Willie Gates Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Yuta Sasaki Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:30	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski	May 8, 2016
L	#11Dustin Ortiz Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R3	2:58	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015
W	#15Darrell Montague Flyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:36	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015
L	#5John Moraga Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	4:06	UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs. Miocic	Dec 13, 2014

Outside the UFC

11-10across 21 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 3 decGladiator Challenge · KOTC · Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 9 · LXF 8 · AOS3 +10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Teruto Ishihara14-15-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:12	Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 9	Mar 18, 2023
L	Musa Toliver10-14-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LXF 8	Jan 14, 2023
L	Ryan MacDonald12-3	KO/TKO	Strikes	R3	1:56	AOS3	Oct 30, 2021
L	Marvin Garcia12-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Mar 10, 2019
L	George Garcia9-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:33	CXF 15	Oct 20, 2018
L	Andre Ewell18-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:47	KOTC	Sep 2, 2017
W	Hector Sandoval15-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:23	TPF 21	Nov 6, 2014
W	Jimmy Marquez1-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:36	Gladiator Challenge	Oct 4, 2014
W	Chris Chavez0-20	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	1:10	Gladiator Challenge	Aug 23, 2014
W	Eddy Gonzalez0-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:20	Gladiator Challenge	Jul 19, 2014
W	Mario Casares0-15	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:59	Gladiator Challenge	Apr 5, 2014
L	Anthony Perales5-3	Submission	Armbar	R3	1:43	SCMMA 2	May 18, 2013
W	Justin Santistevan3-16	Submission	—	R1	0:28	Gladiator Challenge	Mar 24, 2013
W	Gary Franklin0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:15	Gladiator Challenge	Oct 28, 2012
L	Federico Lopez10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MEZ Sports	Aug 18, 2012
W	Jason Carbajal7-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FCOC	Jun 7, 2012
W	Keenan Lewis8-7	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	National Fight Alliance	Apr 6, 2012
W	Thomas Casarez6-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	LBFN 13	Nov 20, 2011
W	Skylar Reider1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:14	LBFN 11	Jan 2, 2011
L	Jimmie Rivera23-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	3:17	BFC	Apr 10, 2009
L	Robbie Peralta19-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:50	GC 85	Oct 25, 2008

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

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Submission

4 wins, 7 losses

W4

L7

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.25

Below avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Willie Gates

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

5.56 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

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).

Career striking

OverallD26th

38%67 / 172

Striking accuracy

38%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.48 differential

Landed1.80

Absorbed4.28

53%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-24%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head54%33rd36
Body34%54th23
Leg12%39th8

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

Sig. strikes by position

63%Standing

Standing63%42
Clinch13%9
Ground24%16

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Willie Gates

Landed per 15

Head

F

13th

14.5

13th

Body

C

48th

9.3

48th

Leg

F

17th

3.2

17th

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

D

25th

43.6

25th

Body

D

36th

12.5

36th

Leg

C

52nd

8.1

52nd

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	14.5	36	126	29%
Body	9.3	23	30	77%
Leg	3.2	8	16	50%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	43.6	108	193	56%
Body	12.5	31	39	79%
Leg	8.1	20	28	71%

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

Willie Gates

—

Takedown accuracy

68%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.8 min net

On top2.7

On bottom7.5

Offense

Takedowns

D

39th

0.0

39th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.4

64th

Control

C

55th

2.7 min

55th

Defense

TD defense

C

57th

68%

57th

Controlled

7.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	1
Control time	6:40

Defense

TDs defended	19 / 28
Control absorbed	18:30

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (37min 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

Willie Gates

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 37 min

34%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Gates fades (-68% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Gates drops to 34% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Gates ▼ 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

Gateslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Gatesattempts / min

Control time

Gates% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.6	2.7	2.0	23%	4
R2	2.1	1.3	3.6	22%	3
R3	0.7	0.7	10.8	0%	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

Willie Gates

4 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

82nd

54%

82nd

Win quality

F

11th

24%

11th

Limited UFC sample (4 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

2

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

173-170-4

.504 win rate

Winning-record opponents

11 of 21

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

21

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	Yuta Sasaki	Building	15	May 8, 2016
L	Dustin Ortiz#11	Top-15	72	Aug 8, 2015
W	Darrell Montague#15	Top-15	61	Jul 12, 2015
L	John Moraga#5	Top-5	80	Dec 13, 2014

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

4 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 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

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

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

Willie Gates

Extended layoff

3y 3mosince last bout

vs Teruto Ishihara · Mar 18, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 0-3

39.1

DK avg

21.0

Median

108.4

Ceiling

7.4

Floor

25%

Boom

50%

Bust

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