Justin Gaethje
“The Highlight”
LightweightChampionP4P #4Active
Career record
28–5–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
11–5–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
20KO0SUB7DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
3KO2SUB0DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1988-11-14 · age 37
- Height
- 5′ 11″ (71 in)
- Reach
- 70 in
- Leg reach
- 40 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Tucson, United States
- Gym / team
- Genesis Training Center
- Octagon debut
- 2017-07-07
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 6.29
- Striking accuracy
- 57%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 6.83
- Striking defence
- 50%
- Takedown average
- 0.30
- Takedown accuracy
- 26%
- Takedown defence
- 73%
- Submission average
- 0.00
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
16 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | Ilia Topuriatitle | Win | TKO · R4 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs Gaethje |
| 2026-01-24 | Paddy Pimbletttitle | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett |
| 2025-03-08 | Rafael Fiziev | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev |
| 2024-04-13 | Max Holloway | Loss | TKO · R5 · 4:59 | Lightweight | UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill |
| 2023-07-29 | Dustin Poirier | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:00 | Lightweight | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 |
| 2023-03-18 | Rafael Fiziev | Win | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 |
| 2022-05-07 | Charles Oliveira | Loss | Submission · R1 · 3:22 | Lightweight | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje |
| 2021-11-06 | Michael Chandler | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 |
| 2020-10-24 | Khabib Nurmagomedovtitle | Loss | Submission · R2 · 1:34 | Lightweight | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje |
| 2020-05-09 | Tony Fergusontitle | Win | TKO · R5 · 3:39 | Lightweight | UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje |
| 2019-09-14 | Donald Cerrone | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:18 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje |
| 2019-03-30 | Edson Barboza | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:30 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje |
| 2018-08-25 | James Vick | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:27 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick |
| 2018-04-14 | Dustin Poirier | Loss | TKO · R4 · 0:33 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje |
| 2017-12-02 | Eddie Alvarez | Loss | TKO · R3 · 3:59 | Lightweight | UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 |
| 2017-07-07 | Michael Johnson | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:48 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 16 rows in the archive list Justin Gaethje 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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