Joe Riggs

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Association: Soul Fighters

Pro Debut Date: 2001-09-26

Pro Record: 51-18-1

Win Finish %: 92.1%

Quality Perf. %: 41.4%

Last Ranked: 10/01/2019

#69 Light Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2004

#5 Middleweight

Last Loss Date: 6/01/2018
Last Loss: [#44 MW] Artem Frolov
Opponent's Last 5: L W W W W

UFC Record: 5-7-0

Octagon Time: 1:06:45

UFC Debut: 2004-08-21

Last UFC Fight: 2016-02-21

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
W	George Sullivan #188 Middleweight	TKO Round 3
	Ring of Combat 70 Saturday, November 23rd 2019
W	Jared Torgeson #147 Heavyweight	SUB Round 1
	Fusion Fight League: Diesel's Last Ride Saturday, April 13th 2019
W	Dan Yates #811 Welterweight	TKO Round 1
	KOP 63 Friday, January 4th 2019
L	Artem Frolov #57 Middleweight	TKO (Knee Injury) Round 2
	M-1 Challenge 93 - Shlemenko vs. Silva Friday, June 1st 2018
D	Borys Polezhai #119 Middleweight	Draw Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 90 - Kunchenko vs. Butenko Friday, March 30th 2018
W	Erick Lozano #192 Light Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	KOP 60 - KnockOut Promotions 60 Saturday, February 24th 2018
W	Oleg Olenichev #97 Middleweight	TKO (Punches) Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 84 - 20 Years of MMA Friday, October 27th 2017
W	Shonie Carter	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Z Promotions - Fight Night Medicine Hat 4 Saturday, September 9th 2017
W	Dmitry Samoilov #413 Middleweight	TKO Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 81: Battle in the Mountains 6 Saturday, July 22nd 2017
W	Jerome Jones #982 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	WXC 68 - Nemesis Friday, April 28th 2017
W	Billy Martin	TKO Round 1
	Intense Championship Fighting 27 Saturday, April 8th 2017
W	Cody McKenzie #222 Welterweight	TKO (Submission to Strikes) Round 1
	Z Promotions - Fight Night Medicine Hat 2 Friday, October 28th 2016
L	Chris Camozzi #29 Middleweight	TKO (Knees) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 83 - Cerrone vs. Oliveira Sunday, February 21st 2016
W	Ron Stallings #137 Middleweight	DQ (Illegal Upkick) Round 2
	UFC 191 - Johnson vs. Dodson 2 Saturday, September 5th 2015
L	Patrick Cote #49 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 186 - Johnson vs. Horiguchi Saturday, April 25th 2015
L	Ben Saunders #40 Welterweight	TKO (Neck Injury) Round 1
	UFC on Fox 13 - Dos Santos vs. Miocic Saturday, December 13th 2014
W	Mike Bronzoulis #133 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Bellator MMA - Bellator 106 Saturday, November 2nd 2013
W	Cris Leyva #776 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	RITC - Rage in the Cage 164 Friday, November 16th 2012
W	Josh Cavan #587 Welterweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	MFW - Made For War 1 Saturday, October 13th 2012
W	Shane Johnson	KO (Punch) Round 2
	RITC - Rage in the Cage 160 Friday, June 22nd 2012
W	Aaron Brink	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
	RITC - Rage in the Cage 159 Friday, May 11th 2012
W	Shannon Ritch #371 Light Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Duel for Domination - MMA Extravaganza Saturday, November 26th 2011
L	Kendall Grove #57 Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	ProElite - Arlovski vs. Lopez Saturday, August 27th 2011
L	Bryan Baker #38 Middleweight	KO (Punch) Round 2
	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 43 Saturday, May 7th 2011
L	Jordan Mein #128 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Wreck MMA - Strong and Proud Friday, January 28th 2011
W	Trent Thorne #331 Light Heavyweight	TKO (Elbows) Round 1
	KOTC - 48 Sunday, November 21st 2010
W	Louis Taylor #143 Middleweight	Submission (Punches) Round 3
	Strikeforce - Challengers 10 Friday, August 13th 2010
L	Jay Hieron #9 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Strikeforce - Miami Saturday, January 30th 2010
W	Nick Almen	Submission (Punches and Elbows) Round 1
	IMMA 1 - Ironman MMA Friday, December 11th 2009
W	David Barnes	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138 Friday, December 4th 2009
W	Phil Baroni #51 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields Saturday, June 6th 2009
W	Luke Stewart #99 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Strikeforce - Destruction Friday, November 21st 2008
L	Kazuo Misaki #7 Middleweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion 2 Saturday, September 20th 2008
W	Matt Dempsey	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	RITC 112 - Rage in the Cage 112 Saturday, July 26th 2008
L	Cory Devela #74 Middleweight	Submission (Slam) Round 1
	Strikeforce - Strikeforce at the Dome Saturday, February 23rd 2008
W	Eugene Jackson #97 Middleweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion Saturday, September 29th 2007
W	Dan Chambers #410 Middleweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	HCF - Unfinished Business Saturday, July 21st 2007
L	Diego Sanchez #3 Welterweight	KO (Knee) Round 1
	UFC - Fight Night 7 Wednesday, December 13th 2006
W	Jason Von Flue #83 Welterweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 6 - Sanchez vs. Parisyan Thursday, August 17th 2006
L	Mike Swick #62 Middleweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie Saturday, May 27th 2006
W	Nick Diaz #11 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 57 - Liddell vs. Couture 3 Saturday, February 4th 2006
L	Matt Hughes #2 Welterweight	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
	UFC 56 - Full Force Saturday, November 19th 2005
W	Chris Lytle #17 Welterweight	TKO (Cut) Round 2
	UFC 55 - Fury Friday, October 7th 2005
W	Rob Kimmons #77 Light Heavyweight	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	WEC 15 - Judgment Day Thursday, May 19th 2005
L	Ivan Salaverry #24 Middleweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	UFC 52 - Couture vs. Liddell 2 Saturday, April 16th 2005
W	Thomas Gil #184 Heavyweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	RITC 66 - Rage in the Cage 66 Saturday, November 13th 2004
W	Isidro Gonzalez	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Round 1
	WEC 12 - Halloween Fury 3 Thursday, October 21st 2004
W	Joe Doerksen #5 Middleweight	Submission (Elbows) Round 2
	UFC 49 - Unfinished Business Saturday, August 21st 2004
W	Shane Johnson #174 Heavyweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	XCF 5 - Evolution Friday, May 28th 2004
W	Kendall Grove #98 Middleweight	KO (Elbows) Round 1
	ROTR 5 - Rumble on the Rock 5 Friday, May 7th 2004
W	Dave Vitkay	KO (Punches) Round 1
	ICC - Trials 2 Friday, April 30th 2004
W	John Renken #80 Middleweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	RITC 60 - The Saint Goes Marching In Saturday, March 20th 2004
W	Chris Kiever	KO (Punch) Round 1
	IFC - Battleground Tahoe Saturday, January 31st 2004
L	Alex Stiebling #34 Light Heavyweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2
	WEC 9 - Cold Blooded Friday, January 16th 2004
W	Cory Timmerman #111 Heavyweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	RITC 57 - Tucson Revisited Saturday, December 13th 2003
W	Frank Alcala	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	IFC - Rumble on the Rio Saturday, December 6th 2003
NC	Andy Montana #37 Heavyweight	No Contest Round 0
	RITC 53 - The Beat Goes On Saturday, September 13th 2003
W	Greg Wikan #22 Heavyweight	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 3
	ECS - Evolution Saturday, July 19th 2003
W	Will Hammond	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	AOW - Art of War 2 Saturday, June 21st 2003
L	Travis Fulton #72 Heavyweight	Submission (Choke) Round 1
	RITC 45 - Finally Saturday, March 1st 2003
W	Herb Dean	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 43 - The Match Saturday, January 18th 2003
L	Wesley Correira #78 Heavyweight	KO (Knee and Punch) Round 2
	ROTR 1 - Rumble on the Rock 1 Saturday, December 28th 2002
W	Lemuel Vincent	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 42 - Road Trip Saturday, December 7th 2002
W	Allan Sullivan #178 Heavyweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
	RITC 39 - Bring It Saturday, October 19th 2002
W	Joe Pardo	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RITC 38 - Lets Roll Saturday, September 7th 2002
W	Jess Morton	TKO (Retirement) Round 1
	RITC 36 - The Rematch Saturday, June 22nd 2002
W	Andy Montana	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 35 - This Time Its Personal Friday, May 3rd 2002
L	Homer Moore #46 Light Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RITC 34 - Rage in the Cage 34 Friday, March 15th 2002
W	Joey Vigueria	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 33 - The Big Show Saturday, February 2nd 2002
W	Justin Lyon	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 31 - Rage in the Cage 31 Wednesday, November 7th 2001
W	Ryan Roath #162 Heavyweight	Submission (Punches) Round 1
	RITC 30 - Soaring to New Heights Wednesday, September 26th 2001

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	George Sullivan #188 Middleweight	Ring of Combat 70 Saturday, November 23rd 2019	TKO Round 3
W	Jared Torgeson #147 Heavyweight	Fusion Fight League: Diesel's Last Ride Saturday, April 13th 2019	SUB Round 1
W	Dan Yates #811 Welterweight	KOP 63 Friday, January 4th 2019	TKO Round 1
L	Artem Frolov #57 Middleweight	M-1 Challenge 93 - Shlemenko vs. Silva Friday, June 1st 2018	TKO (Knee Injury) Round 2
D	Borys Polezhai #119 Middleweight	M-1 Challenge 90 - Kunchenko vs. Butenko Friday, March 30th 2018	Draw Round 3
W	Erick Lozano #192 Light Heavyweight	KOP 60 - KnockOut Promotions 60 Saturday, February 24th 2018	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Oleg Olenichev #97 Middleweight	M-1 Challenge 84 - 20 Years of MMA Friday, October 27th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 3
W	Shonie Carter	Z Promotions - Fight Night Medicine Hat 4 Saturday, September 9th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Dmitry Samoilov #413 Middleweight	M-1 Challenge 81: Battle in the Mountains 6 Saturday, July 22nd 2017	TKO Round 3
W	Jerome Jones #982 Welterweight	WXC 68 - Nemesis Friday, April 28th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Billy Martin	Intense Championship Fighting 27 Saturday, April 8th 2017	TKO Round 1
W	Cody McKenzie #222 Welterweight	Z Promotions - Fight Night Medicine Hat 2 Friday, October 28th 2016	TKO (Submission to Strikes) Round 1
L	Chris Camozzi #29 Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 83 - Cerrone vs. Oliveira Sunday, February 21st 2016	TKO (Knees) Round 1
W	Ron Stallings #137 Middleweight	UFC 191 - Johnson vs. Dodson 2 Saturday, September 5th 2015	DQ (Illegal Upkick) Round 2
L	Patrick Cote #49 Welterweight	UFC 186 - Johnson vs. Horiguchi Saturday, April 25th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Ben Saunders #40 Welterweight	UFC on Fox 13 - Dos Santos vs. Miocic Saturday, December 13th 2014	TKO (Neck Injury) Round 1
W	Mike Bronzoulis #133 Welterweight	Bellator MMA - Bellator 106 Saturday, November 2nd 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Cris Leyva #776 Lightweight	RITC - Rage in the Cage 164 Friday, November 16th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Josh Cavan #587 Welterweight	MFW - Made For War 1 Saturday, October 13th 2012	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Shane Johnson	RITC - Rage in the Cage 160 Friday, June 22nd 2012	KO (Punch) Round 2
W	Aaron Brink	RITC - Rage in the Cage 159 Friday, May 11th 2012	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
W	Shannon Ritch #371 Light Heavyweight	Duel for Domination - MMA Extravaganza Saturday, November 26th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Kendall Grove #57 Middleweight	ProElite - Arlovski vs. Lopez Saturday, August 27th 2011	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
L	Bryan Baker #38 Middleweight	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 43 Saturday, May 7th 2011	KO (Punch) Round 2
L	Jordan Mein #128 Welterweight	Wreck MMA - Strong and Proud Friday, January 28th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Trent Thorne #331 Light Heavyweight	KOTC - 48 Sunday, November 21st 2010	TKO (Elbows) Round 1
W	Louis Taylor #143 Middleweight	Strikeforce - Challengers 10 Friday, August 13th 2010	Submission (Punches) Round 3
L	Jay Hieron #9 Welterweight	Strikeforce - Miami Saturday, January 30th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Nick Almen	IMMA 1 - Ironman MMA Friday, December 11th 2009	Submission (Punches and Elbows) Round 1
W	David Barnes	RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138 Friday, December 4th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Phil Baroni #51 Welterweight	Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields Saturday, June 6th 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Luke Stewart #99 Welterweight	Strikeforce - Destruction Friday, November 21st 2008	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Kazuo Misaki #7 Middleweight	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion 2 Saturday, September 20th 2008	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Matt Dempsey	RITC 112 - Rage in the Cage 112 Saturday, July 26th 2008	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
L	Cory Devela #74 Middleweight	Strikeforce - Strikeforce at the Dome Saturday, February 23rd 2008	Submission (Slam) Round 1
W	Eugene Jackson #97 Middleweight	Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion Saturday, September 29th 2007	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Dan Chambers #410 Middleweight	HCF - Unfinished Business Saturday, July 21st 2007	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
L	Diego Sanchez #3 Welterweight	UFC - Fight Night 7 Wednesday, December 13th 2006	KO (Knee) Round 1
W	Jason Von Flue #83 Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 6 - Sanchez vs. Parisyan Thursday, August 17th 2006	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
L	Mike Swick #62 Middleweight	UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie Saturday, May 27th 2006	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
W	Nick Diaz #11 Welterweight	UFC 57 - Liddell vs. Couture 3 Saturday, February 4th 2006	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Matt Hughes #2 Welterweight	UFC 56 - Full Force Saturday, November 19th 2005	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
W	Chris Lytle #17 Welterweight	UFC 55 - Fury Friday, October 7th 2005	TKO (Cut) Round 2
W	Rob Kimmons #77 Light Heavyweight	WEC 15 - Judgment Day Thursday, May 19th 2005	Submission (Punches) Round 1
L	Ivan Salaverry #24 Middleweight	UFC 52 - Couture vs. Liddell 2 Saturday, April 16th 2005	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Thomas Gil #184 Heavyweight	RITC 66 - Rage in the Cage 66 Saturday, November 13th 2004	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Isidro Gonzalez	WEC 12 - Halloween Fury 3 Thursday, October 21st 2004	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Round 1
W	Joe Doerksen #5 Middleweight	UFC 49 - Unfinished Business Saturday, August 21st 2004	Submission (Elbows) Round 2
W	Shane Johnson #174 Heavyweight	XCF 5 - Evolution Friday, May 28th 2004	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Kendall Grove #98 Middleweight	ROTR 5 - Rumble on the Rock 5 Friday, May 7th 2004	KO (Elbows) Round 1
W	Dave Vitkay	ICC - Trials 2 Friday, April 30th 2004	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	John Renken #80 Middleweight	RITC 60 - The Saint Goes Marching In Saturday, March 20th 2004	KO (Punch) Round 1
W	Chris Kiever	IFC - Battleground Tahoe Saturday, January 31st 2004	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Alex Stiebling #34 Light Heavyweight	WEC 9 - Cold Blooded Friday, January 16th 2004	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2
W	Cory Timmerman #111 Heavyweight	RITC 57 - Tucson Revisited Saturday, December 13th 2003	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Frank Alcala	IFC - Rumble on the Rio Saturday, December 6th 2003	TKO (Punches) Round 1
NC	Andy Montana #37 Heavyweight	RITC 53 - The Beat Goes On Saturday, September 13th 2003	No Contest Round 0
W	Greg Wikan #22 Heavyweight	ECS - Evolution Saturday, July 19th 2003	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 3
W	Will Hammond	AOW - Art of War 2 Saturday, June 21st 2003	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Travis Fulton #72 Heavyweight	RITC 45 - Finally Saturday, March 1st 2003	Submission (Choke) Round 1
W	Herb Dean	RITC 43 - The Match Saturday, January 18th 2003	Submission (Punches) Round 1
L	Wesley Correira #78 Heavyweight	ROTR 1 - Rumble on the Rock 1 Saturday, December 28th 2002	KO (Knee and Punch) Round 2
W	Lemuel Vincent	RITC 42 - Road Trip Saturday, December 7th 2002	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Allan Sullivan #178 Heavyweight	RITC 39 - Bring It Saturday, October 19th 2002	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
W	Joe Pardo	RITC 38 - Lets Roll Saturday, September 7th 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jess Morton	RITC 36 - The Rematch Saturday, June 22nd 2002	TKO (Retirement) Round 1
W	Andy Montana	RITC 35 - This Time Its Personal Friday, May 3rd 2002	Submission (Punches) Round 1
L	Homer Moore #46 Light Heavyweight	RITC 34 - Rage in the Cage 34 Friday, March 15th 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Joey Vigueria	RITC 33 - The Big Show Saturday, February 2nd 2002	Submission (Punches) Round 1
W	Justin Lyon	RITC 31 - Rage in the Cage 31 Wednesday, November 7th 2001	Submission (Punches) Round 1
W	Ryan Roath #162 Heavyweight	RITC 30 - Soaring to New Heights Wednesday, September 26th 2001	Submission (Punches) Round 1