Ion Cuțelaba stats
Career striking and grappling numbers for Ion Cuțelaba, with every tracked fight below.
Career totals
Across UFC
- Tracked bouts
- 21
- Strikes landed / min
- 4.13
- Strike accuracy
- 44%
- Strikes absorbed / min
- 3.42
- Takedowns / 15 min
- 4.02
- Control time
- 23%
- Average fight time
- 8:00
Rates are computed over the 21 bouts whose finish time we hold.
Where they rank
All-time boards where Ion Cuțelaba sits in the top 25.
All MMA
- #1 Best takedown accuracy, Light Heavyweight51.1%
- #2 Most takedowns in a round, Light Heavyweight8
- #5 Most takedowns landed, Light Heavyweight45
- #6 Most takedowns in a fight, Light Heavyweight9
- #7 Most fights, Light Heavyweight21
- #9 Takedowns per 15 minutes, Light Heavyweight4.0
- #11 Most takedowns in a round8
- #11 Most total strikes landed, Light Heavyweight1,045
UFC
- #1 Best takedown accuracy, Light Heavyweight51.1%
- #2 Most takedowns in a round, Light Heavyweight8
- #5 Most takedowns in a fight, Light Heavyweight9
- #5 Most takedowns landed, Light Heavyweight45
- #7 Most takedowns in a round8
- #7 Takedowns per 15 minutes, Light Heavyweight4.0
- #7 Most fights, Light Heavyweight21
- #11 Most total strikes landed, Light Heavyweight1,045
Fight by fight
Every bout we hold official statistics for, newest first.
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Significant strikes | Opp. sig. strikes | Total strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Submission attempts | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Horiguchi | Navajo Stirling | LOSS · TKO · R2 3:23 | 19 of 48 | 52 of 70 | 58 of 88 | 5 of 7 | 0 | 1 | 3:01 |
| Mar 14, 2026 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Vallejos | Oumar Sy | WIN · SUB · R1 4:24 | 14 of 20 | 5 of 11 | 40 of 49 | 1 of 2 | 0 | 1 | 2:27 |
| May 10, 2025 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena | Modestas Bukauskas | LOSS · SD · R3 5:00 | 58 of 130 | 44 of 92 | 121 of 194 | 0 of 4 | 0 | 0 | 2:21 |
| Feb 22, 2025 | UFC Seattle: Cejudo vs Song | Ibo Aslan | WIN · SUB · R1 2:51 | 14 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 17 of 39 | 2 of 4 | 0 | 1 | 1:06 |
| Sep 28, 2024 | UFC Paris: Moicano vs Saint Denis | Ivan Erslan | WIN · SD · R3 5:00 | 45 of 120 | 39 of 69 | 80 of 161 | 3 of 12 | 0 | 0 | 1:59 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera 2 | Philipe Lins | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 47 of 97 | 67 of 115 | 119 of 171 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:16 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Allen | Tanner Boser | WIN · TKO · R1 2:05 | 30 of 40 | 5 of 16 | 30 of 40 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:17 |
| Nov 19, 2022 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivac | Kennedy Nzechukwu | LOSS · TKO · R2 1:02 | 9 of 26 | 24 of 42 | 30 of 57 | 2 of 8 | 0 | 0 | 3:32 |
| Sep 10, 2022 | UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson | Johnny Mendez Walker | LOSS · SUB · R1 4:37 | 3 of 5 | 3 of 3 | 17 of 23 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:02 |
| May 14, 2022 | UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs Rakić | Ryan Spann | LOSS · SUB · R1 2:22 | 2 of 9 | 4 of 11 | 2 of 9 | 3 of 3 | 0 | 0 | 1:11 |
| Sep 18, 2021 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Spann | Devin Clark | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 64 of 101 | 23 of 52 | 92 of 138 | 8 of 12 | 1 | 0 | 8:48 |
| May 1, 2021 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs Prochazka | Dustin Jacoby | DRAW · SD · R3 5:00 | 71 of 152 | 84 of 148 | 111 of 201 | 9 of 19 | 0 | 0 | 4:27 |
| Oct 24, 2020 | UFC 254: Khabib vs Gaethje | Magomed Ankalaev | LOSS · TKO · R1 4:19 | 11 of 36 | 21 of 41 | 11 of 36 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Feb 29, 2020 | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs Figueiredo | Magomed Ankalaev | LOSS · TKO · R1 0:38 | 5 of 11 | 8 of 12 | 5 of 11 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Sep 28, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Cannonier | Khalil Rountree Jr. | WIN · TKO · R1 2:35 | 15 of 26 | 5 of 12 | 16 of 27 | 4 of 5 | 0 | 0 | 1:20 |
| Apr 27, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Hermansson | Glover Teixeira | LOSS · SUB · R2 3:37 | 74 of 135 | 30 of 57 | 74 of 135 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:32 |
| Jul 28, 2018 | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs Poirier 2 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | WIN · TKO · R1 4:25 | 40 of 46 | 12 of 18 | 40 of 46 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28 |
| Jun 11, 2017 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Hunt | Henrique da Silva | WIN · TKO · R1 0:22 | 15 of 18 | 1 of 2 | 15 of 18 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:09 |
| Dec 3, 2016 | UFC Fight Night: A Tournament of Champions | Jared Cannonier | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 45 of 142 | 59 of 94 | 50 of 148 | 6 of 7 | 0 | 0 | 4:45 |
| Oct 1, 2016 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs Dodson | Jonathan Wilson | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 89 of 283 | 30 of 78 | 92 of 286 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:08 |
| Jun 18, 2016 | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson | Misha Cirkunov | LOSS · SUB · R3 1:22 | 24 of 115 | 44 of 94 | 25 of 116 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:09 |
Strike Distribution
Strike target
- Head480 of 1308
- Body124 of 174
- Leg90 of 109
Totals across 21 tracked fights.
Strike position
- Distance416 of 1209
- Clinch138 of 198
- Ground140 of 184
Totals across 21 tracked fights.
Rivalries
Totals across every meeting with the same opponent.
| Opponent | Record | Significant strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magomed Ankalaev2 fights | 0–2 | 16 of 47 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
As published elsewhere
Career averages exactly as each source publishes them. The totals above are ours, computed from every tracked bout.
UFC careerRecord: 20-12-1 (1 NC) · Source: UFCStats.com
- Significant strikes
- 4.13per min
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 43%
- SApM
- 3.42per min
- Str. Def.
- 46%
- Takedowns
- 4.02per 15 min
- Takedown accuracy
- 51%
- TD Def.
- 76%
- Submission attempts
- 0.3per 15 min
Top 30% in the UFC
Top 5% in the UFC
Top 19% in the UFC
Top 22% in the UFC
Percentiles compare this fighter with 1497 UFC fighters who have five or more tracked fights.