Stephen Palling
UFC DebutNickname“Bozo”
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Nanakuli, Hawaii
- Born
- United States
- Camp
- Jesus Is Lord
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'4" · 163 cm
Before the UFC
Stephen Palling makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
326-192-23
.629 win rate
Winning-record opponents
15 of 19
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
19
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.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 19 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 3 decShooto · ROTR 4 · SB 29 · Warriors Quest 7 · Warriors Quest 5 +7
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jens Pulver27-19-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:47 | Shooto | Jul 9, 2004 |
| L | Hiroyuki Takaya23-15-2 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 2:11 | Shooto | May 3, 2004 |
| L | Gilbert Melendez22-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:59 | ROTR 4 | Oct 10, 2003 |
| D | Draw | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Aug 10, 2003 | |
| W | Mark Hominick20-12 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 0:16 | SB 29 | May 9, 2003 |
| W | Ryan Ackerman12-8-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:11 | Shooto | Dec 7, 2002 |
| W | Kazuhiro Inoue4-6-3 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Warriors Quest 7 | Aug 30, 2002 |
| W | Mike Haltom12-4 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:01 | Warriors Quest 5 | Jun 7, 2002 |
| W | KO/TKO | Cut | R1 | 0:30 | Shooto | May 5, 2002 | |
| L | Joao Roque7-2-4 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:29 | WFA 1 | Nov 3, 2001 |
| W | Antonio Banuelos20-11-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:38 | Warriors Quest 2 | Aug 1, 2001 |
| W | Kimihito Nonaka6-8-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jul 6, 2001 |
| W | Cruz Gomez14-10 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Warriors Quest 1 | May 29, 2001 |
| L | Din Thomas26-9 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 3:52 | SB 20 | Feb 23, 2001 |
| L | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:19 | Shooto | Dec 17, 2000 | |
| W | Hiroyuki Abe8-15-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:23 | Shooto | Sep 15, 2000 |
| W | Eric Payne18-9 | Submission | Armbar | R3 | 2:25 | SB 17 | Apr 15, 2000 |
| L | Takanori Gomi35-15 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:06 | SB 12 | Jun 1, 1999 |
| W | Jay R. Palmer18-21 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:24 | SB 8 | Aug 4, 1998 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.