Kelvin Gastelum Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Vicente Luque Middleweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke On Ground	R1	4:08	UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg	Apr 11, 2026
W	Dustin Stoltzfus Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva	Sep 13, 2025
L	Joe Pyfer Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2	Jun 7, 2025
W	Daniel Rodriguez Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov	Jun 22, 2024
L	#9Sean Brady Welterweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R3	1:43	UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan	Dec 2, 2023
W	#14Chris Curtis Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
L	#3Jared Cannonier Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021
L	#1Robert Whittaker Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum	Apr 17, 2021
W	#15Ian Heinisch Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns	Feb 13, 2021
L	#6Jack Hermansson Middleweight	Submission	Heel Hook From Bottom Guard	R1	1:18	UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2	Jul 18, 2020
L	Darren Till Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019
L	#5Israel AdesanyaTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019
W	#2Jacare Souza Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington	May 12, 2018
W	#2Michael Bisping Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	Nov 25, 2017
L	#5Chris Weidman Middleweight	Submission	Arm Triangle On Ground	R3	3:45	UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum	Jul 22, 2017
NC	#9Vitor Belfort Middleweight	No Contest	—	R1	3:52	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	#10Tim Kennedy Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	2:45	UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis	Dec 10, 2016
W	#6Johny Hendricks Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes	Jul 9, 2016
L	#12Neil Magny Welterweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Gastelum	Nov 21, 2015
W	Nate Marquardt Middleweight	KO/TKO	to Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015
L	#3Tyron Woodley Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015
W	#7Jake Ellenberger Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:46	UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt	Nov 15, 2014
W	Nicholas Musoke Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens	Jun 28, 2014
W	#14Rick Story Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014
W	Brian Melancon Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:26	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013
W	Uriah HallTitle Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale	Apr 13, 2013

Outside the UFC

6-0across 6 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 3 subRITC · RUF MMA · DRFCF · LAW 1 · LAF 1 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mike Ashford3-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:57	RITC	Jul 20, 2012
W	Bill Smallwood4-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:55	RUF MMA	Jul 7, 2012
W	Mike Gentile0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:32	DRFCF	Oct 22, 2011
W	Yair Moguel3-5	Submission	Kimura	R3	2:26	LAW 1	Jul 16, 2011
W	Jose Sanchez0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:38	LAF 1	Dec 11, 2010
W	Luis Magana5-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	WCF 1	Mar 28, 2009

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

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Decision

9 wins, 7 losses

W9

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.32

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.08

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Kelvin Gastelum

PowerChin

Knockout rate

12%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

1.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

9

1.18 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

13 scorecards on file

Kelvin Gastelum

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 1 of 4 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 8 of 15 rounds they disagreed on (53%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–3

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

8–7

Won – Lost

53% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 69%

5W4L

Split4 decisions · 31%

1W3L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

4 rounds total

0

Won

4

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

42%1,243 / 2,946

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.13 differential

Landed3.65

Absorbed3.52

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%72nd799
Body19%62nd233
Leg17%73rd211

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

Sig. strikes by position

86%Standing

Standing86%1,069
Clinch9%109
Ground5%65

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kelvin Gastelum

Landed per 15

Head

A

73rd

34.9

73rd

Body

B

62nd

10.2

62nd

Leg

A

73rd

9.2

73rd

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

42nd

33.3

42nd

Body

D

27th

11.8

27th

Leg

C

42nd

7.9

42nd

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	34.9	799	2,371	34%
Body	10.2	233	326	71%
Leg	9.2	211	249	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.3	763	2,212	34%
Body	11.8	269	400	67%
Leg	7.9	180	223	81%

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

Kelvin Gastelum

35%

Takedown accuracy

60%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.2 min net

On top2.0

On bottom2.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

1.0

47th

TD accuracy

C

45th

35%

45th

Sub attempts

D

39th

0.1

39th

Control

D

37th

2.0 min

37th

Defense

TD defense

C

48th

60%

48th

Controlled

2.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	24 / 68
Submission attempts	2
Control time	46:33

Defense

TDs defended	55 / 91
Control absorbed	51:25

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (343min 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

Kelvin Gastelum

25 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 343 min

132%

R3 pace · 19 bouts

Gastelum holds steady (+1% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Gastelum lifts to 132% of round-1 output by round 3 (19 bouts).

Gastelum — 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

Gastelumlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Gastelumattempts / min

Control time

Gastelum% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.3	3.4	2.9	0.14	14%	25
R2	4.8	3.9	3.9	0.16	12%	20
R3	5.2	4.0	3.9	0.26	12%	19
R4	5.2	3.5	3.5	0.30	20%	4
R5	4.3	2.4	3.9	0.35	23%	4

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

Kelvin Gastelum

26 resolved UFC bouts · 17 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

55/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

86th

59%

86th

Win quality

B

62nd

43%

62nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

6

9

5

2

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 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
Champion	6	2-4	33%
Top-5	9	3-5, 1 NC	38%
Top-15	5	4-1	80%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	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	Vicente Luque	Cross-div ranked	45	Apr 11, 2026
W	Dustin Stoltzfus	Unproven	8	Sep 13, 2025
L	Joe Pyfer	Top-15	55	Jun 7, 2025
W	Daniel Rodriguez	Cross-div ranked	45	Jun 22, 2024
L	Sean Brady#9	Top-5	83	Dec 2, 2023
W	Chris Curtis#14	Top-15	63	Apr 8, 2023
L	Jared Cannonier#3	Top-5	86	Aug 21, 2021
L	Robert Whittaker#1	Champion	97	Apr 17, 2021
W	Ian Heinisch#15	Top-15	67	Feb 13, 2021
L	Jack Hermansson#6	Top-5	79	Jul 18, 2020
L	Darren Till	Top-5	68	Nov 2, 2019
L	Israel Adesanya#5	Champion	92	Apr 13, 2019
W	Jacare Souza#2	Top-5	89	May 12, 2018
W	Michael Bisping#2	Champion	96	Nov 25, 2017
L	Chris Weidman#5	Champion	92	Jul 22, 2017
NC	Vitor Belfort#9	Top-5	81	Mar 11, 2017
W	Tim Kennedy#10	Top-5	75	Dec 10, 2016
W	Johny Hendricks#6	Champion	91	Jul 9, 2016
L	Neil Magny#12	Top-5	74	Nov 21, 2015
W	Nate Marquardt	Established	35	Jun 13, 2015
L	Tyron Woodley#3	Champion	94	Jan 31, 2015
W	Jake Ellenberger#7	Top-5	78	Nov 15, 2014
W	Nicholas Musoke	Building	15	Jun 28, 2014
W	Rick Story#14	Top-15	67	Mar 15, 2014
W	Brian Melancon	Unproven	8	Aug 28, 2013
W	Uriah Hall	Top-15	64	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

25 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

1-2

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-2

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-7

12 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

7-3

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-8

14 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

1-1

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kelvin Gastelum

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Vicente Luque · Apr 11, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 11-4As underdog 3-7

61.3

DK avg

66.6

Median

102.0

Ceiling

15.6

Floor

32%

Boom

20%

Bust

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