Heavyweight
Jared Vanderaa
18-13-0 UFC 1-6-0
Forward Pressure
KO-Prone
6'4"Height
80"Reach
OrthodoxStance
34Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
11:34Avg fight
Skill profile
striking
not yet read
grappling
decent
1 read
wrestling
decent
1 read
cardio
not yet read
durability
not yet read
Built on 81 minutes of tracked cage time across 7 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Forward Pressure
4.9 landed and 5.7 absorbed per minute — he turns fights into firefights
KO-Prone
3 of 6 losses came by knockout
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min4.9
Sig. strikes absorbed / min5.71
Striking accuracy44.4%
Striking defense45.2%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min0.0
Takedown accuracy0.0%
Takedown defense20.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time5.2%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-3
Insider info
Waldo Cortez-Acosta favored — picked against Jared Vanderaa lean UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen · October 26, 2022
grapplingdecent
wrestlingdecent
The read is skeptical mainly because of a pattern of avoiding his own best tool — his wrestling and jiu-jitsu — in favor of standing and trading, which is viewed as a poor decision against live power.
Vanderaa actually has the tools to be favored here on paper — credible wrestling and jiu-jitsu that, if used consistently, would give him a real path to victory against a debuting opponent. The issue is a pattern of poor fight-IQ decisions, repeatedly choosing to stand and trade against opponents he probably shouldn't, which recently led to a knockout loss. He does carry more experience against ranked-level competition than his opponent, but that experience won't matter if he continues to abandon his best path to winning.
Strengthcredible wrestling and jiu-jitsu when he chooses to use it
Strengthmore experience against higher-level UFC competition
Weaknesspoor fight-IQ decision-making, avoids his own grappling advantage
Weaknessrecently knocked out, coming off a four-fight skid
Weaknesstends to stand and trade against live power unnecessarily
Striking trend
Fight history
L Waldo Cortes Acosta 7-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen · October 29, 2022
56/138Sig. strikes
73/158Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:13Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Chase Sherman 15-10 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 3:10 — UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · July 9, 2022
109/266Sig. strikes
137/235Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Aleksei Oleinik 36-16-1 walk-in Submission · R1 3:39 — UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie · April 9, 2022
15/40Sig. strikes
8/22Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:54Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Andrei Arlovski 31-20 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · February 12, 2022
70/156Sig. strikes
64/133Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
2:44Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alexandr Romanov 14-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:43 — UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez · October 9, 2021
13/23Sig. strikes
56/78Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Justin Tafa 4-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 22, 2021
121/248Sig. strikes
74/147Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:24Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Serghei Spivac 11-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:32 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis · February 20, 2021
13/24Sig. strikes
51/72Absorbed
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
Wins by method
KO/TKO
8
Submission
7
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
4
Decision
4
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
7
EFC
4
Fierce FC
3
SMASH Global
3
LFA
3
LXF
2
Shogun Fights
1
Unified MMA
1
+ 7 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 31 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alexander Romanov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Shogun Fights 32
March 28, 2026 |
Shogun Fights | 1 | 1:30 |
| L | Jake Craig | TKO (punches) | Unified MMA 64
October 3, 2025 |
Unified MMA | 1 | 4:10 |
| W | Jordan Currie | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fierce FC 39
March 29, 2025 |
Fierce FC | 3 | 3:13 |
| W | Demoreo Dennis | Decision (unanimous) | Z Promotions: Fight Night 20
August 23, 2024 |
Z Promotions | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexey Kiser | TKO (punches) | LXF 17
June 16, 2024 |
LXF | 1 | 2:27 |
| W | Eric Iman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fierce FC 32
May 31, 2024 |
Fierce FC | 1 | 1:39 |
| W | Kent Mafileo | Submission (guillotine choke) | Fierce FC 30
February 10, 2024 |
Fierce FC | 2 | 3:46 |
| L | Chuck Campbell | KO (punch) | LXF 10
August 26, 2023 |
LXF | 3 | 4:34 |
| W | Nick Costello | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Gladiator Challenge: Proving Ground
March 4, 2023 |
Gladiator Challenge | 1 | 0:46 |
| L | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen
October 29, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Chase Sherman | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev
July 9, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 3:10 |
| L | Aleksei Oleinik | Submission (scarf hold) | UFC 273
April 9, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 3:39 |
| L | Andrei Arlovski | Decision (split) | UFC 271
February 12, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Alexander Romanov | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez
October 9, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 4:43 |
| W | Justin Tafa | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
May 22, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Serghei Spivac | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
February 20, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 4:32 |
| W | Harry Hunsucker | TKO (punches) | Dana White's Contender Series 34
November 4, 2020 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 1 | 3:34 |
| W | Tony Lopez | Decision (unanimous) | SMASH Global 9
December 19, 2019 |
SMASH Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| L | Renan Ferreira | Submission (triangle choke) | LFA 74
August 30, 2019 |
LFA | 2 | 2:37 |
| W | Ricky Misholas | TKO (punches) | EFC 77
March 16, 2019 |
EFC | 2 | 1:49 |
| W | Ruan Potts | TKO (punches) | EFC 76
December 8, 2018 |
EFC | 3 | 3:24 |
| W | Elvis Moyo | TKO (punches) | EFC 73
September 7, 2018 |
EFC | 2 | 2:00 |
| L | Vernon Lewis | Decision (unanimous) | LFA 35
March 9, 2018 |
LFA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Andrew van Zyl | Decision (split) | EFC 66
December 16, 2017 |
EFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Idrees Wasi | Submission (straight ankle lock) | GKO 10
August 5, 2017 |
GKO | 1 | 1:35 |
| L | Richard Odoms | Submission (kimura) | LFA 15
June 30, 2017 |
LFA | 5 | 2:45 |
| W | Sean Johnson | Submission (guillotine choke) | SMASH Global 4
September 15, 2016 |
SMASH Global | 1 | 2:28 |
| W | Mychal Clark | TKO (punches) | BAMMA Badbeat 20
June 10, 2016 |
BAMMA Badbeat | 1 | 0:20 |
| W | Joe Hernandez | KO (punch) | SMASH Global 3
March 24, 2016 |
SMASH Global | 2 | 1:13 |
| W | Daylin Murray | TKO (punches) | The Main Event 2
November 13, 2015 |
The Main Event | 1 | 4:11 |
| W | John Rizzo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | KOTC: Sanctioned
June 14, 2015 |
KOTC | 1 | 0:29 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Jared Vanderaa) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.