Themba Gorimbo Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jonathan Micallef Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	Jeremiah Wells Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama	Nov 1, 2025
L	#14Vicente Luque Welterweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke On Ground	R1	0:52	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	Dec 7, 2024
W	Niko Price Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
W	Ramiz Brahimaj Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy	May 18, 2024
W	Pete Rodriguez Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:32	UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov	Feb 3, 2024
W	Takashi Sato Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill	May 20, 2023
L	AJ Fletcher Welterweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	1:37	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield	Feb 18, 2023

Outside the UFC

10-3across 13 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 6 sub · 3 decEFC · EFC Africa · Fury FC 65 · UAE Warriors · EFC 84 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Julio Rafael Rodrigues16-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Fury FC 65	Jun 26, 2022
L	Handesson Ferreira22-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UAE Warriors	Oct 29, 2021
W	Lyle Karam7-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	2:06	EFC 84	Mar 14, 2020
W	Luke Michael8-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:48	EFC 82	Sep 28, 2019
W	Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.11-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFC 79	May 4, 2019
L	Dave Mazany17-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:39	EFC 63	Sep 9, 2017
W	Joe Cummins11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFC	May 13, 2016
L	Leon Mynhardt15-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:03	EFC	Oct 3, 2015
W	Alex Cheboub7-6	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:50	EFC	Feb 21, 2015
W	Chaz Wasserman1-1	Submission	Brabo Choke	R2	4:31	EFC Africa	Feb 27, 2014
W	Chimmy van Winkel0-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:59	EFC Africa	Dec 12, 2013
W	Juan Lubbe4-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:48	EFC Africa	Aug 15, 2013
W	Sydney Mokgolo1-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:50	Imagine FC 3.0	Jun 15, 2013

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

0-4across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsUMF Muay Thai / Dragon Legends MMA · CFL

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Barend Nienaber5-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	UMF Muay Thai / Dragon Legends MMA	May 19, 2012
L	Ivor Petersen1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:00	CFL	Feb 4, 2012
L	Marcel Teniers4-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	UMF Muay Thai / Dragon Legends MMA	Oct 29, 2011
L	Marcel Teniers4-5	Submission	Ezekiel Choke	R1	0:00	UMF Muay Thai / Dragon Legends MMA	Mar 5, 2011

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

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Decision

6 wins, 3 losses

W6

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.25

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Themba Gorimbo

PowerChin

Knockout rate

13%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.71 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Themba Gorimbo

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 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

3W1L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC55th

56%224 / 395

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.95 differential

Landed2.70

Absorbed1.75

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+7%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head52%40th117
Body31%69th69
Leg17%56th38

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

Sig. strikes by position

55%Standing

Standing55%123
Clinch25%56
Ground20%45

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Themba Gorimbo

Landed per 15

Head

D

33rd

21.1

33rd

Body

A

75th

12.5

75th

Leg

C

53rd

6.9

53rd

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

82nd

18.6

82nd

Body

A

76th

5.8

76th

Leg

A+

90th

1.8

90th

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	21.1	117	270	43%
Body	12.5	69	86	80%
Leg	6.9	38	39	97%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	18.6	103	239	43%
Body	5.8	32	41	78%
Leg	1.8	10	19	53%

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

Themba Gorimbo

63%

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.3 min net

On top7.9

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

A+

89th

4.5

89th

TD accuracy

A

82nd

63%

82nd

Sub attempts

B

59th

0.4

59th

Control

A+

87th

7.9 min

87th

Defense

TD defense

B

66th

73%

66th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	25 / 40
Submission attempts	2
Control time	43:51

Defense

TDs defended	19 / 26
Control absorbed	20:11

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (83min 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

Themba Gorimbo

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 83 min

102%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Gorimbo holds steady (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Gorimbo sustains 102% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Gorimbo — HOLDSOutput / 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

Gorimbolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Gorimboattempts / min

Control time

Gorimbo% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.41	49%	8
R2	6.9	3.0	1.6	0.56	54%	6
R3	6.1	2.5	3.1	0.48	55%	5

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

Themba Gorimbo

8 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

28th

25%

28th

Win quality

C

56th

42%

56th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

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	Jonathan Micallef	Building	15	May 2, 2026
L	Jeremiah Wells	Established	26	Nov 1, 2025
L	Vicente Luque#14	Top-5	74	Dec 7, 2024
W	Niko Price	Building	22	Oct 12, 2024
W	Ramiz Brahimaj	Established	26	May 18, 2024
W	Pete Rodriguez	Unproven	8	Feb 3, 2024
W	Takashi Sato	Unproven	8	May 20, 2023
L	AJ Fletcher	Unproven	8	Feb 18, 2023

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

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-2

3 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

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-1

4 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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Themba Gorimbo

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Jonathan Micallef · May 2, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 0-2

76.0

DK avg

109.0

Median

123.4

Ceiling

22.8

Floor

50%

Boom

13%

Bust

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