Markus Perez Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Dalcha Lungiambula Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny	Jan 20, 2021
L	Dricus Du Plessis Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Oct 10, 2020
L	Wellington Turman Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare	Nov 16, 2019
W	Anthony Hernandez Middleweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke On Ground	R2	1:07	UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2	Feb 2, 2019
L	Andrew Sanchez Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick	Aug 25, 2018
W	James Bochnovic Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:28	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington	May 12, 2018
L	Eryk Anders Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017

Outside the UFC

13-2across 15 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 7 sub · 3 decPFC 51 · GFC 4 · Action Fight League · Thunder Fight 33 · CW 130 +10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Lajuan Davis8-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:39	PFC 51	Mar 21, 2026
L	Emiliano Sordi27-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	GFC 4	May 5, 2023
W	Chase Gamble7-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:10	Action Fight League	Jan 20, 2023
W	Filipe Moitinho8-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:33	Thunder Fight 33	Dec 19, 2021
L	Zac Pauga7-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CW 130	Oct 17, 2021
W	Ian Heinisch14-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:14	LFA	Sep 8, 2017
W	Ildemar Alcantara26-17	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AFGC	Feb 10, 2017
W	Paulo Thiago19-11	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Thunder Fight 7	Jun 25, 2016
W	Fabricio Almeida8-12-1	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Elbow	R3	0:34	AFC	May 27, 2016
W	Anderson Melo11-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:27	BOK	Dec 5, 2015
W	Rafael Silva4-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:42	Thunder Fight 2	Dec 19, 2014
W	Giovani Colombo1-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:30	Interior Fight	Oct 26, 2013
W	Bruno da Silva1-4	Submission	Kneebar	R1	3:17	Jungle Fight 58	Sep 14, 2013
W	Marcelo Matias16-17	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RSF	Aug 24, 2013
W	Rene Pessoa26-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:29	Pegada Magazine	Apr 18, 2013

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

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Submission

9 wins, 0 losses

W9

L0

Decision

3 wins, 6 losses

W3

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.71

Above avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Markus Perez

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.55 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

4 scorecards on file

Markus Perez

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 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

4L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

47%192 / 406

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.12 differential

Landed2.60

Absorbed3.72

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head49%39th94
Body42%81st80
Leg9%39th18

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

Sig. strikes by position

66%Standing

Standing66%126
Clinch30%57
Ground5%9

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Markus Perez

Landed per 15

Head

D

28th

19.1

28th

Body

A+

89th

16.2

89th

Leg

D

25th

3.7

25th

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

30th

36.7

30th

Body

F

20th

12.8

20th

Leg

C

54th

6.3

54th

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	19.1	94	279	34%
Body	16.2	80	105	76%
Leg	3.7	18	22	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.7	181	449	40%
Body	12.8	63	87	72%
Leg	6.3	31	48	65%

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

Markus Perez

25%

Takedown accuracy

77%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.3 min net

On top2.6

On bottom5.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

46th

0.8

46th

TD accuracy

D

32nd

25%

32nd

Sub attempts

A

74th

1.0

74th

Control

C

49th

2.6 min

49th

Defense

TD defense

A

72nd

77%

72nd

Controlled

5.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 16
Submission attempts	5
Control time	12:35

Defense

TDs defended	17 / 22
Control absorbed	28:37

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (74min 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

Markus Perez

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 74 min

147%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Perez holds steady (+2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Perez lifts to 147% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Perez — HOLDSOutput / 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

Perezlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Perezattempts / min

Control time

Perez% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	2.2	2.6	0.30	22%	7
R2	3.6	2.7	4.8	0.19	6%	5
R3	4.2	3.1	4.3	0.10	19%	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

Markus Perez

7 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

42nd

29%

42nd

Win quality

C

51st

40%

51st

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	0-2	0%
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	Dalcha Lungiambula	Unproven	8	Jan 20, 2021
L	Dricus Du Plessis	Champion	68	Oct 10, 2020
L	Wellington Turman	Unproven	8	Nov 16, 2019
W	Anthony Hernandez	Top-5	56	Feb 2, 2019
L	Andrew Sanchez	Established	26	Aug 25, 2018
W	James Bochnovic	Unproven	8	May 12, 2018
L	Eryk Anders	Established	22	Dec 9, 2017

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

7 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

0-2

2 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

0-2

2 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

—

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

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Markus Perez

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Lajuan Davis · Mar 21, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 1-5

41.9

DK avg

24.4

Median

86.8

Ceiling

22.8

Floor

29%

Boom

14%

Bust

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