Heavyweight · “Beastboy”
Chris Barnett
23-10-0 UFC 2-4-0
Precision Striker
Durable
Taken Down Often
5'9"Height
75"Reach
OrthodoxStance
40Age
2KO wins
0Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
8:49Avg fight
Skill profile
- Accuracy Average 60
- Striking Average 48
- Durability Weak 19
- Grappling Weak 18
- TD Defense Weak 10
- Control Weak 10
- Wrestling Weak 9
- Striking D Weak 2
Built on 52 minutes of tracked cage time across 6 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Precision Striker
average accuracy — rates 60 of 100 among UFC veterans
Durable
weak durability — rates 19 of 100 among UFC veterans
Taken Down Often
put on his back 11 times · 3.1 per 15 min
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.36
Sig. strikes absorbed / min6.55
Striking accuracy47.6%
Striking defense36.4%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.28
Takedowns / 15 min0.0
Takedown accuracy0.0%
Takedown defense35.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time3.1%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-2
Insider info
Jake Collier favored — picked against Chris Barnett clear UFC 279 · September 7, 2022
He calls the pick obvious and notes Collier is a heavy betting favorite, even while warning that close decisions have not gone his way with judges before.
Chris Barnett is undersized for a heavyweight but compensates with a genuinely wild finishing instinct, having produced highlight-reel knockouts including a spinning-kick finish in a prior fight. The problem is that path is essentially his only route to victory — outside of a spectacular finish, the analyst doesn't see him winning rounds against a bigger, longer opponent. A sour note from his last outing, where he appeared to lobby for a stoppage over borderline contact rather than fight through it, further dims the outlook here.
Strengthtrue one-strike finishing ability
Strengthflashy, hard-to-predict striking
Weaknesssignificant size and reach disadvantage against Collier
Weaknessno clear path to a decision win
Weaknessquestionable composure flagged from his last fight
Striking trend
Fight history
L Hamdy Abdelwahab 6-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · October 25, 2025
18/35Sig. strikes
99/139Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Kennedy Nzechukwu 12-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:27 — UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway · October 26, 2024
12/34Sig. strikes
51/74Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jake Collier 13-7 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:24 — UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson · September 10, 2022
54/98Sig. strikes
51/98Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Martin Buday 9-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 1:38 — UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · April 16, 2022
23/52Sig. strikes
56/83Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Gian Villante 17-13 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:23 — UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 · November 6, 2021
38/70Sig. strikes
30/51Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:12Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Ben Rothwell 35-13 walk-in Submission · R2 2:07 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 22, 2021
33/85Sig. strikes
60/101Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:02Control
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
Wins by method
KO/TKO
18
Submission
0
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
4
Submission
1
Decision
5
Other
0
Fights by organization
Island Fights
7
UFC
6
Road FC
5
Xtreme FC
5
Inoki Genome Fight
3
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye
2
UAE Warriors
1
Rizin
1
+ 3 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 33 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Hamdy Abdelwahab | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 321
October 25, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kennedy Nzechukwu | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | UFC 308
October 26, 2024 |
UFC | 1 | 4:27 |
| W | Jake Collier | TKO (punches) | UFC 279
September 10, 2022 |
UFC | 2 | 2:24 |
| L | Martin Buday | Technical Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
April 16, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 1:37 |
| W | Gian Villante | TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches) | UFC 268
November 6, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 2:23 |
| L | Ben Rothwell | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
May 22, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 2:07 |
| W | Ahmed Tijani Shehu | TKO (punches) | UAE Warriors 13
September 25, 2020 |
UAE Warriors | 1 | 0:58 |
| W | Rashaun Jackson | Decision (split) | Island Fights 60
October 10, 2019 |
Island Fights | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shim Yoon-jae | TKO (punch) | Road FC 055
September 8, 2019 |
Road FC | 1 | 3:44 |
| W | Robert Neal | Decision (unanimous) | Island Fights 52
February 7, 2019 |
Island Fights | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexandru Lungu | TKO (punches) | Road FC 047
May 12, 2018 |
Road FC | 1 | 2:34 |
| W | Shim Yoon-jae | TKO (spinning back kick) | Road FC 045
December 23, 2017 |
Road FC | 2 | 3:33 |
| L | Alex Nicholson | KO (elbow) | Island Fights 42
October 14, 2017 |
Island Fights | 1 | 0:40 |
| L | Myung Hyun-man | KO (punch) | Road FC 041
August 12, 2017 |
Road FC | 2 | 1:53 |
| L | Myung Hyun-man | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Road FC 038
April 15, 2017 |
Road FC | 1 | 2:17 |
| W | Frank Tate | Decision (split) | Island Fights 39
November 18, 2016 |
Island Fights | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kirill Sidelnikov | Decision (split) | Rizin 1
April 17, 2016 |
Rizin | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shinichi Suzukawa | TKO (punches) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2015
December 31, 2015 |
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye | 1 | 1:44 |
| L | Oli Thompson | Decision (unanimous) | Inoki Genome Fight 4
August 29, 2015 |
Inoki Genome Fight | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Emil Zahariev | KO (spinning back kick to the body) | Inoki Genome Fight 3
April 11, 2015 |
Inoki Genome Fight | 2 | 2:58 |
| W | Shinichi Suzukawa | TKO (punches) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014
December 31, 2014 |
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye | 1 | 1:57 |
| W | Jon Hill | TKO (punches) | Island Fights 30
September 20, 2014 |
Island Fights | 1 | 0:30 |
| W | Travis Wiuff | TKO (punches) | Inoki Genome Fight 2
August 23, 2014 |
Inoki Genome Fight | 2 | 0:27 |
| W | Richard White | TKO (punches) | Island Fights 28
May 9, 2014 |
Island Fights | 1 | 4:57 |
| W | Demoreo Dennis | TKO (punches) | Island Fights 27
February 8, 2014 |
Island Fights | 2 | 1:13 |
| W | Walt Harris | Decision (unanimous) | World Extreme Fighting 46
April 22, 2011 |
World Extreme Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mario Rinaldi | TKO (punches) | Xtreme FC 13
December 3, 2010 |
Xtreme FC | 2 | 1:44 |
| L | Eric Prindle | Decision (majority) | Martial Combat 12
October 16, 2010 |
Martial Combat | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jay White | KO (punches) | Xtreme FC 11
July 9, 2010 |
Xtreme FC | 1 | 4:39 |
| W | Joel Wyatt | TKO (punches) | World Cagefighting Championships 2
May 28, 2010 |
World Cagefighting Championships | 2 | 0:43 |
| W | Kenny Garner | TKO (punches) | Xtreme FC 10
March 19, 2010 |
Xtreme FC | 3 | 1:36 |
| W | Daniel Perez | TKO (punches) | Xtreme FC 9
September 5, 2009 |
Xtreme FC | 2 | 0:47 |
| W | Johnathan Ivey | Decision (unanimous) | Xtreme FC 8
April 25, 2009 |
Xtreme FC | 3 | 5:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Chris Barnett) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.