Joe Riggs

WelterweightClinch Fighter
5 - 7

12 UFC Fights | 42% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (60%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
70"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
43
Southpaw

Joe Riggs UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Joe Riggs is 5-7 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 50-18-1 (2 NC), 45-11 of it outside the UFC. Riggs competes at welterweight as a southpaw clinch fighter, standing 6'0" with a 70" reach at 43 years old. The last bout was a no contest against George Sullivan in Nov 2019.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 93rd percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (1.8/min).

Joe Riggs's UFC win rate is 42% (5 of 12 fights), and 60% of those wins came by finish. Riggs averages 1.0 takedowns per fight at 58% accuracy and stops 72% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
50-18-1 (2 NC)
UFC Record
5-7
Height
6'0"
Reach
70"
Age
43
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
NC vs George Sullivan · No Contest (Overturned) · Nov 2019

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

Joe Riggs's Last 5 Fights

Riggs is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Chris Camozzi · KO/TKO · R1 0:26 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy · Feb 2016
  2. Win vs Ron Stallings · DQ · R2 2:28 · UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 · Sep 2015
  3. Loss vs Patrick Cote · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi · Apr 2015
  4. Loss vs Ben Saunders · Submission · R1 0:57 · UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic · Dec 2014
  5. Loss vs Diego Sanchez · KO/TKO · R1 1:45 · UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs · Dec 2006

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.2
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.8
0.5x avg
Strike Differential
+0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
45%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.0
Takedown Accuracy
58%
Takedown Defense
72%
Control Time / Fight
1:39
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
9% Sub
R2
18% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Joe Riggs vs Average

Joe Riggs lands 4.9 strikes in R1 but 11.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Joe Riggs's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (5-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LChris CamozziKO/TKOR1 · 0:26UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy2016-02-21
WRon StallingsDQR2 · 2:28UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 22015-09-05
LPatrick CoteDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi2015-04-25
LBen SaundersSubmissionR1 · 0:57UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic2014-12-13
LDiego SanchezKO/TKOR1 · 1:45UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs2006-12-13
WJason Von FlueSubmissionR1 · 2:01UFC Fight Night 62006-08-17
LMike SwickSubmissionR1 · 2:19UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie2006-05-27
WNick DiazDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 32006-02-04
LMatt HughesSubmissionR1 · 3:28UFC 56: Full Force2005-11-19
WChris LytleKO/TKOR2 · 2:00UFC 55: Fury2005-10-07
LIvan SalaverrySubmissionR1 · 2:42UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 22005-04-16
WJoe DoerksenKO/TKOR2 · 3:39UFC 49: Unfinished Business2004-08-21

How Riggs Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.2 sig. strikes/min
21st percentile
Striking accuracy49%
72nd percentile
Strikes absorbed1.8/min
93rd percentile
Takedowns1.0/fight
53rd percentile
Takedown defense72%
71st percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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