Ion Cutelaba

Light HeavyweightComplete Fighter
9 - 111 D

21 UFC Fights | 43% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (67%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
75"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
32
Southpaw

Ion Cutelaba UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Ion Cutelaba is 9-11-1 in the UFC across 21 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-12-1 (1 NC), 11-1 of it outside the UFC. Cutelaba competes at light heavyweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 6'1" with a 75" reach at 32 years old. The last bout was a loss to Navajo Stirling by knockout in Jun 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 87th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (1.8/fight).

Ion Cutelaba's UFC win rate is 43% (9 of 21 fights), and 67% of those wins came by finish. Cutelaba averages 1.8 takedowns per fight at 52% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
20-12-1 (1 NC)
UFC Record
9-11-1
Height
6'1"
Reach
75"
Age
32
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Navajo Stirling · KO/TKO · Jun 2026

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

Ion Cutelaba's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Navajo Stirling · KO/TKO · R2 3:23 · UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · Jun 2026
  2. Win vs Oumar Sy · Submission · R1 4:24 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos · Mar 2026
  3. Loss vs Modestas Bukauskas · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 2025
  4. Win vs Ibo Aslan · Submission · R1 2:51 · UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · Feb 2025
  5. Win vs Ivan Erslan · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.1
Accuracy
43%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.10

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.9
Opp. Accuracy Against
53%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.8
Takedown Accuracy
52%
Takedown Defense
77%
Control Time / Fight
1:44
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
20% KO
10% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ion Cutelaba vs Average

Ion Cutelaba's UFC Fight History

21 UFC fights on record (9-11-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LNavajo StirlingKO/TKOR2 · 3:23UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi2026-06-20
WOumar SySubmissionR1 · 4:24UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos2026-03-14
LModestas BukauskasDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena2025-05-10
WIbo AslanSubmissionR1 · 2:51UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song2025-02-22
WIvan ErslanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis2024-09-28
LPhilipe LinsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
WTanner BoserKO/TKOR1 · 2:05UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen2023-04-15
LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKOR2 · 1:02UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba2022-11-19
LJohnny WalkerSubmissionR1 · 4:37UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson2022-09-10
LRyan SpannSubmissionR1 · 2:22UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14
WDevin ClarkDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann2021-09-18
D/NCDustin JacobyDrawR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka2021-05-01
LMagomed AnkalaevKO/TKOR1 · 4:19UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje2020-10-24
LMagomed AnkalaevKO/TKOR1 · 0:38UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo2020-02-29
WKhalil Rountree Jr.KO/TKOR1 · 2:35UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier2019-09-28
LGlover TeixeiraSubmissionR2 · 3:37UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson2019-04-27
WGadzhimurad AntigulovKO/TKOR1 · 4:25UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 22018-07-28
WHenrique da SilvaKO/TKOR1 · 0:22UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
LJared CannonierDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale2016-12-03
WJonathan WilsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson2016-10-01
LMisha CirkunovSubmissionR3 · 1:22UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson2016-06-18

How Cutelaba Ranks at Light Heavyweight

Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.1 sig. strikes/min
71st percentile
Striking accuracy43%
32nd percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
59th percentile
Takedowns1.8/fight
87th percentile
Takedown defense77%
64th percentile
Knockdown power0.10/fight
36th percentile

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