Kevin Croom Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Alatengheili Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:47	UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad	Apr 16, 2022
L	Brian Kelleher Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze	Jan 15, 2022
L	Alex Caceres Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane	Feb 27, 2021
NC	Roosevelt Roberts Lightweight	No Contest	—	R1	0:31	UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill	Sep 12, 2020

Outside the UFC

23-12across 35 bouts · 29 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 11 sub · 6 decLFA · Bellator · CTP · TTP · MBP +24

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Issac Ware5-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:37	Midwest Fight League	Jul 19, 2025
W	Brad Robison4-4	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Synergy FC	Sep 10, 2022
W	Anderson Hutchinson7-3	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	FAC 3	Aug 14, 2020
W	Adil Benjilany6-3	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Feb 21, 2020
W	Charles Bennett31-48-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:15	FAC 1	Aug 24, 2019
L	John Teixeira28-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Mar 22, 2019
L	Kamuela Kirk12-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:54	LFA	Nov 9, 2018
W	Darrick Minner27-15	KO/TKO	Elbows	R2	2:10	LFA	Sep 7, 2018
L	Nate Jennerman18-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:48	LFA	Jun 1, 2018
W	CJay Hunter11-13-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:16	Cageside Promotions / KCFA	Feb 17, 2018
L	Matt Bessette25-10	KO/TKO	Punches and Kicks	R3	0:32	CES MMA 41	Jan 27, 2017
L	Tatsuya Ando16-5-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:13	Shooto	Nov 12, 2016
W	Lenny Wheeler11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:26	Triumph FC 1	Apr 22, 2016
L	Rasul Mirzaev19-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:16	EFN	Sep 25, 2015
W	Jacob Akin10-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:13	Shamrock FC	Jan 17, 2015
L	Jesse Brock23-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	MFC 40	May 9, 2014
W	Bryan Goldsby17-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 27	Feb 28, 2014
W	Aslan Toktarbaev11-4	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	2:55	Alash Pride	Dec 19, 2013
W	Deryck Ripley14-22	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:23	CTP	Nov 22, 2013
W	Dustin Phillips13-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:45	Titan FC 26	Aug 30, 2013
W	Javier Lujan1-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	3:30	World MMA Council	May 25, 2013
W	Adam Rider4-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:16	CTP	May 3, 2013
W	Brian Pearman7-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:03	TTP	Apr 6, 2013
W	Brian Davidson13-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:42	RFA 6	Jan 18, 2013
W	Nate Murdock17-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TTP	Nov 17, 2012
L	Yaotzin Meza23-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RITC	Oct 20, 2012
L	Ramiro Hernandez20-11	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Titan FC 21	Mar 2, 2012
W	Rodrigo Sotelo2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	MBP	Oct 1, 2011
L	Justin Gaethje27-5	KO/TKO	Slam	R1	1:01	ROF 41	Aug 20, 2011
W	J.R. Sotelo3-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:16	MBP	Jul 9, 2011
W	Brian Davidson13-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:22	BFC	Aug 26, 2010
W	Kody Frank4-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:05	FB	Nov 6, 2009
W	Eddie Granado2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:52	MFL	Jun 26, 2009
L	Willie Mack1-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:37	Warfare Xtreme Cagefighting	May 2, 2009
L	Jose Vega9-7	Submission	—	R2	2:22	Hulett Productions	Feb 7, 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, 5 losses

W6

L5

Submission

11 wins, 4 losses

W11

L4

Decision

6 wins, 6 losses

W6

L6

KO history

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

Kevin Croom

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.99 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 submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Kevin Croom

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD33rd

34%78 / 237

Striking accuracy

41%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.45 differential

Landed2.65

Absorbed3.10

36%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-25%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head59%44th46
Body17%48th13
Leg24%61st19

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

Sig. strikes by position

95%Standing

Standing95%74
Clinch5%4
Ground0%0

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kevin Croom

Landed per 15

Head

D

29th

22.4

29th

Body

F

25th

6.3

25th

Leg

B

65th

9.3

65th

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

51st

32.6

51st

Body

C

43rd

11.2

43rd

Leg

A+

91st

2.4

91st

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	22.4	46	190	24%
Body	6.3	13	24	54%
Leg	9.3	19	23	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.6	67	123	54%
Body	11.2	23	31	74%
Leg	2.4	5	8	63%

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

Kevin Croom

6%

Takedown accuracy

22%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.9 min net

On top4.1

On bottom5.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.5

48th

TD accuracy

F

13th

6%

13th

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

B

62nd

4.1 min

62nd

Defense

TD defense

F

14th

22%

14th

Controlled

5.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 17
Submission attempts	0
Control time	8:19

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 9
Control absorbed	10:11

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (31min 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

Kevin Croom

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 31 min

27%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Croom fades (-49% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Croom drops to 27% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Croom ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Croomlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Croomattempts / min

Control time

Croom% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.2	3.9	3.5	0.74	28%	3
R2	6.4	2.7	2.2	0.60	47%	2
R3	2.1	0.9	3.5	0.30	7%	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

Kevin Croom

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

59th

36%

59th

Win quality

F

6th

18%

6th

Limited UFC sample (4 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-0, 1 NC	—

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

454-293-6

.608 win rate

Winning-record opponents

23 of 35

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

35

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Alatengheili	Established	26	Apr 16, 2022
L	Brian Kelleher	Cross-div ranked	45	Jan 15, 2022
L	Alex Caceres	Top-15	56	Feb 27, 2021
NC	Roosevelt Roberts	Building	18	Sep 12, 2020

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

3 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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

0-2

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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

11 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kevin Croom

Within a year

11 monthssince last bout

vs Issac Ware · Jul 19, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

20.9

DK avg

30.0

Median

32.0

Ceiling

0.8

Floor

0%

Boom

33%

Bust

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