Nikolay Veretennikov Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Khaos Williams Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	3:31	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa	May 16, 2026
W	Niko Price Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:42	UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira	Feb 7, 2026
L	Punahele Soriano Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	Francisco Prado Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
L	Austin Vanderford Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:13	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song	Feb 22, 2025
L	Danny Barlow Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2	Aug 10, 2024

Outside the UFC

12-4across 16 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 1 sub · 2 decUnited Fight League · LFA · Dana White's Contender Series · Fury FC 46 · Fury FC 37 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Ashley Reece10-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:47	United Fight League	Apr 27, 2024
W	Luis Iniguez6-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:16	United Fight League	Aug 12, 2023
W	Demarques Jackson13-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:38	United Fight League	May 13, 2023
L	Michael Morales19-0	Decision	29–28, 29–28, 30–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Sep 21, 2021
W	Anthony Ivy15-8	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	2:00	Fury FC 46	May 16, 2021
W	Steven Jones8-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	Mar 19, 2021
W	Austin Jones16-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Fury FC 37	Sep 28, 2019
W	Melvin Jordan5-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:00	LFA	Dec 8, 2017
W	Clovis Hancock2-3	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R3	2:21	LFA	Mar 24, 2017
W	Artenas Young10-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Fury FC 13	Nov 4, 2016
W	Charlie Ontiveros11-9	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R2	2:10	Fury FC 12	Sep 10, 2016
W	Don Dissanayake	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:39	Fury FC 10	Apr 8, 2016
L	Ronny Alexander Landaeta Utrera12-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:05	Russian MMA Union	Nov 22, 2014
L	Rashidhan Abdurashidov3-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:30	M-1	Jun 15, 2014
L	Gadzhi Alisultanov1-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	3:00	Mix Fighter	May 27, 2014
W	Aleksey Badyukov1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Astana Fight Club 2	Oct 20, 2012

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

10 wins, 3 losses

W10

L3

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Nikolay Veretennikov

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.67 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 submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Nikolay Veretennikov

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 33%

1L

Split2 decisions · 67%

1W1L

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

OverallC51st

56%152 / 283

Striking accuracy

47%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.69 differential

Landed2.74

Absorbed3.43

55%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head51%40th77
Body40%76th61
Leg9%43rd14

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

Sig. strikes by position

72%Standing

Standing72%110
Clinch22%34
Ground5%8

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Nikolay Veretennikov

Landed per 15

Head

D

27th

19.4

27th

Body

A

84th

15.4

84th

Leg

D

28th

3.5

28th

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

31st

37.9

31st

Body

A

78th

5.6

78th

Leg

C

46th

7.6

46th

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	19.4	77	192	40%
Body	15.4	61	77	79%
Leg	3.5	14	14	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	37.9	150	276	54%
Body	5.6	22	38	58%
Leg	7.6	30	47	64%

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

Nikolay Veretennikov

22%

Takedown accuracy

67%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-6.3 min net

On top1.0

On bottom7.3

Offense

Takedowns

C

44th

0.5

44th

TD accuracy

D

32nd

22%

32nd

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.5

64th

Control

D

35th

1.0 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

67%

56th

Controlled

7.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 9
Submission attempts	2
Control time	3:48

Defense

TDs defended	18 / 27
Control absorbed	28:55

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (59min 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

Nikolay Veretennikov

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 59 min

100%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Veretennikov holds steady (+1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Veretennikov sustains 100% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Veretennikov — HOLDSOutput / 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

Veretennikovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Veretennikovattempts / min

Control time

Veretennikov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.6	2.7	3.3	0.16	11%	6
R2	2.5	2.1	4.0	0.10	3%	4
R3	3.7	2.9	2.8	0.20	3%	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

Nikolay Veretennikov

6 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

16th

19%

16th

Win quality

C

51st

40%

51st

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

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
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	2	1-1	50%

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	Khaos Williams	Established	30	May 16, 2026
W	Niko Price	Building	18	Feb 7, 2026
L	Punahele Soriano	Established	30	Oct 4, 2025
W	Francisco Prado	Unproven	8	Jul 19, 2025
L	Austin Vanderford	Unproven	8	Feb 22, 2025
L	Danny Barlow	Building	15	Aug 10, 2024

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

6 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

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 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

—

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

8 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Nikolay Veretennikov

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Khaos Williams · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 1-3

36.6

DK avg

22.1

Median

77.6

Ceiling

6.6

Floor

17%

Boom

50%

Bust

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