Karl Roberson

MiddleweightGrappler
4 - 6

10 UFC Fights | 40% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (50%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
74"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
35
Southpaw

Karl Roberson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Karl Roberson is 4-6 in the UFC across 10 fights, with 2 wins by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 9-7, 5-1 of it outside the UFC. Roberson competes at middleweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 6'1" with a 74" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Handesson Ferreira by unanimous decision in Mar 2024.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 77th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (2.4/min).

Karl Roberson's UFC win rate is 40% (4 of 10 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Roberson averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 40% accuracy and stops 41% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
9-7
UFC Record
4-6
Height
6'1"
Reach
74"
Age
35
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Handesson Ferreira · Decision (Unanimous) · Mar 2024

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

Karl Roberson's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Kennedy Nzechukwu · KO/TKO · R3 2:19 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · Jul 2022
  2. Loss vs Khalil Rountree Jr. · KO/TKO · R2 0:25 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 2022
  3. Loss vs Brendan Allen · Submission · R1 4:55 · UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 · Apr 2021
  4. Loss vs Marvin Vettori · Submission · R1 4:17 · UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo · Jun 2020
  5. Win vs Roman Kopylov · Submission · R3 4:01 · UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · Nov 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.5
Accuracy
52%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.10

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.4
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+0.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
42%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.4
Takedown Accuracy
40%
Takedown Defense
41%
Control Time / Fight
1:27
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

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

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Karl Roberson vs Average

Karl Roberson's UFC Fight History

10 UFC fights on record (4-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKOR3 · 2:19UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev2022-07-09
LKhalil Rountree Jr.KO/TKOR2 · 0:25UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev2022-03-12
LBrendan AllenSubmissionR1 · 4:55UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 22021-04-24
LMarvin VettoriSubmissionR1 · 4:17UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo2020-06-13
WRoman KopylovSubmissionR3 · 4:01UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar2019-11-09
WWellington TurmanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd2019-07-13
LGlover TeixeiraSubmissionR1 · 3:21UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw2019-01-19
WJack MarshmanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
LCezar FerreiraSubmissionR1 · 4:45UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington2018-05-12
WDarren StewartSubmissionR1 · 3:41UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis2017-11-11

How Roberson Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.5 sig. strikes/min
34th percentile
Striking accuracy52%
73rd percentile
Strikes absorbed2.4/min
77th percentile
Takedowns0.4/fight
30th percentile
Takedown defense41%
21st percentile
Knockdown power0.10/fight
34th percentile

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