Charlie Ward
Skill profile
Built on 3 minutes of tracked cage time across 2 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
Fabian Edwards favored — picked against Charlie Ward clear Bellator 287 · October 25, 2022
The analyst favors Edwards but lays out a real alternate path where Ward's toughness and top-position ground strikes get him there.
Ward is an unconventional, well-liked personality who keeps winning fights despite not looking like the prototypical athlete, and his calling card is being extremely hard to hurt or put away. His most realistic route to victory is weathering the distance striking long enough to close in, get a hold of his opponent, and unload heavy ground-and-pound from top position, where he shows little regard for anything coming back at him. The concern is the gap in outside striking and reach — he's expected to eat a lot of shots covering that distance, and the analyst thinks the reach disadvantage and lack of pure athleticism make that path a tough one to consistently execute.
Fight history
L Galore Bofando 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:10 — UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio · July 16, 2017
L Abdul Razak Alhassan 6-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:53 — UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 · November 19, 2016
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
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Full career — 17 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Grégory Babene | Submission (guillotine choke) | Bellator 299
September 23, 2023 |
Bellator | 1 | 1:03 |
| L | Mike Shipman | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 291
February 25, 2023 |
Bellator | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Fabian Edwards | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 287
October 29, 2022 |
Bellator | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alan Carlos | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 281
May 13, 2022 |
Bellator | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Andy Manzolo | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator Milan 3
October 3, 2020 |
Bellator Milan | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Kyle Kurtz | TKO (punches) | Bellator 240
February 22, 2020 |
Bellator | 3 | 4:24 |
| L | Pietro Penini Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator London 2
November 23, 2019 |
Bellator London | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Justin Moore | TKO (punches) | Bellator 223
June 22, 2019 |
Bellator | 2 | 3:23 |
| W | Jamie Stephenson | KO (punch) | Bellator 217
February 23, 2019 |
Bellator | 1 | 0:34 |
| W | Martin Hudson | TKO (punches) | Bellator 200
May 25, 2018 |
Bellator | 1 | 2:23 |
| W | John Redmond | KO (punches) | Bellator 187
November 10, 2017 |
Bellator | 1 | 4:59 |
| L | Galore Bofando | KO (slam) | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
July 16, 2017 |
UFC | 1 | 2:10 |
| L | Abdul Razak Alhassan | KO (punch) | UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2
November 19, 2016 |
UFC | 1 | 0:53 |
| W | Gareth Williams | Decision (majority) | Adrenalin Fight Nights: Adrenalin Blast
June 4, 2016 |
Adrenalin Fight Nights | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | João Carvalho | TKO (punches) | Total Extreme Fighting 1
April 9, 2016 |
Total Extreme Fighting | 3 | — |
| W | Ciaran Daly | Decision (unanimous) | Cage Kings 2
August 9, 2015 |
Cage Kings | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | John Phillips | KO (punch) | Fightstar Promotions: Rage in the Cage 3
March 21, 2015 |
Fightstar Promotions | 2 | 0:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Charlie Ward (fighter)) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.