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Justin Gaethje

“The Highlight”

Lightweight

United States#3 PFP🔥 3-fight win streak

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28WINS

5LOSSES

0DRAWS

21KO/TKO

1SUB

6DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 37 · born Nov 14, 1988 UFC.com
Height: 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
Reach: 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 40″ 102 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Lightweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #3 PFP UFC.com
Fighting style: MMA UFC.com
Team / gym: Genesis Training Center UFC.com
Born: Tucson, United States UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: United States UFC.com
UFC debut: Jul. 8, 2017 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 9 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

58%Striking accuracy1271 of 2208 landed

0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 15 landed

6.29Sig. strikes landedper min

6.83Sig. strikes absorbedper min

51%Striking defense

0.3Takedownsper 15 min

73%Takedown defense

0Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.67Knockdownsper 15 min

12:38Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing1065 84%

Clinch162 13%

Ground44 3%

Sig. strikes by target

Head841 66%

Body139 11%

Leg291 23%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 16 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Ilia Topuria	KO/TKO	4	5:00	UFC Freedom 250	Jun 14, 2026	↗
W	Paddy Pimblett	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett	Jan 24, 2026	↗
W	Rafael Fiziev	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev	Mar 8, 2025	↗
L	Max Holloway	KO/TKO	5	4:59	UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill	Apr 13, 2024	↗
W	Dustin Poirier	KO/TKO	2	1:00	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023	↗
W	Rafael Fiziev	Decision - Majority	3	5:00	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3	Mar 18, 2023	↗
L	Charles Oliveira	Submission	1	3:22	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022	↗
W	Michael Chandler	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021	↗
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Submission	2	1:34	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje	Oct 24, 2020	↗
W	Tony Ferguson	KO/TKO	5	3:39	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020	↗
W	Donald Cerrone	KO/TKO	1	4:18	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Sep 14, 2019	↗
W	Edson Barboza	KO/TKO	1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019	↗
W	James Vick	KO/TKO	1	1:27	UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick	Aug 25, 2018	↗
L	Dustin Poirier	KO/TKO	4	0:33	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018	↗
L	Eddie Alvarez	KO/TKO	3	3:59	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2	Dec 2, 2017	↗
W	Michael Johnson	KO/TKO	2	4:48	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale	Jul 7, 2017	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.