Mike Pierce

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Mike Pierce

Record

17-7

Streak

L2

Age

45

Date of birth

Sep 1, 1980

Fighting out of: Portland, Oregon
Born: United States
Camp: Sports Lab
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 71" · 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Dec 11, 2015
Cut risk: 58%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Ryan LaFlare

#15Ryan LaFlare

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale · Dec 11, 2015

The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale

Rousimar Palhares

Rousimar Palhares

Welterweight · Submission · Heel Hook After Drop to Ground · R1 · 0:31

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields · Oct 9, 2013

Heel Hook After Drop to Ground

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields

David Mitchell

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R2 · 2:55

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman · Jul 6, 2013

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman

Seth Baczynski

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson · Dec 14, 2012

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson

Aaron Simpson

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:29

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot · Oct 5, 2012

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot

Carlos Eduardo Rocha

Carlos Eduardo Rocha

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall · Jun 8, 2012

UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall

Josh Koscheck

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit · Feb 4, 2012

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

Paul Bradley

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos · Nov 12, 2011

UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos

Johny Hendricks

Johny Hendricks

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2 · Aug 6, 2011

UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2

Kenny Robertson

Kenny Robertson

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R2 · 0:29

UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort · Feb 5, 2011

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort

Amilcar Alves

Welterweight · Submission · Armbar From Half Guard · R3 · 3:11

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 · Aug 28, 2010

Armbar From Half Guard

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2

Julio Paulino

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones · Mar 21, 2010

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

Jon Fitch

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez · Dec 12, 2009

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez

Brock Larson

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard · Sep 16, 2009

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

Outside the UFC

8-2across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 decRIE 2 · WEC · CATC 4 · SF 24 · EWC 6 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Paul Bradley23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIE 2	Apr 30, 2009
W	Justin Haskins7-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:39	WEC	Mar 1, 2009
W	Sean Huffman22-36-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:40	CATC 4	Nov 22, 2008
W	Mark Miller9-7	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	1:38	SF 24	Sep 19, 2008
W	Jake Paul20-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EWC 6	Aug 2, 2008
L	Nathan Coy15-7	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	SF 23	Jun 20, 2008
W	Ed Nuno8-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 21	Dec 22, 2007
W	Mike Dolce5-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:05	SF 20	Oct 27, 2007
L	Mark Munoz14-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	GC 69	Sep 22, 2007
W	Nick Gilardi6-7	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	4:54	EWC 1	Jun 2, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsSF 19 · FCFF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Tim Sternod2-4	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	0:11	SF 19	May 5, 2007
W	Josh Burnham1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:35	FCFF	Dec 16, 2006

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

Career striking

OverallC56th

42%442 / 1,043

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.26 differential

Landed2.62

Absorbed2.36

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%47th281
Body19%44th83
Leg18%56th78

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

Sig. strikes by position

48%Standing

Standing48%212
Clinch29%126
Ground24%104

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Mike Pierce

Mike Pierce

Landed per 15

Head

C

44th

25.2

44th

Body

D

41st

7.4

41st

Leg

C

54th

7.0

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

74th

22.1

74th

Body

D

37th

11.2

37th

Leg

A

79th

3.4

79th

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	25.2	281	839	33%
Body	7.4	83	113	73%
Leg	7.0	78	91	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.1	247	863	29%
Body	11.2	125	170	74%
Leg	3.4	38	53	72%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Mike Pierce

Mike Pierce

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 168 min

120%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Pierce builds (+8% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pierce lifts to 120% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Mike Pierce

Pierce ▲ 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

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Piercelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Mike Pierce

Pierceattempts / min

Control time

Mike Pierce

Pierce% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	1.9	2.2	0.52	49%	14
R2	6.0	3.0	2.3	0.37	46%	13
R3	6.4	3.2	2.9	0.44	45%	10

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

Mike Pierce

Mike Pierce

14 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

54th

34%

54th

Win quality

D

38th

36%

38th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

1

1

3

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	3	0-3	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	5	5-0	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	Ryan LaFlare#15	Ranked 6–15	63	Dec 11, 2015
L	Rousimar Palhares	Contender-level	40	Oct 9, 2013
W	David Mitchell	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2013
W	Seth Baczynski	Building	18	Dec 14, 2012
W	Aaron Simpson	Established	30	Oct 5, 2012
W	Carlos Eduardo Rocha	Unproven	8	Jun 8, 2012
L	Josh Koscheck	Ranked 6–15	68	Feb 4, 2012
W	Paul Bradley	Unproven	8	Nov 12, 2011
L	Johny Hendricks	Champion	76	Aug 6, 2011
W	Kenny Robertson	Building	15	Feb 5, 2011
W	Amilcar Alves	Unproven	8	Aug 28, 2010
W	Julio Paulino	Unproven	8	Mar 21, 2010
L	Jon Fitch	Ranked 6–15	61	Dec 12, 2009
W	Brock Larson	Building	18	Sep 16, 2009

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.