Justin Gaethje
16 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (64%)
Justin Gaethje UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Justin Gaethje is 11-5 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 7 wins by knockout and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 28-5, 17-0 of it outside the UFC. Gaethje competes at lightweight as an orthodox volume striker, standing 5'11" with a 70" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Ilia Topuria by knockout in Jun 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 97th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (6.3 sig. strikes/min).
Justin Gaethje's UFC win rate is 69% (11 of 16 fights), and 64% of those wins came by finish. Gaethje averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 27% accuracy and stops 73% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 28-5
- UFC Record
- 11-5
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 37
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Ilia Topuria · KO/TKO · Jun 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Justin Gaethje's Last 5 Fights
Gaethje is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Ilia Topuria · KO/TKO · R4 5:00 · UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 2026
- Win vs Paddy Pimblett · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
- Win vs Rafael Fiziev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev · Mar 2025
- Loss vs Max Holloway · KO/TKO · R5 4:59 · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 2024
- Win vs Dustin Poirier · KO/TKO · R2 1:00 · UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Jul 2023
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Justin Gaethje vs Average
Justin Gaethje lands 27.4 strikes in R1 but 28.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Justin Gaethje's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (11-5), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W★ | Ilia Topuria | KO/TKO | R4 · 5:00 | UFC Freedom 250 | 2026-06-14 |
| W★ | Paddy Pimblett | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 2026-01-24 |
| W | Rafael Fiziev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev | 2025-03-08 |
| L | Max Holloway | KO/TKO | R5 · 4:59 | UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill | 2024-04-13 |
| W | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:00 | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 | 2023-07-29 |
| W | Rafael Fiziev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | 2023-03-18 |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Submission | R1 · 3:22 | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje | 2022-05-07 |
| W | Michael Chandler | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 | 2021-11-06 |
| L★ | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Submission | R2 · 1:34 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje | 2020-10-24 |
| W★ | Tony Ferguson | KO/TKO | R5 · 3:39 | UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje | 2020-05-09 |
| W | Donald Cerrone | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:18 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje | 2019-09-14 |
| W | Edson Barboza | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:30 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje | 2019-03-30 |
| W | James Vick | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:27 | UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick | 2018-08-25 |
| L | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO | R4 · 0:33 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje | 2018-04-14 |
| L | Eddie Alvarez | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:59 | UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 | 2017-12-02 |
| W | Michael Johnson | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:48 | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | 2017-07-07 |
How Gaethje Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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