Paul Varelans Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kimo Leopoldo Open Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	9:08	UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '96	Dec 7, 1996
W	Joe Moreira Open Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	UFC 8: David vs. Goliath	Feb 16, 1996
L	Dan Severn Open Weight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R1	1:01	UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95	Dec 16, 1995
L	Marco RuasTitle Open Weight	KO/TKO	Kicks to Leg At Distance	R1	13:17	UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo	Sep 8, 1995
W	Mark Hall Open Weight	Submission	Keylock From Mount	R1	1:01	UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo	Sep 8, 1995
W	Gerry Harris Open Weight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground Submission to Strikes	R1	1:05	UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo	Sep 8, 1995
W	Cal Worsham Open Weight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head In Clinch	R1	1:02	UFC 6: Clash of the Titans	Jul 14, 1995
L	David Abbott Open Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R1	1:53	UFC 6: Clash of the Titans	Jul 14, 1995

Outside the UFC

5-5across 10 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 1 subWVC 5 · IFC 1 · Rings Holland · Brazil Open · EC 6 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dick Vrij7-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:30	Rings Holland	Feb 8, 1998
L	Nick Nutter5-2	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	3:42	WVC 5	Feb 3, 1998
W	Waldir dos Anjos3-11	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:36	WVC 5	Feb 3, 1998
L	Carlos Barreto14-9	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R1	2:33	Brazil Open	Jun 15, 1997
W	Scott Taylor1-1	Submission	Forearm Choke	R1	0:42	EC 6	May 10, 1997
L	Ryushi Yanagisawa24-25-9	Decision	Lost Points	R1	15:00	Pancrase	Apr 27, 1997
L	Mark Kerr15-11	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R1	2:06	WVC 3	Jan 19, 1997
W	Shinji Katase2-3	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:35	U	Nov 17, 1996
L	Igor Vovchanchyn56-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	6:20	IFC 1	Mar 30, 1996
W	Valery Nikulin2-6	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:12	IFC 1	Mar 30, 1996

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, 7 losses

W6

L7

Submission

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Decision

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 12%Super Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.13

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 10%Super Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.38

Below avg · 0.50Super Heavyweight

KO history

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

Paul Varelans

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

2.50 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

2.17 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Career striking

OverallC45th

0%56 / 128

Striking accuracy

0%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.00 differential

Landed0.00

Absorbed0.00

0%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-100%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%—40
Body11%—6
Leg18%—10

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

Sig. strikes by position

38%Clinch

Standing30%17
Clinch38%21
Ground32%18

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Paul Varelans

Landed per 15

Head

15.6

Body

2.3

Leg

3.9

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

17.9

Body

1.2

Leg

11.7

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	15.6	40	104	38%
Body	2.3	6	8	75%
Leg	3.9	10	16	63%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.9	46	101	46%
Body	1.2	3	7	43%
Leg	11.7	30	49	61%

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 Varelans

100%

Takedown accuracy

78%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top0.0

On bottom0.0

Offense

Takedowns

0.8

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

1.2

Control

0.0 min

Defense

TD defense

78%

Controlled

0.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 2
Submission attempts	3
Control time	0:00

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 9
Control absorbed	0:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (38min 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 Varelans

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 38 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Varelans 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.

Not enough rounds with per-round data to plot a pace curve — this fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	1.6	1.5	2.1	0.05	0%	8

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 Varelans

8 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

15th

19%

15th

Win quality

C

52nd

41%

52nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

4

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight challenger	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

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	Kimo Leopoldo	Unproven	8	Dec 7, 1996
W	Joe Moreira	Unproven	8	Feb 16, 1996
L	Dan Severn	Contender-level	40	Dec 16, 1995
L	Marco Ruas	Title-fight challenger	50	Sep 8, 1995
W	Mark Hall	Building	15	Sep 8, 1995
W	Gerry Harris	Unproven	8	Sep 8, 1995
W	Cal Worsham	Unproven	8	Jul 14, 1995
L	David Abbott	Building	15	Jul 14, 1995

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

8 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

4-2

6 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

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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

3-0

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-3

4 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

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

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

28y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Paul Varelans

Extended layoff

28y 5mosince last bout

vs Dick Vrij · Feb 8, 1998

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFS

46.9

DK avg

35.8

Median

102.8

Ceiling

2.6

Floor

38%

Boom

38%

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