Luis Saldana Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
D	Sean Woodson Featherweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022
W	Bruno Souza Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus	Mar 26, 2022
L	Austin Lingo Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021
W	Jordan Griffin Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland	Apr 10, 2021

Outside the UFC

16-6across 22 bouts · 20 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 6 subAFC · ACL 5 · ACL 3 · Dana White's Contender Series · LFA +15

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Edward Massey10-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:38	ACL 5	Oct 26, 2024
W	Luis Guillen Montenegro1-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:25	ACL 3	May 11, 2024
W	Vince Murdock11-8	KO/TKO	front kick and punches	R3	0:44	Dana White's Contender Series	Nov 4, 2020
W	Carl Wittstock10-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:38	LFA	Feb 15, 2019
W	Ramiro Hernandez20-11	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R3	5:00	TFS	May 18, 2018
W	Will Shutt23-30-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	3:33	AFC	Mar 24, 2018
L	Alex Wiggs3-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Brutaal Genesis Iowa	Jul 28, 2017
L	Mike Santiago22-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:27	RFA 39	Jun 17, 2016
W	Chris Mickle31-21-2	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	1:07	AFC	Apr 29, 2016
W	Dyllon Muniz5-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:53	AFC	Feb 13, 2016
L	Anthony Baccam12-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:31	MCC 61	Nov 25, 2015
L	Damien Childress3-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PC MMA	Oct 4, 2014
W	Sekou Moore0-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:34	MCC 52	Mar 7, 2014
L	Justin Lawrence11-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFA 10	Oct 25, 2013
W	Prentiss Wolf4-6	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:51	MCC 48	Jun 14, 2013
W	Mitch Parker1-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:15	MCC 47	Apr 12, 2013
W	Nic Cox2-13	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:50	MCC 45	Jan 25, 2013
L	Tom Ahrens14-20	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:18	MCC 41	Jun 16, 2012
W	Zakk Smith7-16	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:15	MCC 38	Jan 27, 2012
W	Jose Colon0-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	3:58	MCC 36	Sep 23, 2011
W	Orlando Peace2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:56	MCC 34	Jun 24, 2011
W	Daraughn Canada1-5	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:13	MCC 32	Mar 5, 2011

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

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionRUF MMA 55

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Alyk Lopez3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RUF MMA 55	Aug 26, 2023

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

10 wins, 1 loss

W10

L1

Submission

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Decision

2 wins, 4 losses

W2

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.25

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

Luis Saldana

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.43 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.64 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 strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Luis Saldana

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

2W1L

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

OverallB70th

50%288 / 592

Striking accuracy

60%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.51 differential

Landed5.16

Absorbed3.65

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head49%57th140
Body22%71st62
Leg30%91st86

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

Sig. strikes by position

93%Standing

Standing93%268
Clinch5%14
Ground2%6

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Luis Saldana

Landed per 15

Head

B

60th

35.0

60th

Body

A

80th

15.5

80th

Leg

A+

97th

21.5

97th

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

35th

39.3

35th

Body

F

18th

16.5

18th

Leg

B

69th

5.5

69th

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	35.0	140	395	35%
Body	15.5	62	87	71%
Leg	21.5	86	110	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.3	157	465	34%
Body	16.5	66	92	72%
Leg	5.5	22	28	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

Luis Saldana

18%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.2 min net

On top1.9

On bottom2.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

45th

0.8

45th

TD accuracy

F

22nd

18%

22nd

Sub attempts

C

56th

0.3

56th

Control

C

47th

1.9 min

47th

Defense

TD defense

F

25th

44%

25th

Controlled

2.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 17
Submission attempts	1
Control time	7:33

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 9
Control absorbed	8:23

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (60min 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

Luis Saldana

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 60 min

91%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Saldana fades (-5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Saldana keeps 91% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Saldana ▼ 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

Saldanalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Saldanaattempts / min

Control time

Saldana% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.9	6.2	4.5	0.20	3%	4
R2	5.3	4.0	4.0	0.20	19%	4
R3	6.3	4.3	3.7	0.45	16%	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

Luis Saldana

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

8th

15%

8th

Win quality

A

78th

50%

78th

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

2

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
Established	1	0-0-1	—
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

182-185-3

.496 win rate

Winning-record opponents

9 of 21

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

21

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
D	Sean Woodson	Established	26	Aug 20, 2022
W	Bruno Souza	Unproven	8	Mar 26, 2022
L	Austin Lingo	Building	15	Aug 21, 2021
W	Jordan Griffin	Unproven	8	Apr 10, 2021

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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-0

1 bout

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

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

1y 8mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Luis Saldana

Extended layoff

1y 8mosince last bout

vs Edward Massey · Oct 26, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 1-0

58.0

DK avg

68.4

Median

77.3

Ceiling

32.2

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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