Luke Rockhold Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#6Paulo Costa Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022
L	#5Jan Blachowicz Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:39	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
L	#1Yoel Romero Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	1:48	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018
W	#9David Branch Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control Submission to Strikes	R2	4:05	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch	Sep 16, 2017
L	#4Michael BispingTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:36	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
W	CChris WeidmanTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R4	3:12	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor	Dec 12, 2015
W	#1Lyoto Machida Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:31	UFC on FOX: Machida vs. Rockhold	Apr 18, 2015
W	#9Michael Bisping Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground	R2	0:57	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping	Nov 7, 2014
W	#12Tim Boetsch Middleweight	Submission	Kimura On Ground	R1	2:08	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014
W	#6Constantinos Philippou Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R1	2:31	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou	Jan 15, 2014
L	#2Vitor Belfort Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R1	2:32	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold	May 18, 2013

Outside the UFC

10-1across 11 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 sub · 2 decStrikeforce · MOTM

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Tim Kennedy18-6	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Jul 14, 2012
W	Keith Jardine17-11-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:26	Strikeforce	Jan 7, 2012
W	Ronaldo Souza26-10	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Sep 10, 2011
W	Paul Bradley23-10	KO/TKO	Knees to the Body	R1	2:24	Strikeforce	Feb 26, 2010
W	Jesse Taylor33-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:42	Strikeforce	Nov 6, 2009
W	Cory Devela16-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:30	Strikeforce	Jun 19, 2009
W	Buck Meredith3-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:07	Strikeforce	Apr 11, 2009
W	Nik Theotikos6-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:06	Strikeforce	Nov 21, 2008
W	Josh Neal5-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:49	Strikeforce	Feb 1, 2008
L	Tony Rubalcava3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:46	MOTM	Nov 6, 2007
W	Mike Martinez7-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:44	MOTM	Jul 24, 2007

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

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.18

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.55

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Luke Rockhold

PowerChin

Knockout rate

27%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.90 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

3.36 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

1 scorecard on file

Luke Rockhold

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

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

OverallB65th

49%376 / 661

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.42 differential

Landed4.10

Absorbed2.68

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head59%75th221
Body26%83rd97
Leg15%73rd58

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

Sig. strikes by position

59%Standing

Standing59%223
Clinch7%26
Ground34%127

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Luke Rockhold

Landed per 15

Head

A

80th

39.0

80th

Body

A+

89th

17.1

89th

Leg

A

75th

10.2

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

62nd

26.3

62nd

Body

F

13th

14.8

13th

Leg

D

32nd

9.2

32nd

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	39.0	221	469	47%
Body	17.1	97	124	78%
Leg	10.2	58	68	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.3	149	384	39%
Body	14.8	84	112	75%
Leg	9.2	52	55	95%

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

Luke Rockhold

30%

Takedown accuracy

54%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.8 min net

On top3.3

On bottom2.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

51st

1.1

51st

TD accuracy

D

36th

30%

36th

Sub attempts

A

75th

1.1

75th

Control

C

57th

3.3 min

57th

Defense

TD defense

D

38th

54%

38th

Controlled

2.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 20
Submission attempts	6
Control time	18:42

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 13
Control absorbed	14:18

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (85min 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

Luke Rockhold

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 85 min

237%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Rockhold builds (+32% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Rockhold lifts to 237% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Rockhold ▲ 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

Rockholdlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Rockholdattempts / min

Control time

Rockhold% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	2.8	3.0	0.24	21%	11
R2	7.0	5.8	3.9	0.17	18%	7
R3	8.6	7.4	4.1	0.17	18%	3
R4	12.6	6.3	0.9	0.94	89%	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

Luke Rockhold

11 resolved UFC bouts · 11 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

80/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

86%

99th

Win quality

A+

86th

55%

86th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	2-2	50%
Top-5	5	2-3	40%
Top-15	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	Paulo Costa#6	Top-5	83	Aug 20, 2022
L	Jan Blachowicz#5	Champion	92	Jul 6, 2019
L	Yoel Romero#1	Top-5	90	Feb 10, 2018
W	David Branch#9	Top-15	72	Sep 16, 2017
L	Michael Bisping#4	Champion	93	Jun 4, 2016
W	Chris WeidmanCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 12, 2015
W	Lyoto Machida#1	Top-5	90	Apr 18, 2015
W	Michael Bisping#9	Champion	90	Nov 7, 2014
W	Tim Boetsch#12	Top-15	68	Apr 26, 2014
W	Constantinos Philippou#6	Top-5	77	Jan 15, 2014
L	Vitor Belfort#2	Top-5	87	May 18, 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

11 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

2-2

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-2

6 bouts

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

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-2

6 bouts

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

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

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Luke Rockhold

Extended layoff

3y 10mosince last bout

vs Paulo Costa · Aug 20, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-3As underdog 1-2

62.2

DK avg

88.5

Median

111.8

Ceiling

12.4

Floor

55%

Boom

36%

Bust

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