Rick Story

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Rick Story

Nickname“The Horror”

Record

21-10

Streak

L1

Age

41

Date of birth

Aug 28, 1984

Fighting out of: Tacoma, Washington
Born: United States
Camp: MMA Lab
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 71" · 180 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Aug 20, 2016

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Donald Cerrone

#14Donald Cerrone

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head In Clinch · R2 · 2:02

UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 · Aug 20, 2016

Kick to Head In Clinch

UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2

Tarec Saffiedine

#10Tarec Saffiedine

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt · May 29, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt

Gunnar Nelson

#12Gunnar Nelson

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story · Oct 4, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story

Leonardo Mafra

Welterweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R2 · 2:12

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller · Jul 16, 2014

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller

Kelvin Gastelum

Kelvin Gastelum

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler · Mar 15, 2014

UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler

Brian Ebersole

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks · Nov 16, 2013

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

Mike Pyle

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2 · May 25, 2013

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2

Quinn Mulhern

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R1 · 3:05

UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz · Mar 16, 2013

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz

Demian Maia

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:30

UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar · Oct 13, 2012

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar

Brock Jardine

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida · Jun 22, 2012

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida

Martin Kampmann

Martin Kampmann

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson · Nov 19, 2011

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson

Charlie Brenneman

Charlie Brenneman

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry · Jun 26, 2011

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry

Thiago Alves

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill · May 28, 2011

UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill

Johny Hendricks

Johny Hendricks

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale · Dec 4, 2010

The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale

Dustin Hazelett

Dustin Hazelett

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R2 · 1:15

UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen · Aug 7, 2010

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

Nick Osipczak

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 112: Invincible · Apr 10, 2010

UFC 112: Invincible

Jesse Lennox

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz · Jan 11, 2010

UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz

Brian Foster

Welterweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Half Guard · R2 · 1:09

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort · Sep 19, 2009

Arm Triangle From Half Guard

UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort

John Hathaway

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 99: The Comeback · Jun 13, 2009

UFC 99: The Comeback

Outside the UFC

9-3across 12 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 3 sub · 4 decPFL · EWC 7 · CATC 3 · SF 23 · EWC 5 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Handesson Ferreira22-7-1	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R2	1:15	PFL	Oct 20, 2018
W	Carlton Minus15-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:55	PFL	Aug 16, 2018
W	Yuri Villefort12-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jul 5, 2018
W	Brandon Melendez25-25	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:17	EWC 7	Sep 6, 2008
W	Wesley Welch12-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	CATC 3	Aug 22, 2008
W	Jake Ellenberger31-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 23	Jun 20, 2008
W	Ryan Healy25-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	EWC 5	May 10, 2008
W	James Dodge2-2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:37	EWC 4	Feb 23, 2008
W	Jake Paul20-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:49	EWC 3	Jan 12, 2008
L	Nathan Coy15-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 21	Dec 22, 2007
W	Julio Paulino23-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AFC 41	Nov 15, 2007
L	Mario Miranda14-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	COTC	Nov 6, 2007

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

Career striking

OverallB61st

41%901 / 2,158

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.63 differential

Landed3.80

Absorbed2.17

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head52%57th465
Body35%91st312
Leg14%58th124

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

Sig. strikes by position

61%Standing

Standing61%548
Clinch22%201
Ground17%152

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Rick Story

Rick Story

Landed per 15

Head

C

57th

29.4

57th

Body

A+

94th

19.7

94th

Leg

B

58th

7.8

58th

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

75th

21.2

75th

Body

B

70th

6.8

70th

Leg

A

73rd

4.5

73rd

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	29.4	465	1,586	29%
Body	19.7	312	432	72%
Leg	7.8	124	140	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.2	336	1,118	30%
Body	6.8	108	168	64%
Leg	4.5	71	88	81%

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

Rick Story

Rick Story

19 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 237 min

93%

R3 pace · 13 bouts

Story fades (-9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Story keeps 93% of round-1 output by round 3 (13 bouts).

Rick Story

Story ▼ FADESOutput / 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

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Storylanded / min

Takedown attempts

Rick Story

Storyattempts / min

Control time

Rick Story

Story% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.7	4.2	2.0	0.35	35%	19
R2	5.4	3.0	2.2	0.36	31%	17
R3	5.6	3.2	2.3	0.38	31%	13
R4	8.6	8.2	2.0	0.00	11%	1
R5	9.6	9.6	3.2	0.00	0%	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

Rick Story

Rick Story

19 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

46/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

74th

45%

74th

Win quality

A

76th

49%

76th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

5

3

2

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
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
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	3	0-3	0%
Ranked 6–15	5	3-2	60%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

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	Donald Cerrone#14	Top-5	72	Aug 20, 2016
W	Tarec Saffiedine#10	Ranked 6–15	71	May 29, 2016
W	Gunnar Nelson#12	Ranked 6–15	69	Oct 4, 2014
W	Leonardo Mafra	Unproven	8	Jul 16, 2014
L	Kelvin Gastelum	Top-5	54	Mar 15, 2014
W	Brian Ebersole	Established	26	Nov 16, 2013
L	Mike Pyle	Ranked 6–15	53	May 25, 2013
W	Quinn Mulhern	Unproven	8	Mar 16, 2013
L	Demian Maia	Top-5	74	Oct 13, 2012
W	Brock Jardine	Unproven	8	Jun 22, 2012
L	Martin Kampmann	Ranked 6–15	65	Nov 19, 2011
L	Charlie Brenneman	Unproven	12	Jun 26, 2011
W	Thiago Alves	Ranked 6–15	59	May 28, 2011
W	Johny Hendricks	Champion	71	Dec 4, 2010
W	Dustin Hazelett	Established	30	Aug 7, 2010
W	Nick Osipczak	Building	15	Apr 10, 2010
W	Jesse Lennox	Unproven	8	Jan 11, 2010
W	Brian Foster	Building	15	Sep 19, 2009
L	John Hathaway	Established	22	Jun 13, 2009

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.