Rob Emerson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Nik Lentz Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi	Mar 31, 2010
W	Phillipe Nover Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 109: Relentless	Feb 6, 2010
L	Rafael Dos Anjos Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009
L	Kurt Pellegrino Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:14	UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens	Feb 7, 2009
W	Manvel Gamburyan Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:12	UFC 87: Seek And Destroy	Aug 9, 2008
W	Keita Nakamura Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 81: Breaking Point	Feb 2, 2008
NC	Gray Maynard Lightweight	No Contest	—	R2	0:39	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale	Jun 23, 2007

Outside the UFC

18-12across 30 bouts · 23 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 7 sub · 6 decKOTC · Bellator · FCOC · Pancrase · GFC 2 +18

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Charles Bennett31-48-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:36	GFC 2	Oct 1, 2021
L	Dileno Lopes21-9	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:59	ACA 101	Nov 15, 2019
L	Mikhail Malyutin37-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ACA 93	Mar 16, 2019
L	Magomedrasul Khasbulaev34-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:57	WFCA 54	Nov 16, 2018
W	Shamil Shakhbulatov13-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ACB 87	May 19, 2018
L	Raufeon Stots21-4	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	VFC 56	Apr 14, 2017
W	Ryan Roberts21-12-1	KO/TKO	Knee Injury	R1	1:34	VFC 54	Dec 9, 2016
W	Shawn West18-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:30	VFC 51	Jun 24, 2016
L	Rafael Silva31-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Oct 3, 2014
W	Joe Taimanglo24-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Apr 11, 2014
W	Jared Downing10-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:44	Bellator	Oct 18, 2013
W	Musa Toliver10-14-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:20	FCOC	Oct 4, 2012
W	Jason Williams5-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:05	FCOC	Aug 16, 2012
W	Savant Young11-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:29	TPF 12	Mar 9, 2012
L	Justin Salas12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FFFC	Jan 29, 2011
W	Eric Reynolds18-12	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	AOF 10	Dec 3, 2010
W	Rodney Rhoden7-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:33	PureCombat 12	Sep 25, 2010
W	Kenji Arai15-15-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Aug 27, 2006
W	Takafumi Ito40-36-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	May 2, 2006
W	Jamie Schmidt9-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:02	TC 13	Mar 11, 2006
W	Julian Samaniego2-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:15	KOTC	Sep 23, 2005
L	Melvin Guillard33-24-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	RCF	Feb 19, 2005
L	Randy Velarde8-5	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	KOTC	Nov 14, 2004
W	Joe Camacho13-19-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	KOTC	Sep 24, 2004
W	Justin Berkley1-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	3:12	TC 3	May 30, 2004
L	Dokonjonosuke Mishima20-7-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Apr 18, 2004
L	Javier Vazquez16-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Shooto	Nov 14, 2003
W	Chris Brennan21-14-1	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	—	HFP 3	May 2, 2003
L	Jamal Perkins9-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	KOTC	Dec 7, 2002
L	Jens Pulver27-19-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UW	Jun 29, 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

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Submission

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Decision

8 wins, 12 losses

W8

L12

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Rob Emerson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

17%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.98 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.85 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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Rob Emerson

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC46th

30%182 / 591

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.33 differential

Landed2.50

Absorbed2.83

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head55%37th101
Body12%31st21
Leg33%78th60

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

Sig. strikes by position

75%Standing

Standing75%136
Clinch14%26
Ground11%20

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Rob Emerson

Landed per 15

Head

D

27th

22.1

27th

Body

F

15th

4.6

15th

Leg

A

84th

13.2

84th

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

71st

25.6

71st

Body

A

73rd

7.7

73rd

Leg

C

51st

8.3

51st

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	22.1	101	497	20%
Body	4.6	21	28	75%
Leg	13.2	60	66	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.6	117	466	25%
Body	7.7	35	49	71%
Leg	8.3	38	46	83%

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

Rob Emerson

50%

Takedown accuracy

69%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.4 min net

On top2.4

On bottom3.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

67th

2.0

67th

TD accuracy

B

70th

50%

70th

Sub attempts

C

54th

0.2

54th

Control

C

52nd

2.4 min

52nd

Defense

TD defense

B

62nd

69%

62nd

Controlled

3.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 18
Submission attempts	1
Control time	10:55

Defense

TDs defended	25 / 36
Control absorbed	17:28

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (68min 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

Rob Emerson

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 68 min

88%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Emerson fades (-14% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Emerson keeps 88% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Emerson ▼ 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

Emersonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Emersonattempts / min

Control time

Emerson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	2.8	2.4	0.36	20%	6
R2	3.9	3.1	2.3	0.09	16%	5
R3	3.5	2.0	3.9	0.35	12%	4

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

Rob Emerson

7 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

46th

31%

46th

Win quality

D

39th

36%

39th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division 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	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-0, 1 NC	—
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

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	Nik Lentz	Cross-div ranked	32	Mar 31, 2010
W	Phillipe Nover	Unproven	8	Feb 6, 2010
L	Rafael Dos Anjos	Champion	68	Sep 19, 2009
L	Kurt Pellegrino	Established	26	Feb 7, 2009
W	Manvel Gamburyan	Building	18	Aug 9, 2008
W	Keita Nakamura	Unproven	8	Feb 2, 2008
NC	Gray Maynard	Top-5	57	Jun 23, 2007

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

6 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-2

3 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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

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

4y 9mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Rob Emerson

Extended layoff

4y 9mosince last bout

vs Charles Bennett · Oct 1, 2021

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 1-3

57.2

DK avg

64.0

Median

94.8

Ceiling

20.8

Floor

33%

Boom

17%

Bust

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