Welterweight
Michael Graves
11-1-2 UFC 2-0-1
Smothering Control
Defensive Striker
5'10"Height
71"Reach
OrthodoxStance
35Age
0KO wins
1Sub wins
50.0%Finish rate
12:30Avg fight
Skill profile
- Striking D Average 65
- Durability Average 65
- Wrestling Average 65
- Control Average 65
- Accuracy Average 60
- TD Defense Average 55
- Grappling Average 45
- Striking Weak 13
Built on 37 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Smothering Control
57% of every fight spent in control position
Defensive Striker
average striking d — rates 65 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min1.25
Sig. strikes absorbed / min1.47
Striking accuracy54.0%
Striking defense58.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min4.8
Takedown accuracy52.2%
Takedown defense66.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.4
Control time57.3%
Record vs .500+ opponents1-0
Striking trend
Fight history
D Bojan Velickovic 12-3 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley · July 30, 2016
9/20Sig. strikes
17/57Absorbed
3/6Takedowns
7:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Randy Brown 7-0 walk-in Submission · R2 2:31 — UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans · April 16, 2016
11/22Sig. strikes
10/19Absorbed
2/7Takedowns
5:28Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Vicente Luque 7-4-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale · July 12, 2015
27/45Sig. strikes
28/57Absorbed
7/10Takedowns
8:58Control
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
5
Submission
3
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
0
Decision
0
Other
0
Draws: 2
Fights by organization
Titan FC
5
UFC
3
Fight Nights Global
2
Fight Time
2
ACA
1
More Than Conquerors
1
Full career — 14 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Alexey Makhno | TKO (doctor stoppage) | ACA 190
August 15, 2025 |
ACA | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | Oton Jasse | Submission (guillotine choke) | Titan FC 65
November 22, 2020 |
Titan FC | 1 | 1:17 |
| W | Yuri Villefort | TKO (punches) | Titan FC 59
February 28, 2020 |
Titan FC | 4 | 4:40 |
| W | Jared Gooden | Decision (unanimous) | Titan FC 53
March 15, 2019 |
Titan FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Gregg Ellis | Decision (unanimous) | Titan FC 51
December 21, 2018 |
Titan FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Murat Khasanov | Draw (majority) | Fight Nights Global 87
May 19, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Nikolay Aleksakhin | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 74
September 29, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 3:06 |
| D | Bojan Veličković | Draw (majority) | UFC 201
July 30, 2016 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Randy Brown | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans
April 16, 2016 |
UFC | 2 | 2:31 |
| W | Vicente Luque | Decision (unanimous) | The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale
July 12, 2015 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Rafael Souza | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Titan FC 31
October 31, 2014 |
Titan FC | 2 | 2:37 |
| W | Rico Farrington | TKO (punches) | More Than Conquerors: In the Beginning
April 3, 2014 |
More Than Conquerors | 1 | 2:46 |
| W | Danny Finz | TKO (punches) | Fight Time 15
June 21, 2013 |
Fight Time | 1 | 1:26 |
| W | Nicolas Ryske | KO (punches) | Fight Time 13
February 15, 2013 |
Fight Time | 1 | 1:48 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Michael Graves (fighter)) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.