Steven Peterson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Lucas Alexander Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen	Mar 25, 2023
L	Julian Erosa Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland	Feb 5, 2022
W	Chase Hooper Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	Jun 12, 2021
W	Martin Bravo Featherweight	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Fist Head	R2	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens	Sep 21, 2019
L	Alex Caceres Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards	Jul 20, 2019
L	Luis Pena Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019
W	Matt Bessette Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale	Jul 6, 2018
L	Brandon Davis Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros	Feb 18, 2018

Outside the UFC

16-6across 22 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 8 sub · 4 decXKO · LFA · BFC · Dana White's Contender Series · LFC 56 +10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dustin Winter8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:38	LFA	Dec 8, 2017
L	Benito Lopez10-2	Decision	29–28, 28–29, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 22, 2017
W	Ryan Hollis14-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:43	LFA	Jul 14, 2017
L	Leandro Higo23-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFA	Jan 13, 2017
W	Manny Vazquez12-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	3:08	LFC 56	Jun 24, 2016
W	Irwin Rivera12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 46	Oct 2, 2015
W	Caio Machado17-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:55	LFC 38	Feb 13, 2015
W	Ray Rodriguez16-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 33	Jul 18, 2014
W	Ray Rodriguez5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:43	LFC 28	Feb 21, 2014
W	Nelson Salas5-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	1:58	XKO	Aug 17, 2013
L	George Pacurariu10-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:42	LFC 19	Apr 12, 2013
L	Matt Hobar9-3	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	LFC 16	Dec 14, 2012
W	Cody Williams9-9	Submission	Omoplata	R2	4:46	LFC 14	Sep 14, 2012
W	Matt Hobar9-3	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	4:04	LFC 13	Aug 17, 2012
L	Chris Jones10-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	BFC	Mar 23, 2012
W	Steve Garcia9-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:40	LFC 8	Sep 16, 2011
W	Alex Russ4-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:57	XKO	Jul 23, 2011
W	Douglas Frey10-13	Decision	Majority	R4	1:11	XKO	Apr 9, 2011
W	Quaint Kempf5-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:24	XKO	Jan 29, 2011
L	Brad Mitchell4-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	XKO	Oct 9, 2010
W	Ernest de la Cruz2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Sep 2, 2010
W	Marcus Dupar4-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	2:26	TCF	Aug 4, 2010

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

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionUSACA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jeremy Hontz0-1	Submission	—	R1	1:29	USACA	Feb 19, 2010

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

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

6 wins, 10 losses

W6

L10

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.13

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.75

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

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

Steven Peterson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

11%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.29 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.21 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 finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Steven Peterson

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–2

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

1W4L

Split1 decision · 17%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC46th

40%520 / 1,285

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.18 differential

Landed4.76

Absorbed5.94

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%79th347
Body19%64th97
Leg15%65th76

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

Sig. strikes by position

82%Standing

Standing82%426
Clinch10%51
Ground8%43

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Steven Peterson

Landed per 15

Head

A+

85th

46.7

85th

Body

B

68th

13.0

68th

Leg

B

68th

10.2

68th

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

F

6th

63.9

6th

Body

F

12th

18.7

12th

Leg

C

47th

8.1

47th

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	46.7	347	1,043	33%
Body	13.0	97	146	66%
Leg	10.2	76	96	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	63.9	475	1,178	40%
Body	18.7	139	195	71%
Leg	8.1	60	71	85%

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

Steven Peterson

30%

Takedown accuracy

64%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.7 min net

On top3.5

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

51st

1.3

51st

TD accuracy

D

39th

30%

39th

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.8

70th

Control

B

65th

3.5 min

65th

Defense

TD defense

C

57th

64%

57th

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	10 / 33
Submission attempts	6
Control time	26:03

Defense

TDs defended	16 / 25
Control absorbed	13:19

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (112min 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

Steven Peterson

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 112 min

115%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Peterson builds (+5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Peterson lifts to 115% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Peterson ▲ 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

Petersonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Petersonattempts / min

Control time

Peterson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	4.7	6.3	0.15	14%	8
R2	7.4	5.2	6.2	0.36	27%	8
R3	6.4	4.0	5.7	0.40	30%	7

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

Steven Peterson

8 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

21st

21%

21st

Win quality

C

52nd

41%

52nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

4

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	4	2-2	50%

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	Lucas Alexander	Unproven	8	Mar 25, 2023
L	Julian Erosa	Established	26	Feb 5, 2022
W	Chase Hooper	Contender-level	36	Jun 12, 2021
W	Martin Bravo	Unproven	8	Sep 21, 2019
L	Alex Caceres	Top-15	56	Jul 20, 2019
L	Luis Pena	Established	22	Mar 23, 2019
W	Matt Bessette	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2018
L	Brandon Davis	Unproven	8	Feb 18, 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

8 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-3

4 bouts

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

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

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

3y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Steven Peterson

Extended layoff

3y 3mosince last bout

vs Lucas Alexander · Mar 25, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 3-4

60.7

DK avg

65.7

Median

95.8

Ceiling

39.3

Floor

25%

Boom

13%

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