Derek Cleary

Scoring active Apr 21, 2012 – Jul 11, 2026.

Bouts judged
598
Rounds scored
1952
10-8 rounds
84
4.3% of rounds
Minority cards
40
6.7% of bouts

Recent vs career

Bouts (12mo)
35
598 career
10-8 share (12mo)
1.7%-2.7pp
4.3% career
Minority cards (12mo)
1-3.8pp
2.9% recent · 6.7% career
Rounds (12mo)
121
1952 career

Round-scoring tendencies

Score
Judge
League
10-9
95.2%
96.0%
10-8
4.3%
3.5%
10-7
0.1%
0.0%
10-10
0.0%
0.1%
9-9
0.4%
0.3%
Other
0.1%
0.1%

Round-by-round score patterns called by this judge (1,952 rounds) vs the UFC league average across every judged round in our corpus. A taller 10-8 share suggests a judge willing to call dominant rounds; an outsized 10-10 share flags an unusually permissive scoring style.

Most-scored fighters

Fighters Derek Clearyhas scored at least twice. “Scored for” counts bouts where Derek Cleary's card had this fighter winning; “against” counts the opposite.

Career timeline

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Bouts judged per calendar year. Peak: 63.

Recent bouts

Wang Cong vs Tracy Cortez
UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 11, 2026 · Women's Flyweight
2927
Farid Basharat vs John Garza
UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 · Jul 11, 2026 · Bantamweight
2928
Gabriel Bonfim vs Belal Muhammad
UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 6, 2026 · Welterweight
5045
Tom Nolan vs Fares Ziam
UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 6, 2026 · Lightweight
2928
Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026 · Featherweight
4945
Davey Grant vs Adrian Luna Martinetti
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026 · Bantamweight
2928
Michelle Montague vs Mayra Bueno Silva
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026 · Women's Bantamweight
2928
Talita Alencar vs Julia Polastri
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026 · Women's Strawweight
2928
Rafa Garcia vs Alexander Hernandez
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026 · Lightweight
2928
Mantas Kondratavicius vs Antonio Trocoli
UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy · Mar 21, 2026 · Middleweight
3027
Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy
UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy · Mar 21, 2026 · Featherweight
4846
Nathaniel Wood vs Losene Keita
UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy · Mar 21, 2026 · Featherweight
2928
Sumudaerji vs Jesus Aguilar
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Mar 7, 2026 · Flyweight
3027
Donte Johnson vs Cody Brundage
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Mar 7, 2026 · Middleweight
2928
Raul Rosas Jr. vs Rob Font
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Mar 7, 2026 · Bantamweight
3027
Charles Oliveira vs Max Holloway
UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Mar 7, 2026 · Lightweight
5045
Natalia Silva vs Rose Namajunas
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026 · Women's Flyweight
2928
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026 · Bantamweight
3027
Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026 · Lightweight
4946
Maycee Barber vs Karine Silva
UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 6, 2025 · Women's Flyweight
2928

Minority card = this judge's verdict differed from the majority of judges on the same bout. 10-8 rounds reflect the share of rounds this judge scored 10-8 (one fighter ≥ 10, the other ≤ 8). League averages on the score-distribution chart cover every UFC judge's rounds in our corpus. Source: MMA Decisions.