Chris Weidman

MiddleweightComplete Fighter
12 - 8

20 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)

Height
6' 2"
Reach
78"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
42
Orthodox

Chris Weidman UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Chris Weidman is 12-8 in the UFC across 20 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-8, 4-0 of it outside the UFC. Weidman competes at middleweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'2" with a 78" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a loss to Eryk Anders by knockout in Dec 2024.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 90th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (2.2/fight).

Chris Weidman's UFC win rate is 60% (12 of 20 fights), and 58% of those wins came by finish. Weidman averages 2.2 takedowns per fight at 42% accuracy and stops 72% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
16-8
UFC Record
12-8
Height
6'2"
Reach
78"
Age
42
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Eryk Anders · KO/TKO · Dec 2024

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

Chris Weidman's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Eryk Anders · KO/TKO · R2 4:51 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
  2. Win vs Bruno Silva · Decision · R3 2:18 · UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · Mar 2024
  3. Loss vs Brad Tavares · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley · Aug 2023
  4. Loss vs Uriah Hall · KO/TKO · R1 0:17 · UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 · Apr 2021
  5. Win vs Omari Akhmedov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik · Aug 2020

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.1
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.25

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.4
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
49%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.2
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
42%
Takedown Defense
72%
Control Time / Fight
3:15
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
10% Sub
R2
15% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
5% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Chris Weidman vs Average

Chris Weidman lands 12.2 strikes in R1 but 13.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Chris Weidman's UFC Fight History

20 UFC fights on record (12-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LEryk AndersKO/TKOR2 · 4:51UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura2024-12-07
WBruno SilvaDecisionR3 · 2:18UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot2024-03-30
LBrad TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19
LUriah HallKO/TKOR1 · 0:17UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 22021-04-24
WOmari AkhmedovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik2020-08-08
LDominick ReyesKO/TKOR1 · 1:43UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman2019-10-18
LJacare SouzaKO/TKOR3 · 2:46UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
WKelvin GastelumSubmissionR3 · 3:45UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum2017-07-22
LGegard MousasiKO/TKOR2 · 3:13UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 22017-04-08
LYoel RomeroKO/TKOR3 · 0:24UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor2016-11-12
L★Luke RockholdKO/TKOR4 · 3:12UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12
W★Vitor BelfortKO/TKOR1 · 2:53UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier2015-05-23
W★Lyoto MachidaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida2014-07-05
W★Anderson SilvaKO/TKOR2 · 1:16UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 22013-12-28
W★Anderson SilvaKO/TKOR2 · 1:18UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman2013-07-06
WMark MunozKO/TKOR2 · 1:37UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs Weidman2012-07-11
WDemian MaiaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis2012-01-28
WTom LawlorSubmissionR1 · 2:07UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson2011-11-19
WJesse BongfeldtSubmissionR1 · 4:54UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin2011-06-11
WAlessio SakaraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann2011-03-03

How Weidman Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.1 sig. strikes/min
51st percentile
Striking accuracy45%
41st percentile
Strikes absorbed3.4/min
42nd percentile
Takedowns2.2/fight
90th percentile
Takedown defense72%
73rd percentile
Knockdown power0.25/fight
56th percentile

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