Jesse Taylor · MMA Index

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Event	Date
W	Dhiego LimaTitle Welterweight	Submission R2 · 0:43	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale	Jul 7, 2017
L	CB Dollaway Middleweight	Submission R1 · 3:58	UFC: Silva vs. Irvin	Jul 19, 2008

Outside the UFC

Via Sherdog

32-16across 48 bouts · 44 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 17 sub · 9 decCage Warriors · K-Oz Entertainment · Strikeforce · BFL 76 · JSF 2 +39

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Promotion	Date
L	Jared Revel	Submission (Triangle Choke) R1 · 4:00	BFL 76	Mar 30, 2023
W	Daniel McWilliams	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 0:28	JSF 2	Nov 13, 2021
W	Seth Baczynski23-21	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 0:46	NWFA 1	Aug 28, 2021
L	Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 1:13	ACA 100	Oct 4, 2019
L	Mukhamed Berkhamov	Submission (Armbar) R1 · 1:29	ACB 48	Oct 22, 2016
W	Seth Baczynski23-21	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	Tru-Form Entertainment	Aug 26, 2016
L	Aslambek Saidov	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 3:29	ACB 40	Jun 3, 2016
L	Borys Mankowski	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 3:02	KSW 32	Oct 31, 2015
W	Mikhail Tsarev	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 4:25	League S-70	Aug 29, 2015
W	Nick Barnes	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 2:59	Smash Global	Aug 1, 2015
L	Maiquel Falcao39-21	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 3:13	Arena Tour 5	Apr 18, 2015
L	Trey Houston	Submission (Armbar) R1 · 2:10	BattleGrounds MMA 5	Oct 3, 2014
L	David Branch22-7	Submission (Brabo Choke) R1 · 1:41	WSOF 10	Jun 21, 2014
W	Elvis Mutapcic16-9-1	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	WSOF 7	Dec 7, 2013
W	John Phillips22-11	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 2:43	Cage Warriors	May 4, 2013
W	Kendall Grove27-19	Decision (Unanimous) R5 · 5:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Feb 23, 2013
W	Chris Fields	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R2 · 1:06	Cage Warriors	Dec 31, 2012
W	Steve Kennedy27-11	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 0:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Nov 16, 2012
W	Marcel Fortuna10-4	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	DH	Aug 18, 2012
W	Christopher Ortega	Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 1:13	CG	Aug 4, 2012
L	Gael Grimaud	Submission (Armbar) R3 · 0:55	Cage Warriors	May 24, 2012
L	Mamed Khalidov38-9-2	Submission (Kneebar) R1 · 1:46	KSW 17	Nov 26, 2011
W	Mario Trujillo	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 1:30	Panama Fight League	Sep 30, 2011
L	Hector Lombard34-11-1	Submission (Heel Hook) R2 · 1:26	AFC 2	Sep 3, 2011
W	Denis Kang35-16-2	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 1:57	BFL 8	May 28, 2011
W	Clay Davidson	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	BFL 7	Mar 26, 2011
W	Dylan Andrews21-12	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 · 2:40	AFC 1	Nov 12, 2010
W	Tom Watson17-9	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	MFC 26	Sep 10, 2010
W	Murilo Bustamante	TKO (Retirement) R2 · 2:10	Impact FC 2	Jul 18, 2010
L	Thales Leites29-9	Submission (Triangle Armbar) R1 · 2:27	MFC 25	May 7, 2010
W	Jason Day19-12	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 1:14	AMMA 2	Feb 5, 2010
L	Luke Rockhold16-6	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 3:42	Strikeforce	Nov 6, 2009
L	Jay Hieron23-7	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	Strikeforce	Aug 15, 2009
W	Dong Sik Yoon	TKO (Foot Injury) R1 · 1:02	DREAM	Jul 20, 2009
W	Ruben Barboza	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 3:13	TC 33	Jul 11, 2009
W	Eric Davila22-12	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 · 2:29	SF 4	May 2, 2009
W	Chris Camozzi28-15	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	King of Champions	Mar 28, 2009
W	Gert Kocani	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R2 · 4:45	XCF	Feb 14, 2009
W	Rico Altamirano	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R2 · 2:00	TWC 1	Jan 15, 2009
W	Drew Fickett	TKO (Punches and Elbows) R1 · 1:42	TC 32	Oct 2, 2008
W	Jorge Ramirez	TKO (Punches) R1 · 0:42	MMAX 15	Nov 16, 2007
W	Matt Major	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	MOTM	Nov 6, 2007
L	Kenny Ento	Submission (Triangle Choke) R1 · 0:37	Primal MMA	Aug 11, 2007
W	Jorge Ortiz	TKO (Punches) R2 · 1:09	TC 21	Jun 8, 2007
L	Jesse Forbes15-7	Submission (Armbar) R1 · 1:21	Tuff-N-Uff	Apr 14, 2007
W	Noe Rodriguez	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R2 · 1:26	MMAX 9	Mar 3, 2007
W	Chris Chiasson	TKO (Punches) R2 · 1:28	No Limits	Nov 4, 2006
W	Robert Sarkozi	Decision (Unanimous) R2 · 5:00	KOTC	Aug 4, 2006

Pre/post-UFC bouts via Sherdog — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

UFC career

Sig. strikes / min

1.94

Striking accuracy

65.00%

Sig. absorbed / min

0.55

Striking defense

38.00%

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

Jesse Taylor

UFC career · 2 bouts (per-round) · 10 min

Landed per 15

Head

35.6

top 30% of division

Body

1.5

bottom of the division

Leg

1.5

bottom of the division

Absorbed per 15

Head

9.3

elite — top of division

Body

1.5

elite — top of division

Leg

1.5

top 8% of division

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.6	23	35	66%
Body	1.5	1	1	100%
Leg	1.5	1	1	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	9.3	6	9	67%
Body	1.5	1	1	100%
Leg	1.5	1	1	100%

Per-15-minute rates and totals come from UFCStats fight-totals across this fighter’s UFC career. Percentile context is computed against every fighter currently assigned to this weight class with at least two recorded UFC bouts. “Absorbed” percentiles are inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Derived metrics

Computed from UFC career stats

Strike differential

SLpM − SApM

+1.39

Defensive rating

(str def + td def) / 2

69%

Striking edge

str acc − (100 − str def)

+3%

Career grappling

UFC career

Takedowns / 15min

7.28

Takedown accuracy

50.00%

Sub. attempts / 15min

3.10

Takedown defense

100.00%

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of wrestling output and ground control.

Jesse Taylor

UFC career · 2 bouts (per-round) · 10 min

Offense

Takedowns

per 15 min

4.6

elite — top of division

TD accuracy

% of attempts landed

50%

top 27% of division

Sub attempts

per 15 min

3.1

elite — top of division

Control

min on top, per 15

12.1 min

elite — top of division

Defense

TD defense

% of opponent attempts stopped

100%

elite — top of division

Controlled

min on bottom, per 15

2.0 min

no division reference

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 6
Submission attempts	2
Control time	7:48

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 1
Control absorbed	1:17

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (10min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

How this fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

Jesse Taylor

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 10 min

—

< 3 bouts to R3

Taylor hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable fade pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

TaylorOutput / min

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Taylorlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Taylorattempts / min

Control time

Taylor% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.8	2.6	0.7	0.67	80%	2
R2	6.1	2.8	2.8	0.00	84%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length. See Methods for the full formula.

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Percentile-ranked across every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts. Recent fights weighted heavier.

Jesse Taylor

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

who you've faced (time-weighted)

45

81st percentile

Quality wins

what you've done against that schedule

71

96th percentile

Small sample (2 bouts). The headline is pulled toward the UFC median; the underlying components above are not shrunk.

How to read this

Every UFC opponent is scored by where they were ranked and what their UFC record was at the time of that fight — not where they sit today. Schedule strength is the recency-weighted average of opponent quality; quality wins scores actual results against that schedule (finishes count more than splits, losses cost the full opp quality). The headline is a percentile rank against every UFC fighter with at least three resolved bouts. Note: UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from opponent UFC record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Dhiego Lima	Title-fight challenger	50	Jul 7, 2017
L	CB Dollaway	Unproven	8	Jul 19, 2008

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is Bayesian-shrunken toward the UFC median for small samples.

Career cohorts

2 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-0

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Method of victory & defeat

1-1 UFC

KO / TKO

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 12%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.25Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.35Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power, chin durability, and when the last finish landed. Genuine knockouts are kept separate from cut, injury, and corner stoppages.

Jesse Taylor

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Times KO'd

0

clean knockouts

Knockdowns absorbed

1

16.67 per 100 head

Jesse Taylor

Finish timeline

Last KO/TKO scored
No KO/TKO wins in the UFC yet
Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last submission scored
vs Dhiego Lima8y 10mo ago
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale · Jul 7, 2017 · R2 · 0:43
Last time submitted
vs CB Dollaway17y 10mo ago
UFC: Silva vs. Irvin · Jul 19, 2008 · R1 · 3:58

Activity & layoff

When this fighter last competed, how often they've been active, and how that reads against active peers in their division.

Days since last UFC bout

8y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Jesse Taylor

Extended layoff

8y 10mosince last bout

vs Dhiego Lima · Jul 7, 2017