Derek Brunson

MiddleweightComplete Fighter
14 - 7

21 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (64%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
77"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
42
Southpaw

Derek Brunson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Derek Brunson is 14-7 in the UFC across 21 fights, with 7 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-9, 10-2 of it outside the UFC. Brunson competes at middleweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 6'1" with a 77" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a win over Ray Cooper III by unanimous decision in Nov 2023.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 90th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (84%).

Derek Brunson's UFC win rate is 67% (14 of 21 fights), and 64% of those wins came by finish. Brunson averages 1.7 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 84% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-9
UFC Record
14-7
Height
6'1"
Reach
77"
Age
42
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Ray Cooper III · Decision (Unanimous) · Nov 2023

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

Derek Brunson's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane · Mar 2023
  2. Loss vs Jared Cannonier · KO/TKO · R2 4:29 · UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Feb 2022
  3. Win vs Darren Till · Submission · R3 2:13 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till · Sep 2021
  4. Win vs Kevin Holland · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland · Mar 2021
  5. Win vs Edmen Shahbazyan · KO/TKO · R3 0:26 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan · Aug 2020

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
Accuracy
47%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.29

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
49%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.7
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
84%
Control Time / Fight
3:19
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
29% KO
5% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
5% KO
5% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Derek Brunson vs Average

Derek Brunson's UFC Fight History

21 UFC fights on record (14-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDricus Du PlessisKO/TKOR2 · 4:59UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane2023-03-04
LJared CannonierKO/TKOR2 · 4:29UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 22022-02-12
WDarren TillSubmissionR3 · 2:13UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till2021-09-04
WKevin HollandDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland2021-03-20
WEdmen ShahbazyanKO/TKOR3 · 0:26UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan2020-08-01
WIan HeinischDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 22019-08-17
WElias TheodorouDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy2019-05-04
LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKOR1 · 4:51UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
LJacare SouzaKO/TKOR1 · 3:50UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 22018-01-27
WLyoto MachidaKO/TKOR1 · 2:30UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28
WDaniel KellyKO/TKOR1 · 1:16UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
LAnderson SilvaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie2017-02-11
LRobert WhittakerKO/TKOR1 · 4:07UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26
WUriah HallKO/TKOR1 · 1:41UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson2016-09-17
WRoan CarneiroKO/TKOR1 · 2:38UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy2016-02-21
WSam AlveyKO/TKOR1 · 2:19UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux2015-08-08
WEd HermanKO/TKOR1 · 0:36UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz2015-01-31
WLorenz LarkinDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto2014-08-30
LYoel RomeroKO/TKOR3 · 3:23UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou2014-01-15
WBrian HoustonSubmissionR1 · 0:48UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 32013-11-06
WChris LebenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II2012-12-29

How Brunson Ranks at Middleweight

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

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
68th percentile
Striking accuracy47%
50th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
48th percentile
Takedowns1.7/fight
83rd percentile
Takedown defense84%
90th percentile
Knockdown power0.29/fight
62nd percentile

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