Yancy Medeiros
15 UFC Fights | 40% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (83%)
Yancy Medeiros UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Yancy Medeiros is 6-8 in the UFC across 15 fights (1 no contest), with 2 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-9 (2 NC), 10-1 of it outside the UFC. Medeiros competes at lightweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'10" with a 75" reach at 39 years old. The last bout was a loss to Zhora Ayvazyan by unanimous decision in Sep 2024.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 95th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (0.57/fight).
Yancy Medeiros's UFC win rate is 40% (6 of 15 fights), and 83% of those wins came by finish. Medeiros averages 0.2 takedowns per fight at 50% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 16-9 (2 NC)
- UFC Record
- 6-8 (1 NC)
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 75"
- Age
- 39
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Zhora Ayvazyan · Decision (Unanimous) · Sep 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Yancy Medeiros's Last 5 Fights
Medeiros is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Damir Hadzovic · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · Jun 2021
- Loss vs Lando Vannata · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz · Feb 2020
- Loss vs Gregor Gillespie · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw · Jan 2019
- Loss vs Donald Cerrone · KO/TKO · R1 4:58 · UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros · Feb 2018
- Win vs Alex Oliveira · KO/TKO · R3 2:02 · UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 · Dec 2017
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Yancy Medeiros vs Average
Yancy Medeiros lands 17.0 strikes in R1 but 22.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Yancy Medeiros's UFC Fight History
15 UFC fights on record (6-8 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Damir Hadzovic | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov | 2021-06-26 |
| L | Lando Vannata | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz | 2020-02-15 |
| L | Gregor Gillespie | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw | 2019-01-19 |
| L | Donald Cerrone | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:58 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros | 2018-02-18 |
| W | Alex Oliveira | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:02 | UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 | 2017-12-02 |
| W | Erick Silva | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:01 | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway | 2017-06-03 |
| W | Sean Spencer | Submission | R2 · 0:49 | UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem | 2016-09-10 |
| L | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| W | John Makdessi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| L | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:38 | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson | 2015-06-06 |
| W | Joe Proctor | Submission | R1 · 4:37 | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale | 2014-12-12 |
| W | Damon Jackson | Submission | R2 · 1:54 | UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto | 2014-08-30 |
| L | Jim Miller | Submission | R1 · 3:18 | UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira | 2014-04-26 |
| D/NC | Yves Edwards | Other | R1 · 2:47 | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 | 2013-11-06 |
| L | Rustam Khabilov | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:32 | UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen | 2013-04-27 |
How Medeiros Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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