Justin Gaethje · The Clinch

Strike accuracy 1,271/2,208

Takedown accuracy 4/15

Sig. strikes / round 28.2

Control / round 0:18

Inside the distance 64% 7 of 11 wins

Height: 5′11″180.3 cm
Reach: 70″177.8 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 3714 NOV 1988
Listed weight: 155 lb70.3 kg

Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 16 fights - 1.0 takedown attempts and 6% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Striking 6 5-1-0 vs 1613 avg

Distance Striker 6 5-1-0

Grappling 5 2-3-0 vs 1655 avg

Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0

Positional Controller 2 0-2-0

Hybrid 5 4-1-0 vs 1642 avg

Well-Rounded 5 4-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 45 rounds across 16 of 16 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 28.2

Sig. strikes absorbed 30.7

Takedowns landed 0.1

Knockdowns 0.2

Sub. attempts 0.0

Control time 0:18 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 58% 1,271/2,208

Takedowns 27% 4/15

Opponents’ accuracy 49% 1,381/2,801

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 841

Body 11% 139

Leg 23% 291

And from where

At distance 84% 1,065

In the clinch 13% 162

On the ground 3% 44

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-3

Submission 0 won Submission · 0-2

Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-0 Decision (Majority) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
14 JUN 2026	Ilia Topuria	Won	Technical Knockout	R4 5:00	91	97	UFC Freedom 250
24 JAN 2026	Paddy Pimblett	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	144	156	UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
08 MAR 2025	Rafael Fiziev	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	72	68	UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev
13 APR 2024	Max Holloway	Lost	Technical Knockout	R5 4:59	103	181	UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill
29 JUL 2023	Dustin Poirier	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:00	41	27	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
18 MAR 2023	Rafael Fiziev	Won	Decision (Majority)	R3 5:00	103	97	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
07 MAY 2022	Charles Oliveira	Lost	Submission	R1 3:22	21	30	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
06 NOV 2021	Michael Chandler	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	116	103	UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
24 OCT 2020	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Lost	Submission	R2 1:34	29	26	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
09 MAY 2020	Tony Ferguson	Won	Technical Knockout	R5 3:39	143	136	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
14 SEP 2019	Donald Cerrone	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 4:18	40	17	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
30 MAR 2019	Edson Barboza	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 2:30	20	13	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
25 AUG 2018	James Vick	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 1:27	7	10	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
14 APR 2018	Dustin Poirier	Lost	Technical Knockout	R4 0:33	115	174	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
02 DEC 2017	Eddie Alvarez	Lost	Technical Knockout	R3 3:59	122	155	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
07 JUL 2017	Michael Johnson	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 4:48	104	91	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale