Evan Dunham
21 UFC Fights | 52% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (27%)
Evan Dunham UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Evan Dunham is 11-9-1 in the UFC across 21 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 8 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-9-1, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Dunham competes at lightweight as a southpaw volume striker, standing 5'10" with a 70" reach at 44 years old. The last bout was a loss to Herbert Burns by submission in Jun 2020.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 92nd percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (5.5 sig. strikes/min).
Evan Dunham's UFC win rate is 52% (11 of 21 fights), and 27% of those wins came by finish. Dunham averages 1.4 takedowns per fight at 35% accuracy and stops 80% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 18-9-1
- UFC Record
- 11-9-1
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 44
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Herbert Burns · Submission · Jun 2020
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Evan Dunham's Last 5 Fights
Dunham is 1-3-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Herbert Burns · Submission · R1 1:20 · UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer · Jun 2020
- Loss vs Francisco Trinaldo · KO/TKO · R2 4:10 · UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · Sep 2018
- Loss vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier · KO/TKO · R1 0:53 · UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta · Apr 2018
- Draw vs Beneil Dariush · Draw · R3 5:00 · UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee · Oct 2017
- Win vs Ricky Glenn · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · Sep 2016
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Evan Dunham vs Average
Evan Dunham lands 16.7 strikes in R1 but 38.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Evan Dunham's UFC Fight History
21 UFC fights on record (11-9-1), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Herbert Burns | Submission | R1 · 1:20 | UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer | 2020-06-06 |
| L | Francisco Trinaldo | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:10 | UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | 2018-09-22 |
| L | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:53 | UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta | 2018-04-07 |
| D/NC | Beneil Dariush | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee | 2017-10-07 |
| W | Ricky Glenn | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson | 2016-09-17 |
| W | Joe Lauzon | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale | 2015-12-11 |
| W | Ross Pearson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites | 2015-07-18 |
| W | Rodrigo Damm | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier | 2015-01-03 |
| L | Edson Barboza | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:06 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller | 2014-07-16 |
| L | Donald Cerrone | Submission | R2 · 3:49 | UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks | 2013-11-16 |
| L | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
| W | Gleison Tibau | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar | 2013-02-02 |
| L | TJ Grant | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort | 2012-09-22 |
| W | Nik Lentz | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis | 2012-01-28 |
| W | Shamar Bailey | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger | 2011-09-17 |
| L | Melvin Guillard | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:58 | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2 | 2011-01-22 |
| L | Sean Sherk | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop | 2010-09-25 |
| W | Tyson Griffin | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin | 2010-06-12 |
| W | Efrain Escudero | Submission | R3 · 1:59 | UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz | 2010-01-11 |
| W | Marcus Aurelio | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira | 2009-08-29 |
| W | Per Eklund | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:13 | UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson | 2009-02-21 |
How Dunham Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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