Evan Tanner
17 UFC Fights | 65% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (82%)
Evan Tanner UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Evan Tanner is 11-6 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 5 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 32-8, 21-2 of it outside the UFC. Tanner competes at middleweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'0" with a 74" reach at 55 years old. The last bout was a loss to Kendall Grove by decision in Jun 2008.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 90th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (59%).
Evan Tanner's UFC win rate is 65% (11 of 17 fights), and 82% of those wins came by finish. Tanner averages 1.1 takedowns per fight at 43% accuracy and stops 25% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 32-8
- UFC Record
- 11-6
- Height
- 6'0"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 55
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Kendall Grove · Decision · Jun 2008
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Evan Tanner's Last 5 Fights
Tanner is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Kendall Grove · Decision · R3 5:00 · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale · Jun 2008
- Loss vs Yushin Okami · KO/TKO · R2 3:00 · UFC 82: Pride of a Champion · Mar 2008
- Win vs Justin Levens · Submission · R1 3:14 · UFC 59: Reality Check · Apr 2006
- Loss vs David Loiseau · KO/TKO · R2 4:15 · UFC Fight Night 2 · Oct 2005
- Loss vs Rich Franklin · KO/TKO · R4 3:25 · UFC 53: Heavy Hitters · Jun 2005
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 — Evan Tanner vs Average
Evan Tanner lands 11.3 strikes in R1 but 16.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Evan Tanner's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (11-6), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kendall Grove | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale | 2008-06-21 |
| L | Yushin Okami | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:00 | UFC 82: Pride of a Champion | 2008-03-01 |
| W | Justin Levens | Submission | R1 · 3:14 | UFC 59: Reality Check | 2006-04-15 |
| L | David Loiseau | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:15 | UFC Fight Night 2 | 2005-10-03 |
| L★ | Rich Franklin | KO/TKO | R4 · 3:25 | UFC 53: Heavy Hitters | 2005-06-04 |
| W★ | David Terrell | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:35 | UFC 51: Super Saturday | 2005-02-05 |
| W | Robbie Lawler | Submission | R1 · 2:22 | UFC 50: The War Of '04 | 2004-10-22 |
| W | Phil Baroni | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 48: Payback | 2004-06-19 |
| W | Phil Baroni | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:42 | UFC 45: Revolution | 2003-11-21 |
| L | Rich Franklin | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:40 | UFC 42: Sudden Impact | 2003-04-25 |
| W | Chris Haseman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall | 2002-07-13 |
| W | Elvis Sinosic | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:06 | UFC 36: Worlds Collide | 2002-03-22 |
| W | Homer Moore | Submission | R2 · 0:55 | UFC 34: High Voltage | 2001-11-02 |
| L★ | Tito Ortiz | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:32 | UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk | 2001-02-23 |
| W | Lance Gibson | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:58 | UFC 29: Defense of the Belts | 2000-12-16 |
| W | Valeri Ignatov | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:58 | UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns | 1999-03-05 |
| W | Darrel Gholar | Submission | R1 · 7:57 | UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title | 1999-01-08 |
How Tanner Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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