Ross Pearson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Desmond Green Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	2:52	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
L	John Makdessi Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2	Jul 28, 2018
W	Mizuto Hirota Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold	Feb 10, 2018
L	Dan Hooker Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R2	3:02	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
L	Stevie Ray Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2	Nov 19, 2016
L	Jorge Masvidal Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	Jul 30, 2016
L	Will Brooks Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale	Jul 8, 2016
W	Chad Laprise Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir	Mar 19, 2016
L	Francisco Trinaldo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz	Jan 17, 2016
W	Paul Felder Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015
L	Evan Dunham Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites	Jul 18, 2015
W	Sam Stout Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	1:33	UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos	Mar 14, 2015
L	Al Iaquinta Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	1:39	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping	Nov 7, 2014
W	#12Gray Maynard Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:35	UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux	Aug 16, 2014
L	#15Diego Sanchez Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014
NC	Melvin Guillard Lightweight	No Contest	—	R1	1:57	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz	Oct 26, 2013
W	Ryan Couture Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	3:45	UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi	Apr 6, 2013
W	George Sotiropoulos Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:41	UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson	Dec 14, 2012
L	Cub Swanson Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	4:14	UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida	Jun 22, 2012
W	Junior Assuncao Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem	Dec 30, 2011
L	Edson Barboza Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami	Aug 27, 2011
W	Spencer Fisher Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch	Feb 26, 2011
L	Cole Miller Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:49	UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares	Sep 15, 2010
W	Dennis Siver Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi	Mar 31, 2010
W	Aaron Riley Lightweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R2	4:38	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009
W	Andre WinnerTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale	Jun 20, 2009

Outside the UFC

8-4across 12 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 5 sub · 1 decUF · GR 21 · MTK MMA · CG 9 · GR 24 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Davy Gallon24-10-2	KO/TKO	Rolling Thunder Kick	R3	4:26	MTK MMA	Nov 16, 2019
W	Ian Jones8-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:33	UF	Nov 1, 2008
L	Abdul Mohamed19-8-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CG 9	Oct 4, 2008
W	Cedric Celerier4-2-1	Submission	Punches	R1	2:35	GR 24	May 31, 2008
W	Aidan Marron11-11	Submission	Armbar	R3	—	UF	May 3, 2008
W	Sami Berik14-37	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:37	SAS 6	Apr 13, 2008
W	Mark Spencer5-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:44	GR 23	Feb 23, 2008
W	Steve Tetley2-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:46	Cage Warriors	Dec 8, 2007
W	Gavin Bradley4-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:05	GR 22	Nov 24, 2007
L	Curt Warburton14-6	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	—	GR 21	Sep 22, 2007
W	Will Burke4-6	Decision	—	R3	5:00	GR 21	Sep 22, 2007
L	Chris Hughes1-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R0	—	HOP 1	Dec 12, 2004

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

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionP & G

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Louis Lamour1-0	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:40	P & G	Nov 20, 2004

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

7 wins, 6 losses

W7

L6

Submission

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Decision

8 wins, 9 losses

W8

L9

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.24

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Ross Pearson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

1.02 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

8

1.02 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

10 scorecards on file

Ross Pearson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 1 of 4 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 4 of 13 rounds they disagreed on (31%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–3

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–9

Won – Lost

31% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 60%

2W4L

Split4 decisions · 40%

1W3L

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

OverallC54th

40%1,111 / 2,755

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.41 differential

Landed3.68

Absorbed4.09

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head53%52nd588
Body28%77th313
Leg19%73rd210

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

Sig. strikes by position

82%Standing

Standing82%913
Clinch15%171
Ground2%27

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ross Pearson

Landed per 15

Head

C

52nd

29.3

52nd

Body

A

81st

15.6

81st

Leg

A

74th

10.5

74th

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

D

33rd

38.9

33rd

Body

D

32nd

12.2

32nd

Leg

D

30th

10.2

30th

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	29.3	588	2,018	29%
Body	15.6	313	484	65%
Leg	10.5	210	253	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.9	781	2,616	30%
Body	12.2	244	363	67%
Leg	10.2	204	267	76%

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

Ross Pearson

36%

Takedown accuracy

75%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.1 min net

On top1.1

On bottom2.1

Offense

Takedowns

D

39th

0.7

39th

TD accuracy

C

48th

36%

48th

Sub attempts

D

38th

0.0

38th

Control

D

27th

1.1 min

27th

Defense

TD defense

A

72nd

75%

72nd

Controlled

2.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	15 / 42
Submission attempts	0
Control time	21:04

Defense

TDs defended	63 / 84
Control absorbed	43:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (301min 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

Ross Pearson

25 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 301 min

148%

R3 pace · 16 bouts

Pearson builds (+17% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pearson lifts to 148% of round-1 output by round 3 (16 bouts).

Pearson ▲ 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

Pearsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pearsonattempts / min

Control time

Pearson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.6	3.0	3.4	0.11	6%	25
R2	4.8	4.0	4.8	0.16	7%	24
R3	5.2	4.3	4.2	0.16	9%	16

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

Ross Pearson

26 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

68th

41%

68th

Win quality

C

44th

38%

44th

Opponent quality distribution

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

6

5

2

5

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
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	6	1-5	17%
Top-15	5	1-4	20%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	0-1, 1 NC	0%
Established	5	3-2	60%
Building	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	3	3-0	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	Desmond Green	Building	18	Mar 30, 2019
L	John Makdessi	Contender-level	45	Jul 28, 2018
W	Mizuto Hirota	Unproven	8	Feb 10, 2018
L	Dan Hooker	Top-5	59	Jun 10, 2017
L	Stevie Ray	Established	26	Nov 19, 2016
L	Jorge Masvidal	Top-5	70	Jul 30, 2016
L	Will Brooks	Top-15	46	Jul 8, 2016
W	Chad Laprise	Established	26	Mar 19, 2016
L	Francisco Trinaldo	Top-15	59	Jan 17, 2016
W	Paul Felder	Top-15	55	Sep 5, 2015
L	Evan Dunham	Top-15	58	Jul 18, 2015
W	Sam Stout	Building	22	Mar 14, 2015
L	Al Iaquinta	Top-5	59	Nov 7, 2014
W	Gray Maynard#12	Top-5	77	Aug 16, 2014
L	Diego Sanchez#15	Top-15	61	Jun 7, 2014
NC	Melvin Guillard	Contender-level	50	Oct 26, 2013
W	Ryan Couture	Unproven	8	Apr 6, 2013
W	George Sotiropoulos	Established	30	Dec 14, 2012
L	Cub Swanson	Top-5	59	Jun 22, 2012
W	Junior Assuncao	Building	18	Dec 30, 2011
L	Edson Barboza	Top-5	57	Aug 27, 2011
W	Spencer Fisher	Established	35	Feb 26, 2011
L	Cole Miller	Established	30	Sep 15, 2010
W	Dennis Siver	Cross-div ranked	36	Mar 31, 2010
W	Aaron Riley	Unproven	12	Nov 14, 2009
W	Andre Winner	Title-fight challenger	50	Jun 20, 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.

Career cohorts

25 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

3-2

5 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-7

14 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-4

5 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

8-4

12 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-9

12 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

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

6y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ross Pearson

Extended layoff

6y 7mosince last bout

vs Davy Gallon · Nov 16, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-6As underdog 4-7

48.3

DK avg

37.1

Median

86.1

Ceiling

15.3

Floor

20%

Boom

24%

Bust

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