Melissa Croden Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#15Daria Zhelezniakova Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott	Apr 18, 2026
L	#15Luana Santos Women's Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape	Dec 13, 2025
W	Tainara Lisboa Women's Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R3	4:32	UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen	Oct 18, 2025

Outside the UFC

6-2across 8 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 1 subLFA · PAWFC · Z Promotions · Titan FC 67

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ashley Deen9-7	KO/TKO	Knees and Elbows	R2	0:22	LFA	Oct 25, 2024
W	Katharina Lehner9-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:20	LFA	Oct 6, 2023
L	Jacqueline Cavalcanti10-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFA	Apr 21, 2023
W	Cornelia Holm6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:22	PAWFC	Aug 27, 2022
W	Jackie MacLean4-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:59	PAWFC	Jan 15, 2022
L	Evelyn Martins6-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Titan FC 67	Feb 12, 2021
W	Elizabeth Schroder4-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:30	Z Promotions	Jan 25, 2020
W	Jolinne Maisonnueve2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:37	Z Promotions	Sep 28, 2019

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.

Amateur

5-0across 5 amateur bouts · 4 promotionsRITC · 209 · HKFC · BFL 45

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Amanda Rogers0-2-1	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R3	2:22	RITC	Apr 12, 2019
W	Alyssa Pallen0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R3	1:09	209	Jul 7, 2018
W	Sierra Lee Dinwoodie4-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:20	RITC	Feb 17, 2018
W	Brittany Paterson0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:52	HKFC	Dec 9, 2016
W	Liz Jackson0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:04	BFL 45	Sep 17, 2016

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Melissa Croden

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.75 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 finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Melissa Croden

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

OverallA70th

47%190 / 402

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.14 differential

Landed4.27

Absorbed2.13

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%72nd134
Body16%57th31
Leg13%59th25

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

Sig. strikes by position

62%Standing

Standing62%118
Clinch18%34
Ground20%38

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Melissa Croden

Landed per 15

Head

A+

86th

45.1

86th

Body

C

56th

10.4

56th

Leg

B

60th

8.4

60th

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+

86th

19.9

86th

Body

C

56th

9.8

56th

Leg

A+

92nd

2.4

92nd

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	45.1	134	315	43%
Body	10.4	31	48	65%
Leg	8.4	25	39	64%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.9	59	186	32%
Body	9.8	29	40	73%
Leg	2.4	7	8	88%

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

Melissa Croden

50%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.2 min net

On top3.7

On bottom3.9

Offense

Takedowns

B

66th

2.0

66th

TD accuracy

B

68th

50%

68th

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.3

60th

Control

B

61st

3.7 min

61st

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

67%

56th

Controlled

3.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 12
Submission attempts	1
Control time	11:01

Defense

TDs defended	10 / 15
Control absorbed	11:40

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (45min 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

Melissa Croden

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 45 min

188%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Croden builds (+30% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Croden lifts to 188% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Croden ▲ 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

Crodenlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Crodenattempts / min

Control time

Croden% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	3.3	3.3	0.20	8%	3
R2	6.2	4.7	1.9	0.20	23%	3
R3	7.9	4.9	1.2	0.41	44%	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

Melissa Croden

3 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

78th

49%

78th

Win quality

A

80th

51%

80th

Limited UFC sample (3 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

1

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Building	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

50-36

.581 win rate

Winning-record opponents

4 of 8

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

8

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Daria Zhelezniakova#15	Top-15	60	Apr 18, 2026
L	Luana Santos#15	Top-15	67	Dec 13, 2025
W	Tainara Lisboa	Building	18	Oct 18, 2025

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

3 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

0-1

1 bout

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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Melissa Croden

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Daria Zhelezniakova · Apr 18, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0As underdog 0-1

79.0

DK avg

91.6

Median

123.6

Ceiling

21.9

Floor

67%

Boom

0%

Bust

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