Punahele Soriano

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Punahele Soriano

Nickname“Story Time”

Record

13-4

Streak

W4

Age

33

Date of birth

Nov 22, 1992

Fighting out of: Wailua, Hawaii
Born: United States
Camp: Xtreme Couture
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 73" · 184 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Feb 21, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Ramiz Brahimaj

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · Feb 21, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez

Nikolay Veretennikov

Nikolay Veretennikov

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 4, 2025

UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2

Uros Medic

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:31

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 · Jan 11, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2

Miguel Baeza

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov · Jun 8, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov

Dustin Stoltzfus

Dustin Stoltzfus

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 4:10

UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Dec 2, 2023

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan

Roman Kopylov

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance · R2 · 3:19

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 14, 2023

Kick to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov

Dalcha Lungiambula

Dalcha Lungiambula

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:28

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez · Jul 16, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez

Nick Maximov

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland · Feb 5, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland

Brendan Allen

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw · Jul 24, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw

Dusko Todorovic

Dusko Todorovic

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:48

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar · Jan 16, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar

Oskar Piechota

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:17

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · Dec 14, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

Dana White's Contender Series

1-0across 1 bout · wins by 1 dec

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jamie Pickett13-11	Decision	30–27, 30–27, 30–26	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Jun 18, 2019

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

5-0across 5 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 2 subLFA · V3 Fights · Titan FC 49 · PFL · X-1 45

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jhonoven Pati11-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:36	LFA	Oct 19, 2018
W	James Horne4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:45	V3 Fights	Jun 16, 2018
W	Rafael Celestino14-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:31	Titan FC 49	Apr 6, 2018
W	Jon Gover2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:36	PFL	Jul 29, 2017
W	Jon Ferrell0-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:20	X-1 45	Jan 28, 2017

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

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsRWE · SEC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Rylen Waiwaiole0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:09	RWE	Apr 22, 2016
W	Thor Soder1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:33	RWE	Nov 13, 2015
W	Rashard Goff1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:14	SEC	Oct 23, 2015

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

Career striking

OverallB61st

53%490 / 875

Striking accuracy

47%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.11 differential

Landed4.42

Absorbed3.31

48%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head79%89th388
Body19%72nd91
Leg2%28th11

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

Sig. strikes by position

47%Ground

Standing45%220
Clinch9%42
Ground47%228

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Punahele Soriano

Punahele Soriano

Landed per 15

Head

A+

93rd

54.6

93rd

Body

A

75th

12.8

75th

Leg

F

10th

1.5

10th

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

61st

26.7

61st

Body

F

13th

17.7

13th

Leg

C

50th

7.0

50th

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	54.6	388	748	52%
Body	12.8	91	112	81%
Leg	1.5	11	15	73%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.7	190	490	39%
Body	17.7	126	153	82%
Leg	7.0	50	54	93%

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

Punahele Soriano

Punahele Soriano

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 107 min

109%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Soriano builds (+6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Soriano lifts to 109% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Punahele Soriano

Soriano ▲ 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

Punahele Soriano

Sorianolanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Control time

Punahele Soriano

Soriano% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	5.0	4.0	0.21	18%	11
R2	6.5	4.3	3.8	0.21	38%	8
R3	7.2	4.2	1.9	0.40	45%	5

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

Punahele Soriano

Punahele Soriano

11 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

28th

24%

28th

Win quality

A

80th

51%

80th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

3

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
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
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	2-1	67%
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
W	Ramiz Brahimaj	Established	30	Feb 21, 2026
W	Nikolay Veretennikov	Unproven	8	Oct 4, 2025
W	Uros Medic	Ranked 6–15	49	Jan 11, 2025
W	Miguel Baeza	Building	18	Jun 8, 2024
L	Dustin Stoltzfus	Unproven	8	Dec 2, 2023
L	Roman Kopylov	Ranked 6–15	43	Jan 14, 2023
W	Dalcha Lungiambula	Unproven	12	Jul 16, 2022
L	Nick Maximov	Building	15	Feb 5, 2022
L	Brendan Allen	Top-5	59	Jul 24, 2021
W	Dusko Todorovic	Unproven	8	Jan 16, 2021
W	Oskar Piechota	Building	18	Dec 14, 2019

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.

In the news

Punahele Soriano’s UFC return delayed due to car accidentsherdog · May 24, 2026