Sodiq Yusuff Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Mairon Santos Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales	May 17, 2025
L	Diego Lopes Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	1:29	UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill	Apr 13, 2024
L	#13Edson Barboza Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza	Oct 14, 2023
W	Don Shainis Featherweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R1	0:30	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan	Oct 1, 2022
W	#15Alex Caceres Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev	Mar 12, 2022
L	#10Arnold Allen Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland	Apr 10, 2021
W	#15Andre Fili Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy	Jan 18, 2020
W	Gabriel Benitez Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:14	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019
W	Sheymon Moraes Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
W	Suman Mokhtarian Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:14	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 decDana White's Contender Series · Brave CF 10 · Titan FC 47 · CFFC 66 · VFC 56 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mike Davis12-3	Decision	30–27, 30–27, 30–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 24, 2018
W	Dylan Tuke8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:46	Brave CF 10	Mar 2, 2018
L	Luis Gomez10-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:12	Titan FC 47	Dec 15, 2017
W	Vadim Ogar10-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:30	CFFC 66	Aug 5, 2017
W	Chuka Willis17-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	VFC 56	Apr 14, 2017
W	Devin Turner3-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:25	VFC 54	Dec 9, 2016
W	John Ramirez9-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	VFC 52	Jul 16, 2016
W	Alvin Mercer2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:22	SF	Apr 16, 2016

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

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsSFL 20 · EFC 8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dmitriy Yakovlev2-4	KO/TKO	Strikes	R3	4:34	SFL 20	Jul 18, 2015
W	Benjamin Cruz0-1	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:52	EFC 8	Nov 30, 2013

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

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.30

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.30

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

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PowerChin

Knockout rate

18%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.97 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

1.66 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

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

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Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 100%

3W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC57th

49%539 / 1,112

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.98 differential

Landed5.27

Absorbed4.29

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%79th308
Body18%69th98
Leg25%87th133

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

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%423
Clinch13%68
Ground9%48

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Sodiq Yusuff

Landed per 15

Head

A

83rd

42.6

83rd

Body

A

72nd

13.6

72nd

Leg

A+

92nd

18.4

92nd

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

C

44th

33.3

44th

Body

F

3rd

23.1

3rd

Leg

B

63rd

6.1

63rd

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	42.6	308	812	38%
Body	13.6	98	138	71%
Leg	18.4	133	162	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.3	241	706	34%
Body	23.1	167	225	74%
Leg	6.1	44	54	81%

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

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25%

Takedown accuracy

55%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.5 min net

On top2.6

On bottom2.1

Offense

Takedowns

D

35th

0.4

35th

TD accuracy

D

36th

25%

36th

Sub attempts

C

56th

0.4

56th

Control

C

51st

2.6 min

51st

Defense

TD defense

C

43rd

55%

43rd

Controlled

2.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 12
Submission attempts	3
Control time	19:08

Defense

TDs defended	11 / 20
Control absorbed	15:16

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (108min 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

Sodiq Yusuff

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 108 min

78%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Yusuff fades (-16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Yusuff drops to 78% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Yusuff ▼ 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

Yusufflanded / min

Takedown attempts

Yusuffattempts / min

Control time

Yusuff% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.9	5.5	3.7	0.16	24%	10
R2	5.6	4.6	3.6	0.10	17%	6
R3	5.0	4.2	3.8	0.07	15%	6
R4	7.8	7.0	9.4	0.20	4%	1
R5	6.0	6.0	8.2	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

Sodiq Yusuff

10 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

43/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

69th

41%

69th

Win quality

B

63rd

44%

63rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

3

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	3	2-1	67%
Building	3	2-1	67%
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	Mairon Santos	Building	15	May 17, 2025
L	Diego Lopes	Top-5	63	Apr 13, 2024
L	Edson Barboza#13	Top-15	68	Oct 14, 2023
W	Don Shainis	Unproven	8	Oct 1, 2022
W	Alex Caceres#15	Top-15	61	Mar 12, 2022
L	Arnold Allen#10	Top-5	77	Apr 10, 2021
W	Andre Fili#15	Top-15	60	Jan 18, 2020
W	Gabriel Benitez	Building	22	Aug 17, 2019
W	Sheymon Moraes	Building	18	Mar 30, 2019
W	Suman Mokhtarian	Unproven	8	Dec 1, 2018

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

10 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

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-4

6 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

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-2

6 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

1y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Sodiq Yusuff

Layoff

1y 1mosince last bout

vs Mairon Santos · May 17, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-2As underdog 0-2

71.7

DK avg

79.1

Median

113.7

Ceiling

27.9

Floor

40%

Boom

10%

Bust

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