Ben Rothwell
17 UFC Fights | 53% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (78%)
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.
- Loss vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima · KO/TKO · R1 0:32 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Nov 2021
- Win vs Chris Barnett · Submission · R2 2:07 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 2021
- Loss vs Marcin Tybura · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Oct 2020
- Win vs Ovince Saint Preux · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira · May 2020
- Win vs Stefan Struve · KO/TKO · R2 4:57 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · Dec 2019
Striking
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:32 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez | 2021-11-13 |
| W | Chris Barnett | Submission | R2 · 2:07 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt | 2021-05-22 |
| L | Marcin Tybura | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | 2020-10-10 |
| W | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira | 2020-05-13 |
| W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:57 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik | 2019-12-07 |
| L | Andrei Arlovski | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards | 2019-07-20 |
| L | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | 2019-03-09 |
| L | Junior Dos Santos | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos | 2016-04-10 |
| W | Josh Barnett | Submission | R2 · 3:48 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader | 2016-01-30 |
| W | Matt Mitrione | Submission | R1 · 1:54 | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson | 2015-06-06 |
| W | Alistair Overeem | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:19 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi | 2014-09-05 |
| W | Brandon Vera | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:54 | UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 | 2013-08-31 |
| L | Gabriel Gonzaga | Submission | R2 · 1:01 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping | 2013-01-19 |
| W | Brendan Schaub | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:10 | UFC 145: Jones vs Evans | 2012-04-21 |
| L | Mark Hunt | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage | 2011-09-24 |
| W | Gilbert Yvel | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin | 2010-06-12 |
| L | Cain Velasquez | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:58 | UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun | 2009-10-24 |
How Rothwell Ranks at Heavyweight
Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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