Paul Sass Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Danny Castillo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald · Feb 16, 2013

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald

Feb 16, 2013

L

Matt Wiman

Lightweight · Submission · Armbar On Ground · R1 · 3:48

UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs. Miocic · Sep 29, 2012

Submission

R1 · 3:48

Armbar On Ground

UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs. Miocic

Sep 29, 2012

W

Jacob Volkmann

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Armbar From Bottom · R1 · 1:54

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir · May 26, 2012

Submission

R1 · 1:54

Triangle Armbar From Bottom

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

May 26, 2012

W

Michael Johnson

Lightweight · Submission · Heel Hook On Ground · R1 · 3:00

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson · Oct 1, 2011

Submission

R1 · 3:00

Heel Hook On Ground

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson

Oct 1, 2011

W

Mark Holst

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R1 · 4:45

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama · Oct 16, 2010

Submission

R1 · 4:45

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama

Oct 16, 2010

Outside the UFC

11-0across 11 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 10 sub · 1 decBellator · OMMAC 4 · OMMAC 2 · OMMAC 1 · CG 11 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Rod Montoya17-16	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	2:01	Bellator	Oct 18, 2013
W	Jason Young9-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	2:01	OMMAC 4	Mar 6, 2010
W	Rob Sinclair13-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	OMMAC 2	Oct 3, 2009
W	Ian Jones8-11	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:32	OMMAC 1	Aug 8, 2009
W	Harvey Harra6-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:15	CG 11	Mar 7, 2009
W	Jason Ball20-14	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:26	CG 10	Nov 29, 2008
W	Andrew Fisher20-10-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:37	CG 9	Oct 4, 2008
W	Martin Stapleton21-8	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	—	CG 8	Jul 27, 2008
W	Will Burke4-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:04	CG 7	Apr 27, 2008
W	Steve Warris1-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:31	CG 5	Nov 4, 2007
W	David Johnson6-7-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:14	CG 4	Aug 5, 2007

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Submission

13 wins, 1 loss

W13

L1

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

2.80

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Paul Sass

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 strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Paul Sass

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

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

OverallD35th

26%15 / 57

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.37 differential

Landed0.53

Absorbed1.90

42%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-23%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%28th10
Body27%37th4
Leg7%37th1

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

Sig. strikes by position

60%Standing

Standing60%9
Clinch0%0
Ground40%6

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Paul Sass

Landed per 15

Head

F

3rd

5.3

3rd

Body

F

7th

2.1

7th

Leg

F

4th

0.5

4th

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

B

67th

23.7

67th

Body

A+

97th

1.6

97th

Leg

A

83rd

3.2

83rd

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	5.3	10	51	20%
Body	2.1	4	4	100%
Leg	0.5	1	2	50%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.7	45	101	45%
Body	1.6	3	4	75%
Leg	3.2	6	7	86%

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

Paul Sass

17%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-8.1 min net

On top1.6

On bottom9.7

Offense

Takedowns

C

50th

0.5

50th

TD accuracy

17%

Sub attempts

A+

97th

7.4

97th

Control

C

46th

1.6 min

46th

Defense

TD defense

33%

Controlled

9.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 6
Submission attempts	14
Control time	3:02

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 6
Control absorbed	18:22

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (28min 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

Paul Sass

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 28 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Sass 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.

SassOutput / 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

Sasslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sassattempts / min

Control time

Sass% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.2	0.6	1.5	0.33	16%	5
R2	0.2	0.2	3.6	0.00	0%	1
R3	0.6	0.6	1.8	0.00	0%	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

Paul Sass

5 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

53rd

33%

53rd

Win quality

A+

86th

54%

86th

Limited UFC sample (5 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

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

125-90-2

.581 win rate

Winning-record opponents

7 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
L	Danny Castillo	Established	26	Feb 16, 2013
L	Matt Wiman	Contender-level	45	Sep 29, 2012
W	Jacob Volkmann	Established	30	May 26, 2012
W	Michael Johnson	Top-5	54	Oct 1, 2011
W	Mark Holst	Unproven	8	Oct 16, 2010

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

5 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

0-2

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-0

2 bouts

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

2-1

3 bouts

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 bout

12y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Paul Sass

Extended layoff

12y 10mosince last bout

vs Rod Montoya · Oct 18, 2013

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-2As underdog 2-0

58.80

DK avg

90.60

Median

91.00

Ceiling

14.30

Floor

60%

Boom

40%

Bust

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