Thomas Petersen Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Valter WalkerUpcoming Heavyweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Abu Dhabi	Jul 25, 2026
W	Guilherme Pat Heavyweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan	Apr 4, 2026
L	Vitor Petrino Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:26	UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot	Oct 11, 2025
W	Don'Tale Mayes Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo	May 3, 2025
L	#14Shamil Gaziev Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:12	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov	Feb 1, 2025
W	Mohammed Usman Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba	Jul 20, 2024
L	Jamal Pogues Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov	Feb 3, 2024

Outside the UFC

8-1across 9 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 1 subLFA · Dana White's Contender Series · Driller Promotions

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Chandler Cole10-4	Submission	keylock	R2	1:08	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 29, 2023
W	Richard Foster6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:48	LFA	Jan 13, 2023
W	Kory Moegenburg3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:14	LFA	Sep 16, 2022
L	Waldo Cortes-Acosta17-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:53	LFA	Apr 15, 2022
W	Vernon Lewis8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:02	LFA	Jul 30, 2021
W	Odell Pantin3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:33	LFA	Apr 16, 2021
W	Richard Luis4-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:19	LFA	Jan 15, 2021
W	Brian Peterson3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:52	LFA	Feb 21, 2020
W	B.J. Lacy17-28-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:12	Driller Promotions	Dec 21, 2019

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

4-0across 4 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsLFA · Cageside Promotions / KCFA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jimmy Barnes0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	LFA	Sep 27, 2019
W	Jordan Franks0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:04	Cageside Promotions / KCFA	Jul 27, 2019
W	Keefer Bender3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:35	LFA	May 31, 2019
W	Keefer Bender3-3	Submission	Keylock	R1	2:42	LFA	Jun 1, 2018

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

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

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PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.69 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.29 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

4 scorecards on file

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Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

2W1L

Split

None

Majority1 decision · 25%

1W

10-8 rounds

7 rounds total

7

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

59%225 / 385

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.49 differential

Landed3.10

Absorbed2.61

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+13%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%50th145
Body27%68th61
Leg8%48th19

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

Sig. strikes by position

75%Standing

Standing75%168
Clinch7%16
Ground18%41

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Thomas Petersen

Landed per 15

Head

C

47th

29.5

47th

Body

A

77th

12.4

77th

Leg

D

39th

3.9

39th

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

B

61st

26.7

61st

Body

D

38th

10.0

38th

Leg

A

83rd

2.6

83rd

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	29.5	145	294	49%
Body	12.4	61	72	85%
Leg	3.9	19	19	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.7	131	348	38%
Body	10.0	49	74	66%
Leg	2.6	13	15	87%

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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38%

Takedown accuracy

86%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.2 min net

On top5.8

On bottom0.6

Offense

Takedowns

A

76th

2.6

76th

TD accuracy

C

53rd

38%

53rd

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.2

60th

Control

A

76th

5.8 min

76th

Defense

TD defense

86%

Controlled

0.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	13 / 34
Submission attempts	1
Control time	28:27

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 7
Control absorbed	3:08

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (74min 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 Petersen

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 74 min

166%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Petersen builds (+24% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Petersen lifts to 166% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Petersen ▲ 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

Petersenlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Petersenattempts / min

Control time

Petersen% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.0	2.0	2.9	0.57	34%	6
R2	5.5	2.9	2.4	0.36	37%	5
R3	7.9	4.7	2.4	0.44	48%	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

Thomas Petersen

6 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

42nd

29%

42nd

Win quality

D

29th

33%

29th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

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-15	2	0-2	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
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
W	Guilherme Pat	Unproven	8	Apr 4, 2026
L	Vitor Petrino	Top-15	55	Oct 11, 2025
W	Don'Tale Mayes	Unproven	12	May 3, 2025
L	Shamil Gaziev#14	Top-15	65	Feb 1, 2025
W	Mohammed Usman	Building	18	Jul 20, 2024
L	Jamal Pogues	Building	15	Feb 3, 2024

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

6 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

2-1

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

3-0

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 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

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

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Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Guilherme Pat · Apr 4, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-1As underdog 0-2

61.6

DK avg

76.6

Median

93.9

Ceiling

15.2

Floor

33%

Boom

33%

Bust

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