Daniel Pineda
14 UFC Fights | 36% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (100%)
Daniel Pineda UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Daniel Pineda is 5-8 in the UFC across 14 fights (1 no contest), with 1 win by knockout and 4 by submission. The full pro MMA record is 28-17 (3 NC), 23-9 of it outside the UFC. Pineda competes at featherweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 5'7" with a 69" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a loss to Darren Elkins by decision in Oct 2024.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 73rd percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (50%).
Daniel Pineda's UFC win rate is 36% (5 of 14 fights), and 100% of those wins came by finish. Pineda averages 0.9 takedowns per fight at 28% accuracy and stops 56% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 28-17 (3 NC)
- UFC Record
- 5-8 (1 NC)
- Height
- 5'7"
- Reach
- 69"
- Age
- 41
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Darren Elkins · Decision · Oct 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Daniel Pineda's Last 5 Fights
Pineda is 1-3, with one no contest, in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Darren Elkins · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira · Oct 2024
- Loss vs Nathaniel Wood · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 2024
- Loss vs Alex Caceres · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi · Jun 2023
- Win vs Tucker Lutz · Submission · R2 2:50 · UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen · Mar 2023
- No contest vs Andre Fili · Other · R2 0:46 · UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · Jun 2021
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Daniel Pineda vs Average
Daniel Pineda's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (5-8 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Darren Elkins | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira | 2024-10-19 |
| L | Nathaniel Wood | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 | 2024-07-27 |
| L | Alex Caceres | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi | 2023-06-03 |
| W | Tucker Lutz | Submission | R2 · 2:50 | UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen | 2023-03-25 |
| D/NC | Andre Fili | Other | R2 · 0:46 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov | 2021-06-26 |
| L | Cub Swanson | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:52 | UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno | 2020-12-12 |
| W | Herbert Burns | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:37 | UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 | 2020-08-15 |
| L | Robert Whiteford | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler | 2014-03-15 |
| L | Diego Brandao | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen | 2013-08-17 |
| W | Justin Lawrence | Submission | R1 · 1:35 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale | 2013-04-13 |
| L | Antonio Carvalho | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:11 | UFC 149: Faber vs Barao | 2012-07-21 |
| L | Mike Brown | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir | 2012-05-26 |
| W | Mackens Semerzier | Submission | R1 · 2:05 | UFC on FX: Alves vs Kampmann | 2012-03-02 |
| W | Pat Schilling | Submission | R1 · 1:37 | UFC on FX: Guillard vs Miller | 2012-01-20 |
How Pineda Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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