Rani Yahya Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Victor Henry Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	2:36	UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez	Apr 27, 2024
L	Montel Jackson Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:42	UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes	Apr 22, 2023
W	Kyung Ho Kang Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate	Nov 20, 2021
W	Ray Rodriguez Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Half Guard	R2	3:09	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad	Mar 13, 2021
D	Enrique Barzola Bantamweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	Mar 14, 2020
L	Ricky Simon Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	Feb 9, 2019
W	Luke Sanders Bantamweight	Submission	Heel Hook On Ground	R1	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick	Aug 25, 2018
W	Russell Doane Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R3	2:32	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens	Feb 24, 2018
W	Henry Briones Bantamweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R1	2:01	UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno	Aug 5, 2017
L	#15Joe Soto Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	Michinori Tanaka Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg	Sep 24, 2016
W	Matthew Lopez Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R3	4:19	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	Jul 13, 2016
W	#15Masanori Kanehara Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015
W	Johnny Bedford Bantamweight	Submission	Kimura From Side Control	R2	2:04	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	Sep 13, 2014
NC	Johnny Bedford Bantamweight	No Contest	—	R1	0:39	UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson	Apr 11, 2014
L	Tom Niinimaki Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale	Nov 30, 2013
W	Josh Clopton Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 163: Aldo vs. Jung	Aug 3, 2013
W	Mizuto Hirota Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann	Mar 2, 2013
W	Josh Grispi Featherweight	Submission	North-South Choke	R1	3:15	UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera	Aug 4, 2012
L	Chad Mendes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2	Aug 6, 2011
W	Mike Brown Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2	Jan 22, 2011

Outside the UFC

15-6across 21 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 14 sub · 1 decWEC · K-1 · TNT · PFC 2 · UAGF +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Takeya Mizugaki23-14-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Apr 24, 2010
L	Joseph Benavidez28-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:35	WEC	Dec 19, 2009
W	John Hosman18-8-1	Submission	North-South Choke	R1	2:08	WEC	Aug 9, 2009
W	Eddie Wineland24-16-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:07	WEC	Apr 5, 2009
W	Yoshiro Maeda40-19-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:30	WEC	Nov 5, 2008
L	Norifumi Yamamoto18-6	KO/TKO	Punches and Soccer Kicks	R2	3:11	K-1	Dec 31, 2007
L	Chase Beebe24-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WEC	Sep 5, 2007
W	Mark Hominick20-12	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:19	WEC	Jun 3, 2007
W	Louie Moreno1-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:23	PFC 2	Mar 22, 2007
L	Gesias Cavalcante22-12-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:39	K-1	Oct 9, 2006
W	Kazuya Yasuhiro0-3	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	1:08	K-1	Aug 5, 2006
W	Eben Kaneshiro19-12	Submission	Ezekiel Choke	R3	0:00	UAGF	May 20, 2006
W	Ryuki Ueyama12-18-5	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	K-1	May 3, 2006
W	Takumi Yano10-9-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	2:14	MARS	Feb 4, 2006
W	Taiyo Nakahara15-9	Submission	North-South Choke	R1	1:59	GCM	Dec 11, 2005
W	Fabio Alves2-9	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	K-1 Brazil	Oct 30, 2004
L	Fredson Paixao10-5	Decision	—	R3	5:00	Jungle Fight 2	May 15, 2004
W	Luciano Santos4-1	Submission	Keylock	R0	0:00	TNT	Apr 17, 2004
W	Muzila Ferraz2-3	Submission	Armbar	R0	0:00	TNT	Apr 17, 2004
W	Fabio Alves2-9	Submission	Peruvian Necktie	R0	0:00	TNT	Apr 17, 2004
W	Junior Peba0-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:30	KVT	Sep 14, 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

0 wins, 4 losses

W0

L4

Submission

21 wins, 1 loss

W21

L1

Decision

7 wins, 7 losses

W7

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

7

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.15

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Rani Yahya

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

1.79 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

7 scorecards on file

Rani Yahya

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 86%

4W2L

Split1 decision · 14%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD29th

38%437 / 1,114

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.37 differential

Landed1.71

Absorbed2.08

40%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head55%17th239
Body19%23rd81
Leg27%55th117

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

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%333
Clinch5%23
Ground19%81

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Rani Yahya

Landed per 15

Head

F

13th

15.6

13th

Body

F

18th

5.3

18th

Leg

C

54th

7.6

54th

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

A

80th

21.9

80th

Body

A

83rd

6.2

83rd

Leg

A+

87th

3.3

87th

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	239	845	28%
Body	5.3	81	118	69%
Leg	7.6	117	151	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.9	336	784	43%
Body	6.2	95	121	79%
Leg	3.3	51	68	75%

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

Rani Yahya

31%

Takedown accuracy

31%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.7 min net

On top5.8

On bottom4.1

Offense

Takedowns

A

77th

2.7

77th

TD accuracy

D

39th

31%

39th

Sub attempts

A+

87th

1.5

87th

Control

A+

87th

5.8 min

87th

Defense

TD defense

F

14th

31%

14th

Controlled

4.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	41 / 131
Submission attempts	23
Control time	88:23

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 29
Control absorbed	62:54

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (230min 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

Rani Yahya

20 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 230 min

67%

R3 pace · 14 bouts

Yahya fades (-18% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Yahya drops to 67% of round-1 output by round 3 (14 bouts).

Yahya ▼ 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

Yahyalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Yahyaattempts / min

Control time

Yahya% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	2.2	1.9	0.65	41%	20
R2	5.3	2.1	1.9	0.51	42%	16
R3	4.0	1.2	2.6	0.53	30%	14

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

Rani Yahya

21 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

40th

29%

40th

Win quality

A

77th

49%

77th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

4

9

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
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
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	5	2-3	40%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	0-0-1	—
Building	4	2-1, 1 NC	67%
Unproven	9	8-1	89%

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	Victor Henry	Building	18	Apr 27, 2024
L	Montel Jackson	Top-15	51	Apr 22, 2023
W	Kyung Ho Kang	Contender-level	40	Nov 20, 2021
W	Ray Rodriguez	Unproven	8	Mar 13, 2021
D	Enrique Barzola	Established	30	Mar 14, 2020
L	Ricky Simon	Top-15	47	Feb 9, 2019
W	Luke Sanders	Unproven	12	Aug 25, 2018
W	Russell Doane	Unproven	12	Feb 24, 2018
W	Henry Briones	Unproven	8	Aug 5, 2017
L	Joe Soto#15	Top-15	61	Mar 11, 2017
W	Michinori Tanaka	Building	18	Sep 24, 2016
W	Matthew Lopez	Top-15	44	Jul 13, 2016
W	Masanori Kanehara#15	Top-15	60	Jul 15, 2015
W	Johnny Bedford	Building	18	Sep 13, 2014
NC	Johnny Bedford	Building	18	Apr 11, 2014
L	Tom Niinimaki	Unproven	8	Nov 30, 2013
W	Josh Clopton	Unproven	8	Aug 3, 2013
W	Mizuto Hirota	Unproven	8	Mar 2, 2013
W	Josh Grispi	Unproven	8	Aug 4, 2012
L	Chad Mendes	Top-5	61	Aug 6, 2011
W	Mike Brown	Unproven	8	Jan 22, 2011

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

19 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-3

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

9-3

12 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

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

8-5

13 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-0

2 bouts

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

2y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Rani Yahya

Extended layoff

2y 2mosince last bout

vs Victor Henry · Apr 27, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 9-4

69.7

DK avg

91.4

Median

102.3

Ceiling

23.4

Floor

60%

Boom

15%

Bust

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