The roster
FIGHTERS
Loading roster…
Justin Gaethje
“The Highlight”
United StatesLightweightActiveage 37
28-5
85% win rate
W3 streak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
11 wins5 losseslast 5: W W W L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
Filter
Metrics
| Metric | R1(16) | R2(12) | R3(9) | R4(5) | R5(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 30.8 | 33.1 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 31.2 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 33.7 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 57.3 | 34.1 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:13 | 0:26 | 0:20 | 0:26 | 0:22 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14W·KO·R4 · 5:00
- UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev2025-03-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13L·KO·R5 · 4:59
- UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 22023-07-29W·KO·R2 · 1:00
- UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 32023-03-18W·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje2022-05-07L·Sub·R1 · 3:22
- UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje2020-10-24L·Sub·R2 · 1:34
- UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje2020-05-09W·KO·R5 · 3:39
- UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje2019-09-14W·KO·R1 · 4:18
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje2019-03-30W·KO·R1 · 2:30
- UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick2018-08-25W·KO·R1 · 1:27
- UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje2018-04-14L·KO·R4 · 0:33
- UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 22017-12-02L·KO·R3 · 3:59
- The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale2017-07-07W·KO·R2 · 4:48
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
UFC President Dana White has confirmed that Ilia Topuria is eager to return to competition following his first professional defeat at UFC Freedom 250 earlier this year.
- Sherdog
Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has warned against an immediate rematch between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, arguing that the former champion should not receive another title shot…
- Sherdog
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
