Ruan Potts Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Derrick Lewis Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	3:18	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano	Feb 28, 2015
L	Anthony Hamilton Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Body From Half Guard	R2	4:17	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014
L	Soa Palelei Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head From Mount	R1	2:20	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014

Outside the UFC

11-4across 15 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 6 subEFC Africa · EFC · EFC 76 · EFC 58 · EFC 55

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Jared Vanderaa18-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:24	EFC 76	Dec 8, 2018
W	Karl Etherington16-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:33	EFC 58	Apr 8, 2017
W	Brendon Groenewald7-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:21	EFC 55	Nov 11, 2016
W	Vandam Mbuyi6-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:06	EFC	Jun 17, 2016
L	Tumelo Maphutha7-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFC	Nov 7, 2015
L	Cyril Asker9-4	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	5:00	EFC	Jun 6, 2015
W	Andrew van Zyl16-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:44	EFC Africa	Dec 12, 2013
W	Ricky Misholas7-9	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:05	EFC Africa	Oct 10, 2013
W	Mahmoud Hassan2-6	Submission	Ankle Lock	R1	0:37	EFC Africa	Jul 25, 2013
L	Andrew van Zyl16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	EFC Africa	Mar 1, 2013
W	Bernardo Mikixi5-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:00	EFC Africa	Oct 19, 2012
W	Andrew van Zyl16-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:50	EFC Africa	Nov 10, 2011
W	Norman Wessels7-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:21	EFC Africa	Jun 30, 2011
W	Baygon Obutobe0-1	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	3:54	EFC Africa	Apr 14, 2011
W	Calven Robinson1-2	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	1:23	EFC Africa	Feb 3, 2011

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

5 wins, 5 losses

W5

L5

Submission

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Decision

0 wins, 2 losses

W0

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Ruan Potts

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

OverallD35th

37%17 / 45

Striking accuracy

22%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-5.07 differential

Landed0.85

Absorbed5.92

28%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-41%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head53%37th9
Body18%45th3
Leg29%51st5

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

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%13
Clinch12%2
Ground12%2

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ruan Potts

Landed per 15

Head

F

4th

6.8

4th

Body

F

13th

2.3

13th

Leg

D

37th

3.8

37th

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

29th

40.7

29th

Body

F

0th

43.7

0th

Leg

B

65th

4.5

65th

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	6.8	9	30	30%
Body	2.3	3	6	50%
Leg	3.8	5	9	56%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.7	54	88	61%
Body	43.7	58	58	100%
Leg	4.5	6	7	86%

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

Ruan Potts

17%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-7.4 min net

On top1.3

On bottom8.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

60th

0.8

60th

TD accuracy

17%

Sub attempts

A

82nd

2.3

82nd

Control

C

52nd

1.3 min

52nd

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

33%

28th

Controlled

8.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 6
Submission attempts	3
Control time	1:47

Defense

TDs defended	3 / 9
Control absorbed	11:39

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (20min 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

Ruan Potts

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 20 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Potts 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.

PottsOutput / 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

Pottslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pottsattempts / min

Control time

Potts% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.9	1.1	2.5	0.41	14%	3
R2	0.8	0.4	11.5	0.13	0%	2

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

Ruan Potts

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

66th

40%

66th

Win quality

F

2nd

11%

2nd

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-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

133-80-1

.624 win rate

Winning-record opponents

8 of 15

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

15

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	Derrick Lewis	Top-5	63	Feb 28, 2015
L	Anthony Hamilton	Unproven	8	Aug 30, 2014
L	Soa Palelei	Top-15	46	May 10, 2014

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

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-2

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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

7y 7mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ruan Potts

Extended layoff

7y 7mosince last bout

vs Jared Vanderaa · Dec 8, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

9.5

DK avg

6.8

Median

15.6

Ceiling

6.2

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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