Luke Sanders Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Felipe Colares Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021
L	Nate Maness Catch Weight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:29	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark	Nov 28, 2020
W	#2Renan Barao Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:01	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019
L	#14Rani Yahya Bantamweight	Submission	Heel Hook On Ground	R1	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick	Aug 25, 2018
W	Patrick Williams Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018
L	Andre Soukhamthath Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	1:06	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017
L	#15Iuri Alcantara Bantamweight	Submission	Kneebar From Bottom	R2	3:13	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	Mar 4, 2017
W	Maximo Blanco Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:38	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz	Jan 17, 2016

Outside the UFC

10-0across 10 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 sub · 3 decGFC · AXS TV Fights · RFA 20 · RFA 17 · RFA 13 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Terrion Ware18-12	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	AXS TV Fights	May 8, 2015
W	Jarred Mercado14-5	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	1:06	RFA 20	Nov 7, 2014
W	Darrick Minner27-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:15	RFA 17	Aug 22, 2014
W	Dan Moret16-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RFA 13	Mar 7, 2014
W	Zach Underwood13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:38	XFC 26	Oct 18, 2013
W	Javon Wright6-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	RFC 7	Jul 19, 2013
W	Zachary Sanders4-2	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	4:53	XFC 18	Jun 22, 2012
W	J.R. Hines2-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:08	GFC	Nov 19, 2011
W	Latral Perdue1-14	Submission	—	R1	1:07	GFC	Apr 28, 2011
W	Josh Jarvis1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:15	Strikeforce	Jan 7, 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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Decision

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.13

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

Luke Sanders

PowerChin

Knockout rate

13%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

1.19 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

1.49 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

2 scorecards on file

Luke Sanders

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

1W1L

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

OverallB60th

52%416 / 791

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.24 differential

Landed6.61

Absorbed4.37

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head81%93rd335
Body12%60th51
Leg7%49th30

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

Sig. strikes by position

68%Standing

Standing68%284
Clinch10%41
Ground22%91

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Luke Sanders

Landed per 15

Head

A+

99th

79.8

99th

Body

B

63rd

12.1

63rd

Leg

C

45th

7.1

45th

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

53rd

31.9

53rd

Body

F

8th

21.0

8th

Leg

F

22nd

12.6

22nd

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	79.8	335	685	49%
Body	12.1	51	67	76%
Leg	7.1	30	39	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.9	134	384	35%
Body	21.0	88	118	75%
Leg	12.6	53	57	93%

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 Sanders

30%

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.5 min net

On top2.7

On bottom1.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

45th

0.7

45th

TD accuracy

C

42nd

30%

42nd

Sub attempts

C

55th

0.2

55th

Control

C

54th

2.7 min

54th

Defense

TD defense

B

67th

73%

67th

Controlled

1.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 10
Submission attempts	1
Control time	11:11

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 22
Control absorbed	4:57

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (63min 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 Sanders

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 63 min

83%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Sanders fades (-11% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sanders drops to 83% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Sanders ▼ 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

Sanderslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sandersattempts / min

Control time

Sanders% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.2	7.0	3.4	0.09	23%	8
R2	7.7	6.5	5.5	0.22	14%	6
R3	6.6	5.4	5.9	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

Luke Sanders

8 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

54th

34%

54th

Win quality

B

64th

44%

64th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 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	1	1-0	100%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	1-2	33%

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	Felipe Colares	Unproven	8	May 1, 2021
L	Nate Maness	Established	22	Nov 28, 2020
W	Renan Barao#2	Champion	96	Feb 17, 2019
L	Rani Yahya#14	Top-15	63	Aug 25, 2018
W	Patrick Williams	Unproven	8	Apr 14, 2018
L	Andre Soukhamthath	Unproven	8	Dec 9, 2017
L	Iuri Alcantara#15	Top-15	69	Mar 4, 2017
W	Maximo Blanco	Building	18	Jan 17, 2016

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

8 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

0-3

3 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

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-3

3 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

—

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

5y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Luke Sanders

Extended layoff

5y 2mosince last bout

vs Felipe Colares · May 1, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-5As underdog 1-0

56.0

DK avg

66.5

Median

96.5

Ceiling

15.3

Floor

25%

Boom

25%

Bust

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