Marco Ruas Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Maurice Smith

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · to Knee Injury · R1 · 5:00

UFC 21: Return of the Champions · Jul 16, 1999

KO/TKO

R1 · 5:00

to Knee Injury

UFC 21: Return of the Champions

Jul 16, 1999

L

Oleg Taktarov

Open Weight · Decision · Unanimous · R1 · 18:00

UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95 · Dec 16, 1995

Decision

R1 · 18:00

Unanimous

UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95

Dec 16, 1995

W

Keith Hackney

Open Weight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:39

UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95 · Dec 16, 1995

Submission

R1 · 2:39

Rear Naked Choke

UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95

Dec 16, 1995

W

Paul VarelansTitle

Open Weight · KO/TKO · Kicks to Leg At Distance · R1 · 13:17

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo · Sep 8, 1995

KO/TKO

R1 · 13:17

Kicks to Leg At Distance

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo

Sep 8, 1995

W

Remco Pardoel

Open Weight · Submission · Other Position - Mount · R1 · 12:27

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo · Sep 8, 1995

Submission

R1 · 12:27

Other Position - Mount

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo

Sep 8, 1995

W

Larry Cureton

Open Weight · Submission · Heel Hook From Bottom Guard · R1 · 3:23

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo · Sep 8, 1995

Submission

R1 · 3:23

Heel Hook From Bottom Guard

UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo

Sep 8, 1995

Outside the UFC

5-2-2across 9 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 4 subPRIDE · IFL · UP 1 · WVC 4 · WVC 2 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Maurice Smith12-14	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R4	3:43	IFL	May 19, 2007
W	Jason Lambert26-13	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:56	UP 1	Nov 11, 2001
L	Alexander Otsuka5-13	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	10:00	PRIDE	Oct 11, 1998
W	Gary Goodridge23-22-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	9:09	PRIDE	Mar 15, 1998
W	Patrick Smith20-17	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:39	WVC 4	Mar 16, 1997
D	Oleg Taktarov17-5-2	Draw	—	R1	31:12	WVC 2	Nov 10, 1996
W	Steve Jennum2-3	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:44	WVC 1	Aug 14, 1996
W	Francisco Borges0-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:26	RVT	Jul 1, 1992
D	Fernando Pinduka0-0-1	Draw	—	R1	20:00	JJ vs. MA	Nov 30, 1984

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Submission

7 wins, 0 losses

W7

L0

Decision

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 19%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.33

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Marco Ruas

PowerChin

Knockout rate

17%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

5.26 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

Career striking

OverallD40th

0%60 / 131

Striking accuracy

0%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.00 differential

Landed0.00

Absorbed0.00

0%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-100%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head32%21st19
Body3%26th2
Leg65%67th39

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

Sig. strikes by position

75%Standing

Standing75%45
Clinch5%3
Ground20%12

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Marco Ruas

Landed per 15

Head

F

2nd

5.2

2nd

Body

F

4th

0.5

4th

Leg

A

77th

10.7

77th

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

A+

99th

2.5

99th

Body

A+

93rd

1.6

93rd

Leg

B

69th

3.8

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	5.2	19	67	28%
Body	0.5	2	2	100%
Leg	10.7	39	62	63%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	2.5	9	46	20%
Body	1.6	6	7	86%
Leg	3.8	14	29	48%

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

Marco Ruas

75%

Takedown accuracy

75%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top1.0

On bottom0.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

56th

0.8

56th

TD accuracy

75%

Sub attempts

A

85th

2.2

85th

Control

C

45th

1.0 min

45th

Defense

TD defense

75%

Controlled

0.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 4
Submission attempts	8
Control time	3:41

Defense

TDs defended	3 / 4
Control absorbed	0:34

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (55min 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

Marco Ruas

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 55 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Ruas hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

Not enough rounds with per-round data to plot a pace curve — this fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.07	7%	6

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

Marco Ruas

6 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

23rd

22%

23rd

Win quality

A+

89th

58%

89th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

1

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
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
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Maurice Smith	Building	18	Jul 16, 1999
L	Oleg Taktarov	Established	26	Dec 16, 1995
W	Keith Hackney	Building	18	Dec 16, 1995
W	Paul Varelans	Title-fight challenger	50	Sep 8, 1995
W	Remco Pardoel	Building	18	Sep 8, 1995
W	Larry Cureton	Unproven	8	Sep 8, 1995

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

6 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

3-1

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

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

2-2

4 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

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

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 bout

19y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Marco Ruas

Extended layoff

19y 3mosince last bout

vs Maurice Smith · May 19, 2007

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFS

71.80

DK avg

98.00

Median

98.60

Ceiling

12.60

Floor

67%

Boom

33%

Bust

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