TJ Waldburger Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Mike Pyle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R3	4:03	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014
L	Adlan Amagov Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	3:00	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
W	Nick Catone Welterweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard Technical Submission	R2	1:04	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale	Dec 15, 2012
L	Brian Ebersole Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida	Jun 22, 2012
W	Jake Hecht Welterweight	Submission	Armbar On Ground	R1	0:55	UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann	Mar 2, 2012
W	Mike Stumpf Welterweight	Submission	Triangle Choke On Ground	R1	3:52	UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger	Sep 17, 2011
L	Johny Hendricks Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:35	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	Mar 26, 2011
W	David Mitchell Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares	Sep 15, 2010

Outside the UFC

12-5across 17 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 10 sub · 1 decREF · SF 6 · SF 4 · SWC 3 · XFC +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Pat Healy34-24	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 6	Sep 12, 2009
W	Shannon Ritch58-88	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:37	SF 4	May 2, 2009
W	Andrew Chappelle10-7	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	3:00	SWC 3	Feb 21, 2009
L	Ricardo Funch9-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:35	XFC	Jun 14, 2008
L	Pete Spratt25-24	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:29	HDNF 1	Oct 13, 2007
W	Pete Spratt25-24	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	1:30	KOK 1	Sep 7, 2007
W	Jeff Lindsay16-18	Submission	—	R1	1:27	MOTC 14	Jun 23, 2007
L	Josh Neer36-16-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:24	IFC	Mar 4, 2007
W	Jeff Lindsay16-18	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:43	MOTC 7	Dec 2, 2006
W	Brian Foster30-13	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:29	MOTC 4	Sep 23, 2006
W	Barry Peoples0-1	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	0:15	DPP	Sep 17, 2006
W	Jeremiah O'Neal13-25	Submission	Armbar	R4	4:23	XFC 7	Aug 19, 2006
W	Brandon Berkey3-6	Submission	—	R1	1:22	UTS 6	Jun 24, 2006
L	Todd Moore16-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	REF	Mar 25, 2006
W	Nathan Fussel0-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:50	XFC 5	Feb 18, 2006
W	Sammy Say2-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:57	REF	Feb 10, 2006
L	Sammy Say2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:18	UTS 3	Nov 26, 2005

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

1 win, 7 losses

W1

L7

Submission

13 wins, 0 losses

W13

L0

Decision

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

2.38

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

TJ Waldburger

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

2.63 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

1.96 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

Career striking

OverallD42nd

51%120 / 234

Striking accuracy

40%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.37 differential

Landed2.02

Absorbed2.39

40%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head63%40th76
Body17%39th20
Leg20%55th24

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

Sig. strikes by position

49%Standing

Standing49%59
Clinch17%20
Ground34%41

Striking zones

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

UFC only

TJ Waldburger

Landed per 15

Head

D

27th

19.2

27th

Body

F

24th

5.0

24th

Leg

C

46th

6.1

46th

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

63rd

25.7

63rd

Body

A

75th

6.1

75th

Leg

A

76th

4.0

76th

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	19.2	76	183	42%
Body	5.0	20	23	87%
Leg	6.1	24	28	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.7	102	180	57%
Body	6.1	24	35	69%
Leg	4.0	16	22	73%

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

TJ Waldburger

46%

Takedown accuracy

40%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top5.3

On bottom4.4

Offense

Takedowns

A

77th

3.0

77th

TD accuracy

B

62nd

46%

62nd

Sub attempts

A+

97th

4.8

97th

Control

A

73rd

5.3 min

73rd

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

40%

28th

Controlled

4.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	12 / 26
Submission attempts	19
Control time	20:53

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 15
Control absorbed	17:28

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (59min 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

TJ Waldburger

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 59 min

98%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Waldburger fades (-6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Waldburger sustains 98% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Waldburger ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Waldburgerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Waldburgerattempts / min

Control time

Waldburger% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	2.0	2.1	0.61	39%	8
R2	3.4	1.7	1.7	0.25	24%	4
R3	4.9	2.4	3.6	0.28	40%	3

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

TJ Waldburger

8 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

36th

27%

36th

Win quality

D

33rd

34%

33rd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 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
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

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	Mike Pyle#15	Top-15	63	Feb 22, 2014
L	Adlan Amagov	Unproven	8	Oct 19, 2013
W	Nick Catone	Building	18	Dec 15, 2012
L	Brian Ebersole	Established	26	Jun 22, 2012
W	Jake Hecht	Unproven	8	Mar 2, 2012
W	Mike Stumpf	Unproven	8	Sep 17, 2011
L	Johny Hendricks	Champion	71	Mar 26, 2011
W	David Mitchell	Unproven	8	Sep 15, 2010

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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-2

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-2

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-1

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-3

4 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

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

12y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

TJ Waldburger

Extended layoff

12y 4mosince last bout

vs Mike Pyle · Feb 22, 2014

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0As underdog 1-4

62.3

DK avg

92.8

Median

115.8

Ceiling

2.7

Floor

50%

Boom

25%

Bust

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