Marlon Vera

BantamweightOutfighter
16 - 11

27 UFC Fights | 59% Win Rate | 12 Finishes (75%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
70"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
33
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Marlon Vera UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Marlon Vera is 16-11 in the UFC across 27 fights, with 8 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-12-1, 8-1 of it outside the UFC. Vera competes at bantamweight as a switch outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 70" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a win over Charles Jourdain by knockout in Sep 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 92nd percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (0.62/fight).

Marlon Vera's UFC win rate is 59% (16 of 27 fights), and 75% of those wins came by finish. Vera averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 45% accuracy and stops 73% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-12-1
UFC Record
16-11
Height
5'8"
Reach
70"
Age
33
Stance
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Last Fight
W vs Charles Jourdain · KO/TKO · Sep 2026

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

Marlon Vera's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Win vs Charles Jourdain · KO/TKO · R3 2:02 · UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 · Sep 2026
  2. Loss vs David Martinez · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh · Feb 2026
  3. Loss vs Aiemann Zahabi · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen · Oct 2025
  4. Loss vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024
  5. Loss vs Sean O'Malley · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.3
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.62

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
5.4
Strike Differential
+-1.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
51%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
45%
Takedown Defense
73%
Control Time / Fight
1:16
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.7

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
4% Sub
R2
4% KO
12% Sub
R3+
19% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Marlon Vera vs Average

Marlon Vera lands 14.0 strikes in R1 but 24.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Marlon Vera's UFC Fight History

27 UFC fights on record (16-11), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WCharles JourdainKO/TKOR3 · 2:02UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 22026-09-19
LDavid MartinezDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh2026-02-28
LAiemann ZahabiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen2025-10-18
LDeiveson FigueiredoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov2024-08-03
L★Sean O'MalleyDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
WPedro MunhozDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19
LCory SandhagenDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen2023-03-25
WDominick CruzKO/TKOR4 · 2:17UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz2022-08-13
WRob FontDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera2022-04-30
WFrankie EdgarKO/TKOR3 · 3:50UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06
WDavey GrantDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige2021-06-19
LJose AldoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal2020-12-19
WSean O'MalleyKO/TKOR1 · 4:40UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 32020-08-15
LSong YadongDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris2020-05-16
WAndre EwellKO/TKOR3 · 3:17UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson2019-10-12
WNohelin HernandezSubmissionR2 · 3:25UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos2019-07-06
WFrankie SaenzKO/TKOR1 · 1:25UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis2019-03-23
WGuido CannettiSubmissionR2 · 1:31UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio2018-11-17
WWulijiburenKO/TKOR2 · 4:53UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 22018-08-04
LDouglas Silva de AndradeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders2018-02-03
LJohn LinekerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28
WBrian KelleherSubmissionR1 · 2:18UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum2017-07-22
WBrad PickettKO/TKOR3 · 3:50UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson2017-03-18
WGuangyou NingDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26
LDavey GrantDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping2016-02-27
WRoman SalazarSubmissionR2 · 2:15UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux2015-08-08
LMarco BeltranDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 180: Werdum vs Hunt2014-11-15

How Vera Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.3 sig. strikes/min
75th percentile
Striking accuracy49%
73rd percentile
Strikes absorbed5.4/min
6th percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
32nd percentile
Takedown defense73%
73rd percentile
Knockdown power0.62/fight
92nd percentile

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