Michael Graves Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
D	Bojan Velickovic Welterweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	Jul 30, 2016
W	Randy Brown Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:31	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans	Apr 16, 2016
W	Vicente Luque Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015

Outside the UFC

9-1-1across 11 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 sub · 2 decFNG · ACA 190 · Titan FC 65 · Titan FC 59 · Titan FC 53 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Alexey Makhno27-13	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	ACA 190	Aug 15, 2025
W	Oton Jasse22-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:17	Titan FC 65	Nov 22, 2020
W	Yuri Villefort12-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	4:40	Titan FC 59	Feb 28, 2020
W	Jared Gooden23-12	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Titan FC 53	Mar 15, 2019
W	Gregg Ellis7-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 51	Dec 21, 2018
D	Murat Khasanov6-0-1	Draw	Majority	R3	5:00	FNG	May 19, 2018
L	Nikolay Aleksakhin26-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:06	FNG	Sep 29, 2017
W	Rafael Souza8-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:37	Titan FC 31	Oct 31, 2014
W	Rico Farrington8-3	KO/TKO	—	R1	2:46	MTC	Apr 3, 2014
W	Danny Finz0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:26	Fight Time 15	Jun 21, 2013
W	Nicolas Ryske8-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:48	Fight Time 13	Feb 15, 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.

Amateur

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 4 promotionsBFN 11 · BFN 8 · Fight Party · COTK

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Wesley Barnes5-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	BFN 11	Oct 22, 2011
W	Matt Sword0-3	Submission	—	R1	0:50	BFN 8	Dec 4, 2010
W	Jay Prusinowski1-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:36	Fight Party	Sep 18, 2010
W	Nicholas Wesley1-1	Submission	Kimura	R2	1:12	COTK	Apr 3, 2010

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

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Michael Graves

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 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

Career striking

OverallC50th

54%47 / 87

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.22 differential

Landed1.25

Absorbed1.47

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%36th36
Body15%36th7
Leg9%40th4

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

Sig. strikes by position

43%Ground

Standing36%17
Clinch21%10
Ground43%20

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Michael Graves

Landed per 15

Head

F

15th

14.4

15th

Body

F

11th

2.8

11th

Leg

F

11th

1.6

11th

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+

96th

9.2

96th

Body

B

65th

7.6

65th

Leg

B

66th

5.2

66th

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	14.4	36	69	52%
Body	2.8	7	11	64%
Leg	1.6	4	7	57%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	9.2	23	82	28%
Body	7.6	19	27	70%
Leg	5.2	13	24	54%

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

Michael Graves

52%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+6.2 min net

On top8.6

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

A+

86th

4.8

86th

TD accuracy

B

67th

52%

67th

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.4

64th

Control

A

83rd

8.6 min

83rd

Defense

TD defense

67%

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	12 / 23
Submission attempts	1
Control time	21:30

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 3
Control absorbed	5:54

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (38min 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

Michael Graves

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 38 min

79%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Graves fades (-18% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Graves drops to 79% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Graves ▼ 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

Graveslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Gravesattempts / min

Control time

Graves% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.6	1.7	1.7	0.67	48%	3
R2	6.5	1.5	0.8	0.56	83%	3
R3	3.7	0.3	1.9	0.60	40%	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

Michael Graves

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

58th

36%

58th

Win quality

A+

98th

80%

98th

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.

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	0-0-1	—

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

147-77-1

.656 win rate

Winning-record opponents

10 of 11

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

11

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
D	Bojan Velickovic	Building	15	Jul 30, 2016
W	Randy Brown	Long-tenured vet	42	Apr 16, 2016
W	Vicente Luque	Top-5	56	Jul 12, 2015

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

2 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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-0

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

—

After a win

next bout after a win

1-0

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

10 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael Graves

Within a year

10 monthssince last bout

vs Alexey Makhno · Aug 15, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 1-0

78.1

DK avg

97.2

Median

102.1

Ceiling

34.9

Floor

67%

Boom

0%

Bust

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