Heavyweight
Viktor Pesta
19-9-0 UFC 1-4-0
Wrestler
Positional Grappler
6'3"Height
77"Reach
OrthodoxStance
36Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
10:01Avg fight
Skill profile
- Wrestling Above avg 73
- Control Above avg 73
- Striking D Average 67
- TD Defense Average 55
- Grappling Below avg 28
- Durability Below avg 26
- Accuracy Weak 16
- Striking Weak 11
Built on 50 minutes of tracked cage time across 5 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Wrestler
above avg wrestling — rates 73 of 100 among UFC veterans
Positional Grappler
above avg control — rates 73 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min1.58
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.54
Striking accuracy36.4%
Striking defense56.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min3.29
Takedown accuracy28.9%
Takedown defense100.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time43.3%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-2
Striking trend
Fight history
L Aleksei Oleinik 30-10-1 walk-in Submission · R1 2:57 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn · January 15, 2017
7/19Sig. strikes
7/15Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
1:44Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Marcin Tybura 12-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:53 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres · August 6, 2016
3/42Sig. strikes
15/62Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:29Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Derrick Lewis 12-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:15 — UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson · October 3, 2015
8/13Sig. strikes
41/63Absorbed
5/13Takedowns
7:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Konstantin Erokhin 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson · January 24, 2015
35/59Sig. strikes
17/36Absorbed
4/13Takedowns
9:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Ruslan Magomedov 9-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi · May 31, 2014
26/84Sig. strikes
47/117Absorbed
1/9Takedowns
3:09Control
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
4
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
6
Submission
1
Decision
2
Other
0
Fights by organization
Oktagon
5
UFC
5
Gladiator CF
5
KSW
2
PFL
2
Fight Nights Global
2
Night of Warriors
1
RCC
1
+ 5 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 28 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Szymon Bajor | Decision (split) | KSW 89
December 16, 2023 |
KSW | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Filip Stawowy | Submission (rear-naked choke) | KSW 86
September 16, 2023 |
KSW | 1 | 2:12 |
| L | Rob Wilkinson | TKO (punches) | PFL 4 (2022)
June 17, 2022 |
PFL | 1 | 3:03 |
| L | Omari Akhmedov | KO (punches) | PFL 1 (2022)
April 20, 2022 |
PFL | 1 | 1:25 |
| W | Stephan Püetz | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Oktagon 28
September 25, 2021 |
Oktagon | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Riccardo Nosiglia | TKO (punches) | Oktagon 24
May 29, 2021 |
Oktagon | 2 | 0:50 |
| W | Ildemar Alcântara | TKO (punches) | Oktagon 20
December 30, 2020 |
Oktagon | 1 | 4:06 |
| L | Michal Martínek | TKO (injury broken jaw) | Oktagon 15
November 9, 2019 |
Oktagon | 1 | 2:49 |
| W | Mike Kyle | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Oktagon 13
July 27, 2019 |
Oktagon | 1 | 1:59 |
| W | Ivan Vitasović | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Night of Warriors 15
April 6, 2019 |
Night of Warriors | 3 | 3:16 |
| L | Alexander Emelianenko | TKO (punches) | RCC 3
July 9, 2018 |
RCC | 2 | 3:52 |
| W | Alexander Gladkov | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 84
March 2, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexei Kudin | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fight Nights Global 79
November 19, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 4:52 |
| W | Michał Kita | TKO (punches) | X Fight Nights 3
June 25, 2017 |
X Fight Nights | 2 | 4:39 |
| L | Aleksei Oleinik | Submission (Ezekiel choke) | UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn
January 15, 2017 |
UFC | 1 | 2:57 |
| L | Marcin Tybura | KO (head kick) | UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Caceres
August 6, 2016 |
UFC | 2 | 0:53 |
| L | Derrick Lewis | TKO (punches) | UFC 192
October 3, 2015 |
UFC | 3 | 1:15 |
| W | Konstantin Erokhin | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson
January 24, 2015 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Ruslan Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Muñoz vs. Mousasi
May 31, 2014 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Lukáš Ťupa | TKO (elbows) | Gladiator CF 26
December 7, 2013 |
Gladiator CF | 1 | 2:18 |
| W | Yosef Ali Mohammad | Decision (result overturned by SMMAF) | Heroes Fighting 1
March 23, 2013 |
Heroes Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Saša Lazić | TKO (punches) | Heroes Gate 9
December 28, 2012 |
Heroes Gate | 1 | 1:53 |
| W | Christian Colombo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | European MMA 1: Casino Fight Night 2
September 15, 2012 |
European MMA | 2 | 1:07 |
| W | Zoran Krpan | TKO (elbows) | Gladiator CF 12
May 11, 2012 |
Gladiator CF | 1 | 2:16 |
| W | Lukáš Olejník | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Gladiator CF 8
February 10, 2012 |
Gladiator CF | 1 | 1:01 |
| W | Alexander Uhlíř | TKO (punches) | Noc Valecniku: Warrior Night 3
December 15, 2011 |
Noc Valecniku | 1 | 3:59 |
| W | Štefan Krajčí | Decision (unanimous) | Gladiator CF 2
February 20, 2011 |
Gladiator CF | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Vít Mrákota | Submission (armbar) | Gladiator CF 1
December 5, 2010 |
Gladiator CF | 1 | 1:49 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Viktor Pešta) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.