Michael Kuiper Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	BS Brad Scott Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R1	4:17	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz	Oct 26, 2013
L	Tom Lawlor Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R2	1:05	UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi	Apr 6, 2013
W	Jared Hamman Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	2:16	UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II	Aug 11, 2012
L	Rafael Natal Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit	Feb 4, 2012

Outside the UFC

14-4across 18 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 5 sub · 1 decS&H · SD · CFC 10 · CFC 5 · CFC 4 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Rodrigo Carlos35-29	Submission	Keylock	R1	4:50	CFC 10	Nov 9, 2024
L	Adrick Croes11-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	CFC 5	Apr 7, 2018
W	Cristiano Machado dos Santos4-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:46	CFC 4	May 26, 2017
W	Oktay Karatas11-9-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:34	Battle Events	Jun 4, 2016
L	Gregory Milliard13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:48	RFC	Apr 29, 2016
W	Lutciano Zimmerman0-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	—	S&H	Oct 4, 2014
L	Matt Riddle8-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:29	Titan FC 27	Feb 28, 2014
W	Morris Cilfoni2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	MITC	May 7, 2011
W	Clarence Noordzee2-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	SD	Mar 19, 2011
W	David Marcina15-20	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:14	L2F	Nov 20, 2010
W	Baudin Egoluev7-2	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:42	Ultimate Takedown 2	Nov 6, 2010
W	Ivan Brguljan9-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	OG2F	Nov 7, 2009
W	Patrice Wagemans3-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:10	S&H	Oct 3, 2009
W	Bert Van Geystelen3-5	Submission	Armbar	R2	0:00	BG	May 30, 2009
W	Saigan Muradov2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R0	0:00	BOA	May 10, 2009
W	Bert Van Geystelen3-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	SD	Apr 26, 2009
W	Kevin Goodliff0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Hoyer's Productions	Apr 11, 2009
W	Ahmed Sultan1-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	4:00	OC 12	Feb 14, 2009

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

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Submission

5 wins, 5 losses

W5

L5

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.75

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Michael Kuiper

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

3.85 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 strikesin the UFC

Career striking

OverallB65th

54%107 / 195

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.34 differential

Landed3.28

Absorbed3.62

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head73%61st78
Body11%48th12
Leg16%55th17

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

Sig. strikes by position

56%Standing

Standing56%60
Clinch19%20
Ground25%27

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Michael Kuiper

Landed per 15

Head

B

63rd

35.9

63rd

Body

D

29th

5.5

29th

Leg

C

53rd

7.8

53rd

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

36th

38.6

36th

Body

C

58th

8.7

58th

Leg

B

58th

6.9

58th

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	35.9	78	155	50%
Body	5.5	12	17	71%
Leg	7.8	17	23	74%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.6	84	214	39%
Body	8.7	19	25	76%
Leg	6.9	15	18	83%

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 Kuiper

56%

Takedown accuracy

79%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.2 min net

On top3.3

On bottom5.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

72nd

2.3

72nd

TD accuracy

A

74th

56%

74th

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.0

61st

Control

B

60th

3.3 min

60th

Defense

TD defense

B

69th

79%

69th

Controlled

5.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 9
Submission attempts	0
Control time	7:13

Defense

TDs defended	23 / 29
Control absorbed	12:01

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (33min 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 Kuiper

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 33 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Kuiper 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.

KuiperOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Kuiperlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kuiperattempts / min

Control time

Kuiper% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	3.1	3.6	0.47	19%	4
R2	4.3	3.6	5.5	0.00	18%	3
R3	5.3	3.6	0.4	0.00	43%	1

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 Kuiper

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

26th

24%

26th

Win quality

F

24th

31%

24th

Limited UFC sample (4 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

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	1-1	50%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

129-118-2

.522 win rate

Winning-record opponents

6 of 18

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

18

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
L	Brad Scott	Unproven	8	Oct 26, 2013
L	Tom Lawlor	Cross-div ranked	36	Apr 6, 2013
W	Jared Hamman	Unproven	12	Aug 11, 2012
L	Rafael Natal	Top-15	45	Feb 4, 2012

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

4 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

1-2

3 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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

1y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael Kuiper

Extended layoff

1y 7mosince last bout

vs Rodrigo Carlos · Nov 9, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-2

49.3

DK avg

41.3

Median

121.4

Ceiling

8.2

Floor

25%

Boom

25%

Bust

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