Karl Roberson
10 UFC Fights | 40% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (50%)
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.
- Loss vs Kennedy Nzechukwu · KO/TKO · R3 2:19 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · Jul 2022
- Loss vs Khalil Rountree Jr. · KO/TKO · R2 0:25 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 2022
- Loss vs Brendan Allen · Submission · R1 4:55 · UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 · Apr 2021
- Loss vs Marvin Vettori · Submission · R1 4:17 · UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo · Jun 2020
- Win vs Roman Kopylov · Submission · R3 4:01 · UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · Nov 2019
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kennedy Nzechukwu | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:19 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev | 2022-07-09 |
| L | Khalil Rountree Jr. | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:25 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev | 2022-03-12 |
| L | Brendan Allen | Submission | R1 · 4:55 | UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 | 2021-04-24 |
| L | Marvin Vettori | Submission | R1 · 4:17 | UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo | 2020-06-13 |
| W | Roman Kopylov | Submission | R3 · 4:01 | UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar | 2019-11-09 |
| W | Wellington Turman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd | 2019-07-13 |
| L | Glover Teixeira | Submission | R1 · 3:21 | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw | 2019-01-19 |
| W | Jack Marshman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis | 2018-11-03 |
| L | Cezar Ferreira | Submission | R1 · 4:45 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Darren Stewart | Submission | R1 · 3:41 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis | 2017-11-11 |
How Roberson Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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