Paul Taylor Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Gabe Ruediger Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head In Clinch	R2	1:42	UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort	Feb 5, 2011
L	Sam Stout Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez	Oct 23, 2010
L	John Hathaway Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009
W	Peter Sobotta Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 99: The Comeback	Jun 13, 2009
L	Chris Lytle Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben	Oct 18, 2008
W	Jess Liaudin Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 85: Bedlam	Jun 7, 2008
L	Paul Kelly Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 80: Rapid Fire	Jan 19, 2008
L	Marcus Davis Welterweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom Guard	R1	4:14	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	Sep 8, 2007
W	Edilberto de Oliveira Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R3	0:37	UFC 70: Nations Collide	Apr 21, 2007

Outside the UFC

7-1-1, 1 NCacross 10 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 1 decP & G · Cage Rage · RTT · WFN · UD 1 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
NC	Che Mills16-10	No Contest	—	R1	2:37	Cage Rage	Nov 12, 2006
W	Paul Jenkins41-47-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:08	RTT	Oct 15, 2006
L	Yuki Sasaki25-22-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	P & G	May 6, 2006
W	Jonas Majauskas0-3	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:53	WFN	Mar 5, 2006
W	Zelg Galesic11-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:42	UD 1	Apr 10, 2005
W	Carl Morgan4-1	Submission	Kimura	R3	0:00	CFC 3	Mar 6, 2005
W	Daan Kooiman7-16-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	CFC 2	Nov 14, 2004
W	John Flemming1-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:00	P & G	Apr 24, 2004
W	Jess Liaudin20-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CR 2	Feb 22, 2003
D	Matt Ewin23-13-1	Draw	—	R0	0:00	CR 1	Sep 7, 2002

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

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Decision

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Paul Taylor

PowerChin

Knockout rate

22%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

4

1.39 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

4 scorecards on file

Paul Taylor

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls.

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

None on file

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

3L

Split1 decision · 25%

1L

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

OverallB59th

47%495 / 1,033

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.03 differential

Landed4.44

Absorbed4.47

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head58%72nd287
Body15%54th72
Leg27%87th136

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

Sig. strikes by position

72%Standing

Standing72%356
Clinch21%102
Ground7%37

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Paul Taylor

Landed per 15

Head

A

79th

38.6

79th

Body

C

53rd

9.7

53rd

Leg

A+

92nd

18.3

92nd

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

27th

42.0

27th

Body

F

15th

16.4

15th

Leg

D

39th

8.7

39th

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	38.6	287	768	37%
Body	9.7	72	98	73%
Leg	18.3	136	167	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.0	312	882	35%
Body	16.4	122	150	81%
Leg	8.7	65	84	77%

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 Taylor

25%

Takedown accuracy

56%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.6 min net

On top2.0

On bottom6.6

Offense

Takedowns

D

32nd

0.3

32nd

TD accuracy

D

36th

25%

36th

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.5

61st

Control

C

43rd

2.0 min

43rd

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

56%

44th

Controlled

6.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 8
Submission attempts	4
Control time	14:41

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 48
Control absorbed	49:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (112min 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 Taylor

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 112 min

85%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Taylor fades (-9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Taylor keeps 85% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Taylor ▼ 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

Taylorlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Taylorattempts / min

Control time

Taylor% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	5.0	4.5	0.05	17%	9
R2	4.7	3.9	4.6	0.14	10%	8
R3	4.9	4.3	4.2	0.03	11%	7

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 Taylor

9 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

14th

18%

14th

Win quality

C

54th

41%

54th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

2

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
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	0-3	0%
Building	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
W	Gabe Ruediger	Unproven	8	Feb 5, 2011
L	Sam Stout	Building	18	Oct 23, 2010
L	John Hathaway	Established	22	Nov 14, 2009
W	Peter Sobotta	Building	15	Jun 13, 2009
L	Chris Lytle	Established	22	Oct 18, 2008
W	Jess Liaudin	Building	18	Jun 7, 2008
L	Paul Kelly	Established	22	Jan 19, 2008
L	Marcus Davis	Contender-level	36	Sep 8, 2007
W	Edilberto de Oliveira	Unproven	8	Apr 21, 2007

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

9 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

2-4

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

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

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-3

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 UFC bout

15y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Paul Taylor

Extended layoff

15y 5mosince last bout

vs Gabe Ruediger · Feb 5, 2011

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-0As underdog 0-3

57.8

DK avg

56.0

Median

91.5

Ceiling

25.4

Floor

33%

Boom

11%

Bust

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