Welterweight · “Bad Boy”
Brian Ebersole
51-18-1 (1 NC) UFC 5-3-0
Positional Grappler
Defensive Striker
6'0"Height
73"Reach
SouthpawStance
45Age
1KO wins
0Sub wins
20.0%Finish rate
12:26Avg fight
Skill profile
- Control Above avg 83
- Striking D Above avg 73
- Wrestling Above avg 70
- Accuracy Average 68
- Durability Average 51
- Grappling Below avg 38
- TD Defense Below avg 32
- Striking Below avg 30
Positional Grappler
above avg control — rates 83 of 100 among UFC veterans
Defensive Striker
above avg striking d — rates 73 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min2.42
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.36
Striking accuracy49.0%
Striking defense56.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.15
Takedowns / 15 min1.51
Takedown accuracy18.9%
Takedown defense41.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.15
Control time33.7%
Record vs .500+ opponents3-2
Striking trend
Fight history
L Omari Akhmedov 11-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson · June 6, 2015
2/13Sig. strikes
15/40Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W John Howard 22-9 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso · September 27, 2014
49/94Sig. strikes
42/66Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
3:15Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Rick Story 15-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks · November 16, 2013
42/114Sig. strikes
71/199Absorbed
0/7Takedowns
0:25Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L James Head 8-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 149: Faber vs Barao · July 21, 2012
35/88Sig. strikes
37/83Absorbed
1/15Takedowns
2:54Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W TJ Waldburger 15-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC on FX: Maynard vs Guida · June 22, 2012
39/59Sig. strikes
18/41Absorbed
2/5Takedowns
8:16Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Claude Patrick 14-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 140: Jones vs Machida · December 10, 2011
23/39Sig. strikes
28/47Absorbed
2/12Takedowns
9:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Dennis Hallman 47-13-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:28 — UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2 · August 6, 2011
19/24Sig. strikes
0/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
2:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Chris Lytle 30-17-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · February 26, 2011
32/61Sig. strikes
24/66Absorbed
4/8Takedowns
7:32Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub 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
Wins by method
KO/TKO
14
Submission
20
Decision
17
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
9
Decision
8
Other
0
Draws: 1 · No contests: 1
Fights by organization
UFC
8
UW
6
FFCC
5
Cage Fighting Championships
4
CFM
4
TCC
4
XFC
3
MMA
3
+ 29 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 71 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Steven Kennedy | Decision (unanimous) | Hex Fight Series 6
June 24, 2016 |
Hex Fight Series | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Omari Akhmedov | TKO (knee injury) | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
June 6, 2015 |
UFC | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | John Howard | Decision (split) | UFC 178
September 27, 2014 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Rick Story | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 167
November 16, 2013 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | James Head | Decision (split) | UFC 149
July 21, 2012 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | TJ Waldburger | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida
June 22, 2012 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Claude Patrick | Decision (split) | UFC 140
December 10, 2011 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Dennis Hallman | TKO (elbows) | UFC 133
August 6, 2011 |
UFC | 1 | 4:28 |
| W | Chris Lytle | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 127
February 27, 2011 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Hamish Robertson | TKO (punches) | LGIOP: Van Diemen's Caged Mayhem
January 29, 2011 |
LGIOP | 1 | — |
| W | Carlos Newton | Decision (unanimous) | Impact FC 1
July 10, 2010 |
Impact FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Martin van Staden | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | Fight Force 5: Invasion
April 15, 2010 |
Fight Force | 3 | — |
| W | Ian James Schaffa | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | XMMA 1: Xtreme MMA
December 20, 2009 |
XMMA | 2 | 2:34 |
| W | Jai Bradney | Decision (unanimous) | CWA: Staunch Cage Wars
May 9, 2009 |
CWA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shannon Forrester | KO (cartwheel kick) | XFC: Return of the Hulk
March 14, 2009 |
XFC | 1 | — |
| W | Shane Nix | TKO (knee injury) | Cage Fighting Championships 6: Eliminator
November 7, 2008 |
Cage Fighting Championships | 3 | 3:29 |
| L | Héctor Lombard | TKO (submission to punches) | Cage Fighting Championships 5
September 12, 2008 |
Cage Fighting Championships | 4 | 1:56 |
| W | Wade Henderson | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Cage Fighting Championships 4
May 23, 2008 |
Cage Fighting Championships | 1 | 1:25 |
| W | Dylan Andrews | TKO (punches) | Cage Fighting Championships 3
February 15, 2008 |
Cage Fighting Championships | 2 | 4:26 |
| W | Gordon Graff | Decision (unanimous) | KOTC: Perth
October 5, 2007 |
KOTC | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Jon Valuri | Decision (unanimous) | Shooto Australia: Superfight Australia 1
May 26, 2007 |
Shooto Australia | 2 | 5:00 |
| L | Alex Schoenauer | Decision (split) | IFL: Los Angeles
March 17, 2007 |
IFL | 3 | 4:00 |
| W | David Frendin | TKO (doctor stoppage) | XFC 13: Global Warfare
November 10, 2006 |
XFC | 2 | — |
| L | Kyle Noke | Decision (majority) | XFC 12: Oktoberfist
October 13, 2006 |
XFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| NC | Shannon Ritch | NC (overturned) | FCP: Malice at Cow Palace
September 9, 2006 |
FCP | 1 | 3:46 |
| W | Andrew Varney | Decision (unanimous) | LOF 8: Legends of Fighting 8
July 28, 2006 |
LOF | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Matt Horwich | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie
March 10, 2006 |
Strikeforce | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alex Serdyukov | Decision (unanimous) | ICFO 1: Stockton
May 13, 2005 |
ICFO | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Andy Foster | Decision (unanimous) | FT 6: Full Throttle 6
February 11, 2005 |
FT | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Masanori Suda | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Shooto: 1/29 in Korakuen Hall
January 29, 2005 |
Shooto | 3 | 2:59 |
| W | Gordon Kalimic | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | MMA Mexico: Day 1
December 17, 2004 |
MMA Mexico | 1 | — |
| L | John Renken | Decision (unanimous) | FFC 12: Freestyle Fighting Championships 12
September 24, 2004 |
FFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Nick Thompson | TKO (punches) | FFC 12: Freestyle Fighting Championships 12
September 24, 2004 |
FFC | 1 | — |
| L | Ed Herman | Submission (triangle choke) | SF 5: Stadium
August 28, 2004 |
SF | 2 | — |
| W | Alexei Veselovzorov | TKO (punches) | Euphoria: Russia vs USA
March 13, 2004 |
Euphoria | 3 | 2:26 |
| W | Todd Carney | Decision (unanimous) | KOTR: King of the Rockies 1
January 3, 2004 |
KOTR | 4 | 5:00 |
| W | Shane Tate | TKO (punches) | EP: XXXtreme Impact
December 28, 2003 |
EP | 1 | 1:38 |
| W | Emanuel Newton | TKO (punches) | CFM: Ultimate Fighting Mexico
November 15, 2003 |
CFM | 4 | — |
| D | Brad Lynde | Draw | FCC 12: Freestyle Combat Challenge 12
October 18, 2003 |
FCC | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Chris Fontaine | Decision (unanimous) | CFM: Octogono Extremo
September 27, 2003 |
CFM | 3 | 4:00 |
| L | Tony Fryklund | Submission (ankle lock) | Dangerzone 17: Dakota Destruction
April 12, 2003 |
Dangerzone | 2 | 4:37 |
| W | David Harris | Decision (unanimous) | CFM: Cage Fighting Monterrey
January 30, 2003 |
CFM | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shannon Ritch | TKO (punch) | CFM: Ultimate Fighting
October 26, 2002 |
CFM | 1 | 3:40 |
| L | Bret Bergmark | Decision (split) | UA 4: King of the Mountain
September 28, 2002 |
UA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tom Martini | TKO (submission to punches) | UW: Minnesota
September 7, 2002 |
UW | 1 | — |
| W | Rene Hernandez | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | MMA: Cuando Hierve la Sangre
August 31, 2002 |
MMA | 2 | — |
| W | Shane Schartzer | Submission (kimura) | MMA: Cuando Hierve la Sangre
August 31, 2002 |
MMA | 1 | — |
| W | Joel Blanton | TKO (punches) | UW: Minnesota
August 24, 2002 |
UW | 1 | 4:00 |
| W | Dan Hart | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | CR 4: Cage Rage 4
August 17, 2002 |
CR | 1 | 1:48 |
| W | Nathan McCabe | TKO (punches) | RFC 1: The Beginning
July 13, 2002 |
RFC | 1 | 2:15 |
| W | Desmond Peterson | TKO (submission to punches) | BEFC 2: Big Easy Fighting 2
June 28, 2002 |
BEFC | 1 | — |
| W | Rich Guerin | Decision | CLM 2: Combate Libre Mexico 2
April 26, 2002 |
CLM | — | — |
| W | Edwin Aguilar | Submission (rear-naked choke) | CLM 2: Combate Libre Mexico 2
April 26, 2002 |
CLM | — | — |
| W | Chris Gates | Submission (armbar) | CLM 2: Combate Libre Mexico 2
April 26, 2002 |
CLM | — | — |
| L | Jay Massey | Submission (rear-naked choke) | TCC: Battle of the Badges
April 13, 2002 |
TCC | 1 | — |
| W | Jamie Schell | KO (punch) | UW: Horn vs Wikan
March 2, 2002 |
UW | 2 | 0:43 |
| W | Josh Mueller | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UW: Battle for the Belts
March 2, 2002 |
UW | 1 | 0:37 |
| L | Kerry Schall | Submission (kneebar) | UW: Battle for the Belts
December 8, 2001 |
UW | 1 | 3:15 |
| W | Mark Lowry | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UW: Battle for the Belts
December 8, 2001 |
UW | 1 | 3:22 |
| L | Stephan Bonnar | Submission (guillotine choke) | IHC 3: Exodus
November 10, 2001 |
IHC | 1 | 0:51 |
| W | Eric Zent | Submission (choke) | CR 3: Cage Rage 3
October 20, 2001 |
CR | 2 | 1:00 |
| W | Ed Meyers | Submission (choke) | CR 3: Cage Rage 3
October 20, 2001 |
CR | 1 | 3:36 |
| L | Adrian Serrano | Submission (rear-naked choke) | TCC: Total Combat Challenge
September 29, 2001 |
TCC | 1 | 5:10 |
| W | Darrell Smith | Submission (armbar) | FFCC: Finke's Full Contact Challenge
May 21, 2001 |
FFCC | 2 | — |
| W | Josh Hoover | TKO (submission to slam) | FFCC: Finke's Full Contact Challenge
May 21, 2001 |
FFCC | 3 | — |
| W | Eddie Sanchez | Decision (unanimous) | FFCC: Finke's Full Contact Challenge
April 30, 2001 |
FFCC | 2 | 5:00 |
| L | Jay Massey | Submission (armbar) | MMA: Invitational 4
November 18, 2000 |
MMA | 1 | 1:22 |
| W | Jeremy Morrison | Submission (armbar) | FFCC: Finke's Full Contact Challenge
July 28, 2000 |
FFCC | 1 | — |
| W | Enrique Lowe | Submission (armbar) | FFCC: Finke's Full Contact Challenge
June 16, 2000 |
FFCC | 1 | 3:50 |
| W | Jose Garcia | Submission (rear-naked choke) | TCC: Total Combat Challenge
June 10, 2000 |
TCC | 1 | — |
| L | Chris Albandia | Decision | TCC: Total Combat Challenge
February 24, 2000 |
TCC | 1 | 10:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Brian Ebersole) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.