Association: Sanford MMA
Pro Debut Date: 2003-11-08
Pro Record: 22-8-1
Win Finish %: 45.4%
Quality Perf. %: 71.0%
Last Ranked: 4/01/2023

#75 Light Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2009

#1 Light Heavyweight

All-Time Rank:

#9 Light Heavyweight

Last Loss Date: 6/09/2018
Last Loss: [#16 LHW] Anthony Smith
Opponent's Last 5: W L L W L
UFC Record: 14-8-1
Longest Win Streak: 5 (2005-2007)
Next Best Win Streak: 4 (2010-2012)
UFC Debut: 2005-11-05
Last UFC Fight: 2018-06-09

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
04/01/2023 6 #75 Light Heavyweight 22-8-1
65
01/01/2023 4 #69 Light Heavyweight 22-8-1
72
10/01/2022 1 #65 Light Heavyweight 22-8-1
72
07/01/2022 3 #64 Light Heavyweight 22-8-1
72
04/01/2022 NR #61 Light Heavyweight 22-8-1
72
07/01/2019 3 #36 Light Heavyweight 21-8-1
125
04/01/2019 2 #33 Light Heavyweight 21-8-1
132
01/01/2019 6 #31 Light Heavyweight 21-8-1
134
10/01/2018 1 #25 Light Heavyweight 21-8-1
135
07/01/2018 NR #26 Light Heavyweight 21-8-1
137
04/01/2018 2 #33 Middleweight 21-7-1
212
01/01/2018 2 #31 Middleweight 21-7-1
215
10/01/2017 5 #29 Middleweight 21-7-1
223
07/01/2017 2 #24 Middleweight 21-6-1
252
04/01/2017 NR #22 Middleweight 21-6-1
260
01/01/2017 5 #15 Light Heavyweight 21-5-1
233
10/01/2016 1 #10 Light Heavyweight 21-5-1
356
07/01/2016 2 #9 Light Heavyweight 21-5-1
361
04/01/2016 1 #7 Light Heavyweight 21-4-1
419
01/01/2016 NR #8 Light Heavyweight 21-4-1
426
01/01/2015   #3 Light Heavyweight 21-3-1
751
10/01/2014   #3 Light Heavyweight 21-3-1
818
07/01/2014 1 #3 Light Heavyweight 21-3-1
818
04/01/2014   #2 Light Heavyweight 21-3-1
818
01/01/2014 2 #2 Light Heavyweight 21-3-1
818
10/01/2013 1 #4 Light Heavyweight 20-3-1
628
07/01/2013 3 #3 Light Heavyweight 20-3-1
628
04/01/2013 3 #6 Light Heavyweight 19-3-1
526
01/01/2013 1 #3 Light Heavyweight 19-2-1
674
10/01/2012 1 #4 Light Heavyweight 19-2-1
674
07/01/2012   #3 Light Heavyweight 19-2-1
674
04/01/2012   #3 Light Heavyweight 19-1-1
756
01/01/2012   #3 Light Heavyweight 18-1-1
731
10/01/2011 1 #3 Light Heavyweight 18-1-1
731
07/01/2011   #2 Light Heavyweight 17-1-1
683
04/01/2011   #2 Light Heavyweight 17-1-1
728
01/01/2011   #2 Light Heavyweight 17-1-1
728
10/01/2010   #2 Light Heavyweight 17-1-1
728
07/01/2010 1 #2 Light Heavyweight 17-1-1
728
04/01/2010   #3 Light Heavyweight 16-1-1
546
01/01/2010   #3 Light Heavyweight 15-1-1
501
10/01/2009   #3 Light Heavyweight 15-1-1
501
07/01/2009 1 #3 Light Heavyweight 15-1-1
501
04/01/2009 1 #2 Light Heavyweight 15-0-1
635
01/01/2009 4 #1 Light Heavyweight 15-0-1
635
10/01/2008 7 #5 Light Heavyweight 14-0-1
360
07/01/2008   #12 Light Heavyweight 13-0-1
182
04/01/2008 1 #12 Light Heavyweight 13-0-1
182
01/01/2008   #13 Light Heavyweight 13-0-1
182
10/01/2007 3 #13 Light Heavyweight 12-0-1
182
07/01/2007   #10 Light Heavyweight 12-0-0
178
04/01/2007 1 #10 Light Heavyweight 12-0-0
178
01/01/2007   #11 Light Heavyweight 11-0-0
166
10/01/2006 3 #11 Light Heavyweight 11-0-0
166
07/01/2006 NR #14 Light Heavyweight 10-0-0
115
04/01/2006 1 #27 Heavyweight 8-0-0
72
01/01/2006 NR #26 Heavyweight 8-0-0
72
10/01/2005 16 #18 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
86
07/01/2005 7 #34 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
54
04/01/2005 1 #41 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
51
01/01/2005 1 #40 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
51
10/01/2004 3 #39 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
51
07/01/2004 NR #36 Light Heavyweight 7-0-0
51


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

  Opponent Event Outcome
W Gabriel Checco
#112 Light Heavyweight
  EFC 44 - Eagle FC 44: Spong vs. Kharitonov
Friday, January 28th 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Anthony Smith
#31 Middleweight
  UFC 225 - Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Saturday, June 9th 2018
KO (Knee)
Round 1
L Sam Alvey
#30 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night 114 - Pettis vs. Moreno
Saturday, August 5th 2017
Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Daniel Kelly
#29 Middleweight
  UFC 209 - Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Saturday, March 4th 2017
Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Glover Teixeira
#6 Light Heavyweight
  UFC on Fox 19 - Teixeira vs. Evans
Saturday, April 16th 2016
KO (Punches)
Round 1
L Ryan Bader
#4 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 192 - Cormier vs. Gustafsson
Saturday, October 3rd 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Chael Sonnen
#8 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 167 - St. Pierre vs. Hendricks
Saturday, November 16th 2013
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Dan Henderson
#3 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 161 - Evans vs. Henderson
Saturday, June 15th 2013
Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
#11 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 156 - Aldo vs. Edgar
Saturday, February 2nd 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Jon Jones
#1 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 145 - Jones vs. Evans
Saturday, April 21st 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Phil Davis
#10 Light Heavyweight
  UFC on Fox 2 - Evans vs. Davis
Saturday, January 28th 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Tito Ortiz
#21 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 133 - Evans vs. Ortiz 2
Saturday, August 6th 2011
TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 2
W Quinton Jackson
#2 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 114 - Rampage vs. Evans
Saturday, May 29th 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Thiago Silva
#10 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 108 - Evans vs. Silva
Saturday, January 2nd 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Lyoto Machida
#4 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 98 - Evans vs. Machida
Saturday, May 23rd 2009
KO (Punches)
Round 2
W Forrest Griffin
#1 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 92 - The Ultimate 2008
Saturday, December 27th 2008
TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Chuck Liddell
#2 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 88 - Breakthrough
Saturday, September 6th 2008
KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Michael Bisping
#23 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 78 - Validation
Saturday, November 17th 2007
Decision (Split)
Round 3
D Tito Ortiz
#8 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 73 - Stacked
Saturday, July 7th 2007
Draw
Round 3
W Sean Salmon
#61 Light Heavyweight
  UFC - Fight Night 8
Thursday, January 25th 2007
KO (Head Kick)
Round 2
W Jason Lambert
#12 Light Heavyweight
  UFC 63 - Hughes vs. Penn
Saturday, September 23rd 2006
KO (Punches)
Round 2
W Stephan Bonnar
#16 Light Heavyweight
  UFC - Fight Night 5
Wednesday, June 28th 2006
Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Sam Hoger
#51 Light Heavyweight
  UFC - Fight Night 4
Thursday, April 6th 2006
Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Brad Imes
#33 Heavyweight
  UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale
Saturday, November 5th 2005
Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Hector Ramirez
#85 Light Heavyweight
  GC 27 - FightFest 2
Thursday, June 3rd 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Jaime Jara   GC 27 - FightFest 2
Thursday, June 3rd 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Bryan Pardoe
#124 Light Heavyweight
  GC 26 - FightFest 1
Wednesday, June 2nd 2004
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Danny Anderson
#132 Middleweight
  Dangerzone 26 - Professional Level Cage Fighting
Saturday, April 10th 2004
Submission (Punches)
Round 1
W Dennis Reed
#133 Middleweight
  Dangerzone 26 - Professional Level Cage Fighting
Saturday, April 10th 2004
Submission
Round 1
W George Crawford   Dangerzone - Fight Night 9
Saturday, November 8th 2003
N/A
Round 0
W Kris Calmese   Dangerzone - Fight Night 9
Saturday, November 8th 2003
Submission
Round 0