USA	Oct 23, 2013
W	Yudi Cahyadi8-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Sep 29, 2013
W	Ho Joon Kim1-6-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	3:44	PRO Fighting	Aug 4, 2013
L	Batgerel Danaa12-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Legend FC	Apr 27, 2013
W	Caleb Lally6-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Rage in the Cage	Oct 13, 2012
W	Sam Chan5-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:21	Legend FC	Aug 24, 2012
L	Agustin Delarmino8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:29	Legend FC	Mar 30, 2012
L	Chad George18-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:04	The Cage 2	Dec 2, 2011
W	Ray Kaitiana0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	SCF	Nov 27, 2010

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

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionFight Shop New Zealand

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Luke Miller0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Fight Shop New Zealand	Oct 30, 2010

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

12 wins, 3 losses

W12

L3

Submission

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Decision

10 wins, 5 losses

W10

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 9%Flyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.62

Above avg · 0.22Flyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Flyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.48Flyweight

KO history

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

Kai Kara-France

PowerChin

Knockout rate

23%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

1.76 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.04 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

6 scorecards on file

Kai Kara-France

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 4 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

4W1L

Split1 decision · 17%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

5

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

40%712 / 1,769

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.22 differential

Landed4.46

Absorbed3.24

74%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%80th455
Body15%55th104
Leg21%85th153

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

Sig. strikes by position

86%Standing

Standing86%612
Clinch2%16
Ground12%84

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kai Kara-France

Landed per 15

Head

A

84th

42.8

84th

Body

C

53rd

9.8

53rd

Leg

A+

94th

14.4

94th

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

39th

36.0

39th

Body

A

71st

8.1

71st

Leg

A

80th

4.5

80th

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	42.8	455	1,411	32%
Body	9.8	104	170	61%
Leg	14.4	153	188	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.0	383	1,255	31%
Body	8.1	86	131	66%
Leg	4.5	48	61	79%

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

Kai Kara-France

30%

Takedown accuracy

84%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.4 min net

On top1.3

On bottom2.7

Offense

Takedowns

D

32nd

0.6

32nd

TD accuracy

C

44th

30%

44th

Sub attempts

D

31st

0.0

31st

Control

D

36th

1.3 min

36th

Defense

TD defense

A+

85th

84%

85th

Controlled

2.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 20
Submission attempts	0
Control time	13:47

Defense

TDs defended	47 / 56
Control absorbed	28:31

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (160min 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

Kai Kara-France

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 160 min

183%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Kara-France builds (+26% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kara-France lifts to 183% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Kara-France ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Kara-Francelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kara-Franceattempts / min

Control time

Kara-France% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	3.3	2.5	0.02	9%	13
R2	5.8	4.9	3.9	0.15	10%	10
R3	6.4	5.3	3.9	0.27	8%	9
R4	6.1	5.4	1.0	0.20	4%	1
R5	6.8	6.8	3.6	0.00	0%	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

Kai Kara-France

13 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

71/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

97th

77%

97th

Win quality

A

72nd

47%

72nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

5

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	3	1-2	33%
Top-15	5	5-0	100%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Alexandre PantojaCHAMP	Champion	100	Jun 28, 2025
W	Steve Erceg#9	Top-15	71	Aug 17, 2024
L	Amir Albazi#7	Top-5	82	Jun 3, 2023
L	Brandon Moreno#1	Champion	98	Jul 30, 2022
W	Askar Askarov#2	Top-5	87	Mar 26, 2022
W	Cody Garbrandt	Cross-div champ	67	Dec 11, 2021
W	Rogerio Bontorin#7	Top-15	74	Mar 6, 2021
L	Brandon Royval#10	Top-5	82	Sep 26, 2020
W	Tyson Nam	Top-15	44	Feb 22, 2020
L	Brandon Moreno#5	Champion	92	Dec 14, 2019
W	Mark De La Rosa#15	Top-15	62	Aug 31, 2019
W	Raulian Paiva	Top-15	47	Feb 9, 2019
W	Elias Garcia	Unproven	8	Dec 1, 2018

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

13 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

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-2

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-3

6 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

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-4

8 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

0-2

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-2

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1 year

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kai Kara-France

Layoff

1 yearsince last bout

vs Alexandre Pantoja · Jun 28, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-2As underdog 3-3

67.5

DK avg

61.7

Median

110.8

Ceiling

29.5

Floor

38%

Boom

8%

Bust

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