Kurt Pellegrino

LightweightGrappler
7 - 5

12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (71%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
70"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
47
Orthodox

Kurt Pellegrino UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Kurt Pellegrino is 7-5 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-7, 9-2 of it outside the UFC. Pellegrino competes at lightweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 5'8" with a 70" reach at 47 years old. The last bout was a loss to Patricky Freire by knockout in Nov 2011.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 86th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (1.9/min).

Kurt Pellegrino's UFC win rate is 58% (7 of 12 fights), and 71% of those wins came by finish. Pellegrino averages 2.0 takedowns per fight at 55% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
16-7
UFC Record
7-5
Height
5'8"
Reach
70"
Age
47
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Patricky Freire · TKO (Punches) · Nov 2011

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

Kurt Pellegrino's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Gleison Tibau · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones · Mar 2011
  2. Loss vs George Sotiropoulos · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin · Jul 2010
  3. Win vs Fabricio Camoes · Submission · R2 4:20 · UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy · Mar 2010
  4. Win vs Josh Neer · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 2009
  5. Win vs Rob Emerson · Submission · R2 3:14 · UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens · Feb 2009

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.5
Accuracy
44%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.25

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.9
0.5x avg
Strike Differential
+0.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
37%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.0
Takedown Accuracy
55%
Takedown Defense
69%
Control Time / Fight
4:51
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
17% Sub
R2
8% KO
17% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Kurt Pellegrino vs Average

Kurt Pellegrino's UFC Fight History

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

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LGleison TibauDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones2011-03-19
LGeorge SotiropoulosDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin2010-07-03
WFabricio CamoesSubmissionR2 · 4:20UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy2010-03-27
WJosh NeerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 101: Declaration2009-08-08
WRob EmersonSubmissionR2 · 3:14UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens2009-02-07
WThiago TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 88: Breakthrough2008-09-06
LNate DiazSubmissionR2 · 3:06UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon2008-04-02
WAlberto CraneKO/TKOR2 · 1:55UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman2008-01-23
LJoe StevensonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 74: Respect2007-08-25
WNate MohrSubmissionR1 · 2:58UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard2007-04-05
WJunior AssuncaoSubmissionR1 · 2:04UFC 64: Unstoppable2006-10-14
LDrew FickettSubmissionR3 · 1:20UFC 61: Bitter Rivals2006-07-08

How Pellegrino Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.5 sig. strikes/min
30th percentile
Striking accuracy44%
51st percentile
Strikes absorbed1.9/min
86th percentile
Takedowns2.0/fight
84th percentile
Takedown defense69%
60th percentile
Knockdown power0.25/fight
66th percentile

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