Ben Rothwell

HeavyweightOutfighter
9 - 8

17 UFC Fights | 53% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (78%)

Height
6' 4"
Reach
78"
Weight
265 lbs.
Age
44
Orthodox

Ben Rothwell UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Ben Rothwell is 9-8 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 39-14, 30-6 of it outside the UFC. Rothwell competes at heavyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'4" with a 78" reach at 44 years old. The last bout was a loss to Marcos Rogerio de Lima by knockout in Nov 2021.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 72nd percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (4.0 sig. strikes/min).

Ben Rothwell's UFC win rate is 53% (9 of 17 fights), and 78% of those wins came by finish. Rothwell averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 59% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
39-14
UFC Record
9-8
Height
6'4"
Reach
78"
Age
44
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima · KO/TKO · Nov 2021

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Ben Rothwell's Last 5 Fights

Rothwell is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima · KO/TKO · R1 0:32 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Nov 2021
  2. Win vs Chris Barnett · Submission · R2 2:07 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 2021
  3. Loss vs Marcin Tybura · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Oct 2020
  4. Win vs Ovince Saint Preux · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira · May 2020
  5. Win vs Stefan Struve · KO/TKO · R2 4:57 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · Dec 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.0
Accuracy
43%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.24

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
5.2
Strike Differential
+-1.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
55%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
59%
Control Time / Fight
1:54
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
12% KO
6% Sub
R2
6% KO
12% Sub
R3+
6% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ben Rothwell vs Average

Ben Rothwell lands 15.4 strikes in R1 but 18.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Ben Rothwell's UFC Fight History

17 UFC fights on record (9-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMarcos Rogerio de LimaKO/TKOR1 · 0:32UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez2021-11-13
WChris BarnettSubmissionR2 · 2:07UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt2021-05-22
LMarcin TyburaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen2020-10-10
WOvince Saint PreuxDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira2020-05-13
WStefan StruveKO/TKOR2 · 4:57UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik2019-12-07
LAndrei ArlovskiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards2019-07-20
LBlagoy IvanovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09
LJunior Dos SantosDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10
WJosh BarnettSubmissionR2 · 3:48UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader2016-01-30
WMatt MitrioneSubmissionR1 · 1:54UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson2015-06-06
WAlistair OvereemKO/TKOR1 · 2:19UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi2014-09-05
WBrandon VeraKO/TKOR3 · 1:54UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 22013-08-31
LGabriel GonzagaSubmissionR2 · 1:01UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping2013-01-19
WBrendan SchaubKO/TKOR1 · 1:10UFC 145: Jones vs Evans2012-04-21
LMark HuntDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage2011-09-24
WGilbert YvelDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin2010-06-12
LCain VelasquezKO/TKOR2 · 0:58UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun2009-10-24

How Rothwell Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.0 sig. strikes/min
72nd percentile
Striking accuracy43%
28th percentile
Strikes absorbed5.2/min
10th percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
55th percentile
Takedown defense59%
40th percentile
Knockdown power0.24/fight
62nd percentile

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