Joe Soto

"One Bad Mofo"

3-5

Record

Age / DOB 39
(Mar 22, 1987)

Height 5' 6"

Weight 135 lbs.

Reach 65.0"

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

3.36 Sig. Strikes / Min

41.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

5.37 Absorbed / Min

67.0% Strike Defense

0.85 TD Avg / 15 min

21.0% TD Accuracy

70.0% TD Defense

1.9 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (3)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 2

Decision 1

Loss Methods (5)

KO/TKO 3

Submission 1

Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Iuri Alcântara

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders
Feb 03, 2018

TKO (body kick and punches) R1 1:06

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Iuri Alcântara	1	17 of 30	56%	17 of 30	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06
Joe Soto	0	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Iuri Alcântara	1	17 of 30	56%	17 of 30	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:06
1	Joe Soto	0	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Iuri Alcântara	17 of 30	56%	13 of 26	3 of 3	1 of 1	8 of 17	1 of 2	8 of 11
Joe Soto	1 of 2	50%	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Iuri Alcântara	17 of 30	56%	13 of 26	3 of 3	1 of 1	8 of 17	1 of 2	8 of 11
1	Joe Soto	1 of 2	50%	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Loss

vs Brett Johns

The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
Dec 01, 2017

Submission (calf slicer) R1 0:30

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Brett Johns	0	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Joe Soto	0	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Brett Johns	0	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
1	Joe Soto	0	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Brett Johns	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0
Joe Soto	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Brett Johns	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Joe Soto	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0

Win

vs Rani Yahya

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
Mar 11, 2017

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Joe Soto	0	59 of 215	27%	65 of 221	1 of 11	9%	0	0	0:57
Rani Yahya	0	54 of 113	47%	98 of 176	1 of 1	100%	2	0	4:44

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Joe Soto	21 of 73	28%	22 of 74	1 of 2	50%	0	0:50
1	Rani Yahya	9 of 29	31%	10 of 30	0 of 0	---	1	0:01
2	Joe Soto	28 of 109	25%	29 of 110	0 of 8	0%	0	0:00
2	Rani Yahya	31 of 63	49%	35 of 69	0 of 0	---	0	1:00
3	Joe Soto	10 of 33	30%	14 of 37	0 of 1	0%	0	0:07
3	Rani Yahya	14 of 21	66%	53 of 77	1 of 1	100%	1	3:43

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Joe Soto	59 of 215	27%	41 of 190	13 of 20	5 of 5	55 of 206	4 of 9	0 of 0
Rani Yahya	54 of 113	47%	49 of 106	4 of 6	1 of 1	36 of 93	3 of 4	15 of 16

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Joe Soto	21 of 73	28%	13 of 60	5 of 10	3 of 3	21 of 73	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Rani Yahya	9 of 29	31%	7 of 26	1 of 2	1 of 1	9 of 29	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Joe Soto	28 of 109	25%	23 of 102	3 of 5	2 of 2	26 of 103	2 of 6	0 of 0
2	Rani Yahya	31 of 63	49%	29 of 60	2 of 3	0 of 0	24 of 54	1 of 2	6 of 7
3	Joe Soto	10 of 33	30%	5 of 28	5 of 5	0 of 0	8 of 30	2 of 3	0 of 0
3	Rani Yahya	14 of 21	66%	13 of 20	1 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 10	2 of 2	9 of 9

Win

vs Marco Beltrán

The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
Nov 05, 2016

Submission (heel hook) R1 1:37

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Joe Soto	0	3 of 8	37%	3 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Marco Beltrán	0	2 of 2	100%	2 of 2	1 of 1	100%	1	0	0:26

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Joe Soto	0	3 of 8	37%	3 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	Marco Beltrán	0	2 of 2	100%	2 of 2	1 of 1	100%	1	0	0:26

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Joe Soto	3 of 8	37%	1 of 5	2 of 2	0 of 1	2 of 7	0 of 0	1 of 1
Marco Beltrán	2 of 2	100%	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Joe Soto	3 of 8	37%	1 of 5	2 of 2	0 of 1	2 of 7	0 of 0	1 of 1
1	Marco Beltrán	2 of 2	100%	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Win

vs Chris Beal

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson
Jun 18, 2016

Submission (rear-naked choke) R3 3:39

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Joe Soto	0	76 of 209	36%	78 of 211	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:11
Chris Beal	0	47 of 136	34%	63 of 153	1 of 7	14%	2	0	2:07

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Joe Soto	22 of 67	32%	22 of 67	0 of 0	---	0	0:02
1	Chris Beal	11 of 41	26%	11 of 41	0 of 3	0%	0	0:00
2	Joe Soto	29 of 78	37%	30 of 79	0 of 0	---	0	0:09
2	Chris Beal	23 of 56	41%	36 of 70	0 of 1	0%	1	1:15
3	Joe Soto	25 of 64	39%	26 of 65	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
3	Chris Beal	13 of 39	33%	16 of 42	1 of 3	33%	1	0:52

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Joe Soto	76 of 209	36%	68 of 197	8 of 12	0 of 0	76 of 209	0 of 0	0 of 0
Chris Beal	47 of 136	34%	37 of 119	3 of 3	7 of 14	42 of 131	0 of 0	5 of 5

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Joe Soto	22 of 67	32%	20 of 63	2 of 4	0 of 0	22 of 67	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Chris Beal	11 of 41	26%	8 of 33	0 of 0	3 of 8	11 of 41	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Joe Soto	29 of 78	37%	25 of 74	4 of 4	0 of 0	29 of 78	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Chris Beal	23 of 56	41%	18 of 50	3 of 3	2 of 3	18 of 51	0 of 0	5 of 5
3	Joe Soto	25 of 64	39%	23 of 60	2 of 4	0 of 0	25 of 64	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Chris Beal	13 of 39	33%	11 of 36	0 of 0	2 of 3	13 of 39	0 of 0	0 of 0

Loss

vs Michinori Tanaka

UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit
Jan 02, 2016

Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Michinori Tanaka	0	71 of 111	63%	98 of 138	1 of 3	33%	4	0	0:14
Joe Soto	0	57 of 190	30%	68 of 202	3 of 6	50%	0	0	5:06

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Michinori Tanaka	11 of 16	68%	12 of 17	0 of 1	0%	1	0:00
1	Joe Soto	7 of 33	21%	8 of 34	1 of 1	100%	0	1:09
2	Michinori Tanaka	7 of 15	46%	25 of 33	0 of 1	0%	1	0:00
2	Joe Soto	21 of 46	45%	28 of 53	1 of 2	50%	0	2:51
3	Michinori Tanaka	53 of 80	66%	61 of 88	1 of 1	100%	2	0:14
3	Joe Soto	29 of 111	26%	32 of 115	1 of 3	33%	0	1:06

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Michinori Tanaka	71 of 111	63%	54 of 88	4 of 6	13 of 17	67 of 106	0 of 1	4 of 4
Joe Soto	57 of 190	30%	46 of 178	6 of 7	5 of 5	47 of 174	0 of 2	10 of 14

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Michinori Tanaka	11 of 16	68%	4 of 8	0 of 0	7 of 8	9 of 14	0 of 0	2 of 2
1	Joe Soto	7 of 33	21%	3 of 29	1 of 1	3 of 3	7 of 33	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Michinori Tanaka	7 of 15	46%	4 of 11	0 of 0	3 of 4	5 of 13	0 of 0	2 of 2
2	Joe Soto	21 of 46	45%	16 of 41	3 of 3	2 of 2	13 of 35	0 of 2	8 of 9
3	Michinori Tanaka	53 of 80	66%	46 of 69	4 of 6	3 of 5	53 of 79	0 of 1	0 of 0
3	Joe Soto	29 of 111	26%	27 of 108	2 of 3	0 of 0	27 of 106	0 of 0	2 of 5

Loss

vs Anthony Birchak

UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
Jun 06, 2015

KO (punches) R1 1:37

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Anthony Birchak	0	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Joe Soto	2	16 of 39	41%	18 of 41	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:08

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Anthony Birchak	0	1 of 9	11%	1 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	Joe Soto	2	16 of 39	41%	18 of 41	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:08

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Anthony Birchak	1 of 9	11%	1 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 2	1 of 8	0 of 1	0 of 0
Joe Soto	16 of 39	41%	11 of 32	2 of 3	3 of 4	5 of 20	9 of 15	2 of 4

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Anthony Birchak	1 of 9	11%	1 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 2	1 of 8	0 of 1	0 of 0
1	Joe Soto	16 of 39	41%	11 of 32	2 of 3	3 of 4	5 of 20	9 of 15	2 of 4

Loss

vs T.J. Dillashaw

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto
Aug 30, 2014

KO (head kick and punches) R5 2:20

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
T.J. Dillashaw	1	151 of 454	33%	156 of 461	2 of 3	66%	0	0	1:51
Joe Soto	0	62 of 197	31%	63 of 198	0 of 5	0%	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	T.J. Dillashaw	0	21 of 69	30%	21 of 69	0 of 0	---	0:32
1	Joe Soto	0	8 of 30	26%	8 of 30	0 of 2	0%	0:00
2	T.J. Dillashaw	0	43 of 135	31%	43 of 135	0 of 1	0%	0:00
2	Joe Soto	0	24 of 67	35%	24 of 67	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	T.J. Dillashaw	0	41 of 128	32%	43 of 130	1 of 1	100%	0:15
3	Joe Soto	0	13 of 43	30%	14 of 44	0 of 1	0%	0:00
4	T.J. Dillashaw	0	32 of 78	41%	35 of 83	1 of 1	100%	1:03
4	Joe Soto	0	13 of 43	30%	13 of 43	0 of 0	---	0:00
5	T.J. Dillashaw	1	14 of 44	31%	14 of 44	0 of 0	---	0:01
5	Joe Soto	0	4 of 14	28%	4 of 14	0 of 2	0%	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
T.J. Dillashaw	151 of 454	33%	113 of 400	22 of 33	16 of 21	144 of 440	6 of 10	1 of 4
Joe Soto	62 of 197	31%	53 of 184	6 of 8	3 of 5	62 of 194	0 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	T.J. Dillashaw	21 of 69	30%	15 of 60	3 of 6	3 of 3	16 of 63	5 of 6	0 of 0
1	Joe Soto	8 of 30	26%	7 of 27	0 of 0	1 of 3	8 of 28	0 of 2	0 of 0
2	T.J. Dillashaw	43 of 135	31%	36 of 125	4 of 4	3 of 6	42 of 133	1 of 2	0 of 0
2	Joe Soto	24 of 67	35%	21 of 63	2 of 3	1 of 1	24 of 67	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	T.J. Dillashaw	41 of 128	32%	29 of 111	7 of 12	5 of 5	40 of 125	0 of 1	1 of 2
3	Joe Soto	13 of 43	30%	11 of 40	1 of 2	1 of 1	13 of 43	0 of 0	0 of 0
4	T.J. Dillashaw	32 of 78	41%	26 of 69	2 of 3	4 of 6	32 of 77	0 of 1	0 of 0
4	Joe Soto	13 of 43	30%	10 of 40	3 of 3	0 of 0	13 of 42	0 of 1	0 of 0
5	T.J. Dillashaw	14 of 44	31%	7 of 35	6 of 8	1 of 1	14 of 42	0 of 0	0 of 2
5	Joe Soto	4 of 14	28%	4 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0	4 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0