Ricardo Romero Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	James Te Huna Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	0:47	UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	Sep 24, 2011
L	Kyle Kingsbury Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	0:21	UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort	Feb 5, 2011
W	Seth Petruzelli Light Heavyweight	Submission	Armbar From Side Control	R2	3:05	UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin	Jul 3, 2010

Outside the UFC

10-1across 11 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 4 sub · 1 decROC 27 · ROC 26 · ROC 25 · ROC 24 · ROC 23 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Silmar Rodrigo15-6	Submission	Keylock	R1	4:56	ROC 27	Nov 20, 2009
W	Rich Lictawa2-3	Submission	Kimura	R2	2:14	ROC 26	Sep 11, 2009
W	Karen Grigoryan6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:50	ROC 25	Jun 12, 2009
W	James McSweeney15-18	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	ROC 24	Apr 17, 2009
W	Brendan Barrett10-8-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:44	ROC 23	Feb 20, 2009
L	Glen Sandull5-4-1	Disqualification	Illegal Knee	R2	2:50	ROC 21	Sep 12, 2008
W	Costas Philippou13-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	ROC 19	May 9, 2008
W	Randy Durant2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:13	ROC 18	Mar 7, 2008
W	John Doyle11-22	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:19	ROC 17	Nov 30, 2007
W	John Clarke8-2	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	4:00	ROC 16	Oct 26, 2007
W	Bryce Harrell1-4	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:09	ROC 15	Sep 7, 2007

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.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionCITC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	John Incleden0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	CITC	Jan 27, 2007

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Submission

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Decision

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Other

0 wins, 1 loss

Disqualifications and other results

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Ricardo Romero

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

3

8.33 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

Career striking

OverallC43rd

55%20 / 36

Striking accuracy

46%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.60 differential

Landed2.17

Absorbed4.77

73%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%53rd14
Body30%59th6
Leg0%49th0

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

Sig. strikes by position

65%Ground

Standing35%7
Clinch0%0
Ground65%13

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ricardo Romero

Landed per 15

Head

D

34th

22.8

34th

Body

C

57th

9.8

57th

Leg

F

3rd

0.0

3rd

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

F

14th

58.6

14th

Body

C

50th

9.8

50th

Leg

A+

86th

3.3

86th

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	22.8	14	30	47%
Body	9.8	6	6	100%
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	58.6	36	73	49%
Body	9.8	6	6	100%
Leg	3.3	2	3	67%

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

Ricardo Romero

10%

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.1 min net

On top6.5

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

B

64th

1.6

64th

TD accuracy

F

19th

10%

19th

Sub attempts

A

85th

3.3

85th

Control

B

68th

6.5 min

68th

Defense

TD defense

100%

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 10
Submission attempts	2
Control time	3:58

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 1
Control absorbed	1:28

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (9min 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

Ricardo Romero

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 9 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Romero 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.

RomeroOutput / 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

Romerolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Romeroattempts / min

Control time

Romero% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.7	1.6	6.7	1.30	30%	3
R2	8.0	3.2	1.0	0.65	69%	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

Ricardo Romero

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

30th

25%

30th

Win quality

D

27th

32%

27th

Limited UFC sample (3 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

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

88-78-2

.530 win rate

Winning-record opponents

6 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	James Te Huna	Top-15	44	Sep 24, 2011
L	Kyle Kingsbury	Building	18	Feb 5, 2011
W	Seth Petruzelli	Unproven	8	Jul 3, 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

3 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

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-2

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

0-1

1 bout

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

14y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ricardo Romero

Extended layoff

14y 9mosince last bout

vs James Te Huna · Sep 24, 2011

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-1

32.0

DK avg

0.4

Median

95.7

Ceiling

0.0

Floor

33%

Boom

67%

Bust

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