Thomas Gifford Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Mike Davis Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	4:45	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
L	Roosevelt Roberts Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson	Apr 27, 2019

Outside the UFC

17-8, 2 NCacross 27 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 13 sub · 1 decCagemasters · V3 Fights · Cageside Promotions / KCFA · AFP · PFMMAC +14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Cliff Wright12-21	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:33	PF	Feb 29, 2020
W	Chris Brown13-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	V3 Fights	Oct 20, 2018
W	Trey Ogden18-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:04	Cageside Promotions / KCFA	Jul 28, 2018
NC	Cameron VanCamp15-7-1	No Contest	Overturned	R1	0:51	CC	Apr 21, 2018
W	Trey Ogden18-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:57	Cageside Promotions / KCFA	Dec 2, 2017
W	Hawraz Syan5-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:52	Simons Promotions	Feb 24, 2017
W	Tom Shoaff11-4	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	4:34	HFC 29	Jun 4, 2016
L	Bryant Whitaker8-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MFS	Jan 30, 2016
W	Tarron Rogers3-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:17	AFP	Jun 27, 2015
W	Wade Johnson12-3	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R2	3:21	LFC 34	Aug 29, 2014
L	Omar Zapata7-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SHP 34	Jul 26, 2014
L	Ben Brewer11-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:51	V3 Fights	Jan 18, 2014
L	Anthony Rocco Martin18-6	Submission	Keylock	R2	2:03	3RT	Sep 14, 2013
W	Antwan Williams7-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:48	USA MMA 22	Aug 17, 2013
L	Chris Feist8-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	4:51	C3 Fights	Aug 2, 2013
W	Dave Burrow14-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:45	OTCMMA	May 18, 2013
W	Austin Lyons13-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:36	PFMMAC	Apr 27, 2013
W	Harry Johnson12-12	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:58	PFMMAC	Mar 9, 2013
L	Dave Burrow14-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:00	Kingdom Promotions	Feb 16, 2013
W	Martin Brown14-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R2	2:00	Eglin Air Force Base	Dec 8, 2012
W	Jeremiah Jason Wood6-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:23	EF	Jun 23, 2012
L	Cedric Marks31-27	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:15	AFP	Apr 21, 2012
W	David Lindsay7-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:31	Cagemasters	Apr 14, 2012
W	David Lindsay7-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:04	Cagemasters	Feb 11, 2012
W	James King15-19	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:08	Cagemasters	Nov 15, 2011
NC	Brad Mitchell4-2	No Contest	—	R1	3:00	Cagemasters	Sep 17, 2011
W	Jimmy Van Horn8-18	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:56	Cagemasters	Jul 23, 2011

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

9-2across 11 amateur bouts · 11 promotionsAXC 14 · Cagemasters · Fight Night 22 · AXC 13 · Subzero 8 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jonathan Wester5-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:33	AXC 14	Jun 24, 2011
W	Ward Long0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:51	Cagemasters	May 21, 2011
W	Robert Deaton0-2	Submission	—	R1	0:56	Fight Night 22	May 7, 2011
W	Jason Calle0-1	KO/TKO	Injury	R1	0:44	AXC 13	Apr 16, 2011
W	Eli McGlothlin4-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	2:35	Subzero 8	Feb 26, 2011
W	Brandon Delliquadri1-1	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:36	AXC 12	Feb 12, 2011
W	Spencer Glenn0-3	Submission	—	R1	0:40	CR	Dec 18, 2010
W	Jonathan Chitwood2-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:15	AXC 11	Dec 11, 2010
L	Michael Cordell1-0	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:57	AXC 10	Oct 9, 2010
L	Eli McGlothlin4-3	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:25	AXC 9	Aug 28, 2010
W	Adrian Diaz0-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:59	AXC 8	Jun 18, 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

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Submission

13 wins, 3 losses

W13

L3

Decision

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

KO history

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

Thomas Gifford

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

2

1.46 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

1 scorecard on file

Thomas Gifford

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

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

OverallD38th

37%118 / 312

Striking accuracy

37%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.48 differential

Landed3.97

Absorbed6.45

35%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-26%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Thomas Gifford

Landed per 15

Head

C

58th

30.8

58th

Body

B

64th

11.6

64th

Leg

A+

91st

17.1

91st

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

3rd

69.1

3rd

Body

F

6th

19.7

6th

Leg

C

45th

8.1

45th

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	30.8	61	242	25%
Body	11.6	23	30	77%
Leg	17.1	34	40	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	69.1	137	239	57%
Body	19.7	39	47	83%
Leg	8.1	16	21	76%

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

Thomas Gifford

33%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.8 min net

On top0.8

On bottom5.6

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

0.5

49th

TD accuracy

33%

Sub attempts

C

52nd

0.0

52nd

Control

D

41st

0.8 min

41st

Defense

TD defense

33%

Controlled

5.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:41

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 6
Control absorbed	11:07

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (30min 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

Thomas Gifford

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 30 min

106%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Gifford builds (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Gifford lifts to 106% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Gifford ▲ 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

Giffordlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Giffordattempts / min

Control time

Gifford% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	4.6	8.6	0.00	0%	2
R2	4.0	3.7	5.9	0.10	0%	2
R3	4.9	3.6	4.8	0.21	17%	2

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

Thomas Gifford

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

16th

19%

16th

Win quality

D

25th

32%

25th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). 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

Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

311-211-1

.596 win rate

Winning-record opponents

20 of 27

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

27

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	Mike Davis	Established	22	Oct 12, 2019
L	Roosevelt Roberts	Building	15	Apr 27, 2019

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

2 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

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

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 UFC bout

6y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Thomas Gifford

Extended layoff

6y 4mosince last bout

vs Cliff Wright · Feb 29, 2020

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

33.3

DK avg

35.4

Median

35.4

Ceiling

31.2

Floor

0%

Boom

0%

Bust

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