Punahele Soriano

MiddleweightGrappler
7 - 5

12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (57%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
72"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
33
Southpaw

Punahele Soriano UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Punahele Soriano is 7-5 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 4 wins by knockout and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 13-5, 6-0 of it outside the UFC. Soriano competes at middleweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 5'11" with a 72" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a loss to Daniil Donchenko by unanimous decision in Sep 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 90th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (0.60/fight).

Punahele Soriano's UFC win rate is 58% (7 of 12 fights), and 57% of those wins came by finish. Soriano averages 1.0 takedowns per fight at 44% accuracy and stops 40% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
13-5
UFC Record
7-5
Height
5'11"
Reach
72"
Age
33
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Daniil Donchenko · Decision - Unanimous · Sep 2026

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

Punahele Soriano's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Daniil Donchenko · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 2026
  2. Win vs Ramiz Brahimaj · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · Feb 2026
  3. Win vs Nikolay Veretennikov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 2025
  4. Win vs Uros Medic · KO/TKO · R1 0:31 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 · Jan 2025
  5. Win vs Miguel Baeza · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov · Jun 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.9
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
57%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.60

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.6
Strike Differential
+1.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
52%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.0
Takedown Accuracy
44%
Takedown Defense
40%
Control Time / Fight
2:46
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
30% KO
0% Sub
R2
10% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Punahele Soriano vs Average

Punahele Soriano's UFC Fight History

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

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDaniil DonchenkoDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse2026-09-05
WRamiz BrahimajDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez2026-02-21
WNikolay VeretennikovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 22025-10-04
WUros MedicKO/TKOR1 · 0:31UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 22025-01-11
WMiguel BaezaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov2024-06-08
LDustin StoltzfusSubmissionR2 · 4:10UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan2023-12-02
LRoman KopylovKO/TKOR2 · 3:19UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov2023-01-14
WDalcha LungiambulaKO/TKOR2 · 0:28UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez2022-07-16
LNick MaximovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland2022-02-05
LBrendan AllenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw2021-07-24
WDusko TodorovicKO/TKOR1 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar2021-01-16
WOskar PiechotaKO/TKOR1 · 3:17UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14

How Soriano Ranks at Middleweight

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

Striking volume4.9 sig. strikes/min
88th percentile
Striking accuracy57%
88th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.6/min
33rd percentile
Takedowns1.0/fight
57th percentile
Takedown defense40%
18th percentile
Knockdown power0.60/fight
90th percentile

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