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Heavyweight

Ben Rothwell

9-8-0
6'4"Height
78"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1981-10-17Born
4KO wins
3Sub wins
77.8%Finish rate
10:02Avg fight
Statistical profile

The shape of their game.

Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.

Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans

Volume Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control

Career rates

Sig. strikes landed / min3.99
Sig. strikes absorbed / min5.21
Striking accuracy43.3%
Striking defense44.7%
Takedowns / 15 min0.79
Takedown accuracy32.1%
Takedown defense59.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.53
Control time18.9%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-6
Striking trend

Output, fight by fight.

Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.

2016-04-10 vs Junior Dos Santos — 3.08/min (L) 16-04 2019-03-09 vs Blagoy Ivanov — 4.67/min (L) 19-03 2019-07-20 vs Andrei Arlovski — 4.67/min (L) 19-07 2019-12-07 vs Stefan Struve — 5.83/min (W) 19-12 2020-05-13 vs Ovince Saint Preux — 3.73/min (W) 20-05 2020-10-10 vs Marcin Tybura — 5.93/min (L) 20-10 2021-05-22 vs Chris Barnett — 8.43/min (W) 21-05 2021-11-13 vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima — 3.75/min (L) 21-11
Fight history

Every walk to the cage.

17 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.

L Marcos Rogerio de Lima 7-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:32 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · 2021-11-13
2/8Sig. strikes
14/24Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Chris Barnett 0-0 walk-in Submission · R2 2:07 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · 2021-05-22
60/101Sig. strikes
33/85Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
2:03Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Marcin Tybura 6-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · 2020-10-10
89/276Sig. strikes
94/183Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ovince Saint Preux 12-8 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira · 2020-05-13
56/110Sig. strikes
42/82Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
5:49Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Stefan Struve 13-9 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:57 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · 2019-12-07
58/101Sig. strikes
53/77Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
4:38Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Andrei Arlovski 16-12 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards · 2019-07-20
70/177Sig. strikes
152/263Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
2:14Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Blagoy Ivanov 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos · 2019-03-09
70/163Sig. strikes
72/178Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Junior Dos Santos 11-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos · 2016-04-10
77/212Sig. strikes
157/247Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Josh Barnett 6-2 walk-in Submission · R2 3:48 — UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader · 2016-01-30
35/91Sig. strikes
35/68Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:07Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Matt Mitrione 9-3 walk-in Submission · R1 1:54 — UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson · 2015-06-06
5/16Sig. strikes
8/21Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Alistair Overeem 2-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:19 — UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi · 2014-09-05
17/27Sig. strikes
20/21Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:13Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brandon Vera 8-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:54 — UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 · 2013-08-31
56/103Sig. strikes
41/63Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:40Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Gabriel Gonzaga 8-5 walk-in Submission · R2 1:01 — UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping · 2013-01-19
12/27Sig. strikes
17/28Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:37Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brendan Schaub 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:10 — UFC 145: Jones vs Evans · 2012-04-21
8/17Sig. strikes
9/17Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Mark Hunt 1-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage · 2011-09-24
19/50Sig. strikes
47/95Absorbed
2/14Takedowns
2:12Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Gilbert Yvel 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin · 2010-06-12
44/72Sig. strikes
33/61Absorbed
5/7Takedowns
12:20Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Cain Velasquez 4-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:58 — UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun · 2009-10-24
3/21Sig. strikes
62/95Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

How the record was built.

UFC bouts in this database — the full pre-UFC career fills in as the weekly career backfill reaches this fighter.

9-8-0UFC record

Wins by method

KO/TKO 4
Submission 3
Decision 2
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 2
Submission 1
Decision 5
Other 0

Fights by organization

UFC 17

Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.

Division context

Measured against the division.

Versus the Heavyweight average, over 99 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.

Striking volume /min 4.0 avg 3.4
Strikes absorbed /min 5.2 avg 3.3
Striking accuracy 43.3% avg 49.5%
Striking defense 44.7% avg 52.1%
Takedowns /15 min 0.8 avg 1.2
Takedown accuracy 32.1% avg 36.7%
Takedown defense 59.3% avg 62.2%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.5 avg 0.4
Control time 18.9% avg 21.5%
Finish rate 77.8% avg 63.4%