Derek Brunson
“The One”
MiddleweightActive
Career record
23–9–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
14–7–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
7KO2SUB5DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
6KO0SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1984-01-04 · age 42
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (73 in)
- Reach
- 77 in
- Leg reach
- 43 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Wilmington, United States
- Gym / team
- Sanford MMA
- Octagon debut
- 2012-12-29
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.51
- Striking accuracy
- 47%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.05
- Striking defence
- 51%
- Takedown average
- 3.14
- Takedown accuracy
- 33%
- Takedown defence
- 85%
- Submission average
- 0.60
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
21 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-04 | Dricus Du Plessis | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:59 | Middleweight | UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane |
| 2022-02-12 | Jared Cannonier | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:29 | Middleweight | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 |
| 2021-09-04 | Darren Till | Win | Submission · R3 · 2:13 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till |
| 2021-03-20 | Kevin Holland | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland |
| 2020-08-01 | Edmen Shahbazyan | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:26 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan |
| 2019-08-17 | Ian Heinisch | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 |
| 2019-05-04 | Elias Theodorou | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy |
| 2018-11-03 | Israel Adesanya | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:51 | Middleweight | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis |
| 2018-01-27 | Jacare Souza | Loss | TKO · R1 · 3:50 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2 |
| 2017-10-28 | Lyoto Machida | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:30 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida |
| 2017-06-10 | Daniel Kelly | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:16 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt |
| 2017-02-11 | Anderson Silva | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie |
| 2016-11-26 | Robert Whittaker | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:07 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson |
| 2016-09-17 | Uriah Hall | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:41 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson |
| 2016-02-21 | Roan Carneiro | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:38 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy |
| 2015-08-08 | Sam Alvey | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:19 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux |
| 2015-01-31 | Ed Herman | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:36 | Middleweight | UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz |
| 2014-08-30 | Lorenz Larkin | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto |
| 2014-01-15 | Yoel Romero | Loss | TKO · R3 · 3:23 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou |
| 2013-11-06 | Brian Houston | Win | Submission · R1 · 0:48 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 |
| 2012-12-29 | Chris Leben | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 21 rows in the archive list Derek Brunson as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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