Sebastian Szalay Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Keiichiro Nakamura

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R3 · 3:48

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 · Jan 31, 2026

KO/TKO

R3 · 3:48

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2

Jan 31, 2026

Outside the UFC

8-1across 9 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 1 sub · 6 decEternal MMA 92 · Eternal MMA 87 · Eternal MMA 86 · Eternal MMA 80 · Eternal MMA 78 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Tasar Malone6-2	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Eternal MMA 92	Feb 8, 2025
W	Dimps Gillies8-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Eternal MMA 87	Aug 17, 2024
W	Gabriel Schlupp6-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Eternal MMA 86	Jun 22, 2024
W	Daniel Jones8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Eternal MMA 80	Oct 28, 2023
W	Joseph Davis2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:28	Eternal MMA 78	Sep 8, 2023
W	Mizuho Matsuyama4-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Eternal MMA 68	Aug 20, 2022
W	David Kriel0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:14	Eternal MMA 60	Jun 5, 2021
L	Abdalla Biayda10-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Eternal MMA 56	Feb 13, 2021
W	Darcy Balhas1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AFC 23	Dec 1, 2019

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

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsEternal MMA 47 · Eternal MMA 44 · XFC 37

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jamie Hunt0-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Eternal MMA 47	Sep 7, 2019
W	Justin Hickey3-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:41	Eternal MMA 44	May 11, 2019
W	Scott Hewish1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	XFC 37	Nov 2, 2018

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

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

KO history

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

Sebastian Szalay

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

4.76 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

OverallB65th

41%79 / 204

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.74 differential

Landed4.94

Absorbed2.20

75%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Sebastian Szalay

Landed per 15

Head

A+

88th

51.1

88th

Body

A+

98th

26.1

98th

Leg

C

58th

8.7

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

80th

22.8

80th

Body

D

40th

12.0

40th

Leg

F

17th

14.1

17th

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	51.1	47	150	31%
Body	26.1	24	46	52%
Leg	8.7	8	8	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.8	21	86	24%
Body	12.0	11	18	61%
Leg	14.1	13	15	87%

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

Sebastian Szalay

100%

Takedown accuracy

—

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.1 min net

On top0.0

On bottom0.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

54th

1.1

54th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

B

58th

0.0

58th

Control

C

45th

0.0 min

45th

Defense

TD defense

—

Controlled

0.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:00

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 0
Control absorbed	0:04

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (14min 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

Sebastian Szalay

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 14 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Szalay 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.

SzalayOutput / 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

Szalaylanded / min

Takedown attempts

Szalayattempts / min

Control time

Szalay% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	4.6	2.6	0.00	0%	1
R2	5.4	4.8	2.2	0.20	0%	1
R3	8.4	8.4	5.5	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

Sebastian Szalay

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

0th

8%

0th

Win quality

C

58th

42%

58th

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). 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

UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

L
Keiichiro Nakamura
Jan 31, 2026 · Featherweight
8
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

45-29

.608 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 of 9

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

9

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	Keiichiro Nakamura	Unproven	8	Jan 31, 2026

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

1 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

—

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

—

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 bout

6 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Sebastian Szalay

Within a year

6 monthssince last bout

vs Keiichiro Nakamura · Jan 31, 2026

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1

36.80

DK avg

36.80

Median

36.80

Ceiling

36.80

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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