Nate Marquardt
25 UFC Fights | 52% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (69%)
Nate Marquardt UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Nate Marquardt is 13-12 in the UFC across 25 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 36-20-2, 23-8 of it outside the UFC. Marquardt competes at middleweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'0" with a 74" reach at 47 years old. The last bout was a loss to Valdir Araujo by knockout in Oct 2021.
Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 88th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (2.1/min).
Nate Marquardt's UFC win rate is 52% (13 of 25 fights), and 69% of those wins came by finish. Marquardt averages 1.3 takedowns per fight at 59% accuracy and stops 71% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 36-20-2
- UFC Record
- 13-12
- Height
- 6'0"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 47
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Valdir Araujo · TKO (Body Kick and Punches) · Oct 2021
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Nate Marquardt's Last 5 Fights
Marquardt is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Cezar Ferreira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis · Nov 2017
- Loss vs Vitor Belfort · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway · Jun 2017
- Loss vs Sam Alvey · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena · Jan 2017
- Win vs Tamdan McCrory · KO/TKO · R2 4:44 · UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson · Oct 2016
- Loss vs Thiago Santos · KO/TKO · R1 3:39 · UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic · May 2016
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Nate Marquardt vs Average
Nate Marquardt lands 11.3 strikes in R1 but 12.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Nate Marquardt's UFC Fight History
25 UFC fights on record (13-12), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Cezar Ferreira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis | 2017-11-11 |
| L | Vitor Belfort | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway | 2017-06-03 |
| L | Sam Alvey | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena | 2017-01-28 |
| W | Tamdan McCrory | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:44 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | 2016-10-01 |
| L | Thiago Santos | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:39 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| W | CB Dollaway | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:28 | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | 2015-12-19 |
| L | Kelvin Gastelum | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum | 2015-06-13 |
| L | Brad Tavares | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier | 2015-01-03 |
| W | James Te Huna | Submission | R1 · 4:34 | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt | 2014-06-28 |
| L | Hector Lombard | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:48 | UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 | 2013-10-19 |
| L | Jake Ellenberger | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:00 | UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz | 2013-03-16 |
| W | Dan Miller | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones | 2011-03-19 |
| L | Yushin Okami | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 122: Marquardt vs Okami | 2010-11-13 |
| W | Rousimar Palhares | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:28 | UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares | 2010-09-15 |
| L | Chael Sonnen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 109: Relentless | 2010-02-06 |
| W | Demian Maia | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:21 | UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira | 2009-08-29 |
| W | Wilson Gouveia | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:10 | UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson | 2009-02-21 |
| W | Martin Kampmann | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:22 | UFC 88: Breakthrough | 2008-09-06 |
| L | Thales Leites | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 85: Bedlam | 2008-06-07 |
| W | Jeremy Horn | Submission | R2 · 1:37 | UFC 81: Breaking Point | 2008-02-02 |
| L★ | Anderson Silva | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:50 | UFC 73: Stacked | 2007-07-07 |
| W | Dean Lister | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon | 2007-01-25 |
| W | Crafton Wallace | Submission | R2 · 1:14 | Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter | 2006-10-10 |
| W | Joe Doerksen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 58: USA vs Canada | 2006-03-04 |
| W | Ivan Salaverry | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 1 | 2005-08-06 |
How Marquardt Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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