Marlon Vera Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#10David Martinez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh	Feb 28, 2026
L	#9Aiemann Zahabi Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen	Oct 18, 2025
L	#6Deiveson Figueiredo Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov	Aug 3, 2024
L	CSean O'MalleyTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2	Mar 9, 2024
W	#10Pedro Munhoz Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley	Aug 19, 2023
L	#5Cory Sandhagen Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen	Mar 25, 2023
W	#8Dominick Cruz Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R4	2:17	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz	Aug 13, 2022
W	#5Rob Font Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera	Apr 30, 2022
W	#8Frankie Edgar Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Front Kick	R3	3:50	UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021
W	Davey Grant Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige	Jun 19, 2021
L	#7Jose Aldo Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	Dec 19, 2020
W	#14Sean O'Malley Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Guard	R1	4:40	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020
L	Song Yadong Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris	May 16, 2020
W	Andre Ewell Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Half Guard	R3	3:17	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
W	Nohelin Hernandez Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:25	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
W	#15Frankie Saenz Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:25	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019
W	Guido Cannetti Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio	Nov 17, 2018
W	Wulijiburen Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Body At Distance	R2	4:53	UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2	Aug 4, 2018
L	Douglas Silva de Andrade Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders	Feb 3, 2018
L	#5John Lineker Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	Oct 28, 2017
W	Brian Kelleher Bantamweight	Submission	Armbar On Ground	R1	2:18	UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum	Jul 22, 2017
W	Brad Pickett Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R3	3:50	UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson	Mar 18, 2017
W	Guangyou Ning Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Nov 26, 2016
L	Davey Grant Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping	Feb 27, 2016
W	Roman Salazar Bantamweight	Submission	Triangle Armbar From Bottom Guard	R2	2:15	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015
L	Marco Beltran Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt	Nov 15, 2014

Outside the UFC

8-1-1across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 6 sub · 1 decInka 24 · Inka 23 · Inka 22 · FMP 16 · 300 Sparta 1 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	D'Juan Owens18-17-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:54	Inka 24	Oct 23, 2013
L	Bruno Leandro Soares Lobato42-29-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Inka 23	Aug 24, 2013
D	Fabio Bispo10-8-3	Draw	—	R3	5:00	Inka 22	Jun 29, 2013
W	Luis Roberto Herrera2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:50	FMP 16	May 25, 2013
W	Joel Iglesias4-7	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	4:04	300 Sparta 1	Apr 24, 2013
W	Javier Umana Munoz11-20	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:44	Panama Fight League	Jan 18, 2013
W	Alexis Patino Pinos0-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	Punisher 4	May 26, 2012
W	Jack Guzman5-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	Samurai FC 7	Feb 20, 2012
W	Cesar Moreno2-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EMMA 2	Jun 18, 2011
W	Romel Orosco6-3	Submission	Armbar	R2	1:12	QFC 3	Jul 24, 2010

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

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Submission

10 wins, 0 losses

W10

L0

Decision

5 wins, 12 losses

W5

L12

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.69

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Marlon Vera

PowerChin

Knockout rate

27%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

13

1.62 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.09 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

11 scorecards on file

Marlon Vera

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–3

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 82%

2W7L

Split2 decisions · 18%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC50th

47%1,480 / 3,110

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.16 differential

Landed4.18

Absorbed5.34

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head54%62nd801
Body22%70th319
Leg24%87th360

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

Sig. strikes by position

80%Standing

Standing80%1,183
Clinch10%146
Ground10%151

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Marlon Vera

Landed per 15

Head

B

63rd

34.0

63rd

Body

A

71st

13.5

71st

Leg

A+

89th

15.3

89th

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

F

18th

49.3

18th

Body

F

14th

18.1

14th

Leg

F

20th

12.8

20th

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	34.0	801	2,146	37%
Body	13.5	319	520	61%
Leg	15.3	360	444	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	49.3	1,163	2,842	41%
Body	18.1	426	586	73%
Leg	12.8	301	360	84%

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

Marlon Vera

39%

Takedown accuracy

72%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.5 min net

On top1.3

On bottom2.8

Offense

Takedowns

D

26th

0.5

26th

TD accuracy

C

57th

39%

57th

Sub attempts

A

72nd

0.8

72nd

Control

D

31st

1.3 min

31st

Defense

TD defense

B

67th

72%

67th

Controlled

2.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 28
Submission attempts	18
Control time	30:39

Defense

TDs defended	66 / 92
Control absorbed	65:26

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (354min 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

Marlon Vera

26 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 354 min

183%

R3 pace · 19 bouts

Vera builds (+5% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Vera lifts to 183% of round-1 output by round 3 (19 bouts).

Vera ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Veralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Veraattempts / min

Control time

Vera% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	2.8	4.3	0.09	8%	26
R2	5.1	4.4	5.5	0.11	8%	23
R3	6.2	5.5	5.5	0.05	12%	19
R4	5.3	5.0	7.7	0.00	7%	4
R5	4.6	4.5	8.9	0.00	1%	3

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

Marlon Vera

26 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

64/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

90th

67%

90th

Win quality

A

73rd

47%

73rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

7

5

2

4

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	2-1	67%
Top-5	7	3-4	43%
Top-15	5	2-3	40%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Building	4	3-1	75%
Unproven	3	3-0	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	David Martinez#10	Top-15	71	Feb 28, 2026
L	Aiemann Zahabi#9	Top-15	73	Oct 18, 2025
L	Deiveson Figueiredo#6	Top-5	82	Aug 3, 2024
L	Sean O'MalleyCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 9, 2024
W	Pedro Munhoz#10	Top-5	77	Aug 19, 2023
L	Cory Sandhagen#5	Top-5	84	Mar 25, 2023
W	Dominick Cruz#8	Champion	90	Aug 13, 2022
W	Rob Font#5	Top-5	82	Apr 30, 2022
W	Frankie Edgar#8	Top-5	81	Nov 6, 2021
W	Davey Grant	Contender-level	36	Jun 19, 2021
L	Jose Aldo#7	Top-5	86	Dec 19, 2020
W	Sean O'Malley#14	Champion	87	Aug 15, 2020
L	Song Yadong	Cross-div ranked	45	May 16, 2020
W	Andre Ewell	Building	18	Oct 12, 2019
W	Nohelin Hernandez	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2019
W	Frankie Saenz#15	Top-15	64	Mar 23, 2019
W	Guido Cannetti	Building	18	Nov 17, 2018
W	Wulijiburen	Unproven	8	Aug 4, 2018
L	Douglas Silva de Andrade	Top-15	46	Feb 3, 2018
L	John Lineker#5	Top-5	84	Oct 28, 2017
W	Brian Kelleher	Top-15	42	Jul 22, 2017
W	Brad Pickett	Cross-div ranked	45	Mar 18, 2017
W	Guangyou Ning	Building	18	Nov 26, 2016
L	Davey Grant	Contender-level	32	Feb 27, 2016
W	Roman Salazar	Unproven	8	Aug 8, 2015
L	Marco Beltran	Building	15	Nov 15, 2014

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

26 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

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

9-3

12 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-5

9 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

6-4

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

9-6

15 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

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Marlon Vera

Active

4 monthssince last bout

vs David Martinez · Feb 28, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 10-2As underdog 4-9

66.5

DK avg

80.6

Median

97.9

Ceiling

26.5

Floor

54%

Boom

12%

Bust

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