Brandon Thatch

"Rukus"

2-4

Record

Age / DOB 40
(Jul 11, 1985)

Height 6' 2"

Weight 170 lbs.

Reach 74.0"

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Career Averages

2.7 Sig. Strikes / Min

42.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

3.63 Absorbed / Min

52.0% Strike Defense

1.36 TD Avg / 15 min

66.0% TD Accuracy

50.0% TD Defense

0.7 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (2)

KO/TKO 2

Submission 0

Decision 0

Loss Methods (4)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 4

Decision 0

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Niko Price

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
Dec 30, 2016

Submission (arm-triangle choke) R1 4:30

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Niko Price	0	8 of 14	57%	9 of 15	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:01
Brandon Thatch	0	6 of 16	37%	18 of 30	1 of 4	25%	2	0	2:52

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Niko Price	0	8 of 14	57%	9 of 15	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:01
1	Brandon Thatch	0	6 of 16	37%	18 of 30	1 of 4	25%	2	0	2:52

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Niko Price	8 of 14	57%	4 of 9	0 of 0	4 of 5	5 of 11	3 of 3	0 of 0
Brandon Thatch	6 of 16	37%	3 of 12	1 of 1	2 of 3	4 of 12	1 of 1	1 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Niko Price	8 of 14	57%	4 of 9	0 of 0	4 of 5	5 of 11	3 of 3	0 of 0
1	Brandon Thatch	6 of 16	37%	3 of 12	1 of 1	2 of 3	4 of 12	1 of 1	1 of 3

Loss

vs Siyar Bahadurzada

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz
Mar 05, 2016

Submission (arm-triangle choke) R3 4:11

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Siyar Bahadurzada	0	30 of 53	56%	57 of 85	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:29
Brandon Thatch	0	84 of 138	60%	170 of 235	3 of 3	100%	1	1	8:21

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Siyar Bahadurzada	20 of 32	62%	27 of 40	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:27
1	Brandon Thatch	26 of 49	53%	34 of 57	0 of 0	---	0	1	1:34
2	Siyar Bahadurzada	8 of 14	57%	24 of 34	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
2	Brandon Thatch	34 of 48	70%	71 of 92	2 of 2	100%	0	0	4:03
3	Siyar Bahadurzada	2 of 7	28%	6 of 11	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
3	Brandon Thatch	24 of 41	58%	65 of 86	1 of 1	100%	1	0	2:44

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Siyar Bahadurzada	30 of 53	56%	16 of 33	5 of 9	9 of 11	21 of 43	6 of 7	3 of 3
Brandon Thatch	84 of 138	60%	67 of 118	15 of 18	2 of 2	18 of 49	19 of 25	47 of 64

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Siyar Bahadurzada	20 of 32	62%	10 of 18	4 of 6	6 of 8	12 of 23	6 of 7	2 of 2
1	Brandon Thatch	26 of 49	53%	18 of 39	8 of 10	0 of 0	10 of 29	12 of 16	4 of 4
2	Siyar Bahadurzada	8 of 14	57%	5 of 10	1 of 2	2 of 2	8 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Brandon Thatch	34 of 48	70%	29 of 42	4 of 5	1 of 1	3 of 10	5 of 6	26 of 32
3	Siyar Bahadurzada	2 of 7	28%	1 of 5	0 of 1	1 of 1	1 of 6	0 of 0	1 of 1
3	Brandon Thatch	24 of 41	58%	20 of 37	3 of 3	1 of 1	5 of 10	2 of 3	17 of 28

Loss

vs Gunnar Nelson

UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor
Jul 11, 2015

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 2:54

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Gunnar Nelson	1	6 of 8	75%	20 of 24	0 of 0	---	1	0	1:26
Brandon Thatch	0	8 of 14	57%	8 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Gunnar Nelson	1	6 of 8	75%	20 of 24	0 of 0	---	1	0	1:26
1	Brandon Thatch	0	8 of 14	57%	8 of 14	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Gunnar Nelson	6 of 8	75%	6 of 7	0 of 1	0 of 0	4 of 5	0 of 1	2 of 2
Brandon Thatch	8 of 14	57%	0 of 5	3 of 3	5 of 6	5 of 11	3 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Gunnar Nelson	6 of 8	75%	6 of 7	0 of 1	0 of 0	4 of 5	0 of 1	2 of 2
1	Brandon Thatch	8 of 14	57%	0 of 5	3 of 3	5 of 6	5 of 11	3 of 3	0 of 0

Loss

vs Benson Henderson

UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch
Feb 14, 2015

Submission (rear-naked choke) R4 3:58

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Benson Henderson	0	57 of 154	37%	85 of 187	3 of 5	60%	1	0	4:34
Brandon Thatch	0	44 of 143	30%	51 of 151	2 of 3	66%	0	0	0:17

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Benson Henderson	17 of 43	39%	17 of 43	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
1	Brandon Thatch	11 of 31	35%	11 of 31	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
2	Benson Henderson	15 of 46	32%	16 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
2	Brandon Thatch	17 of 54	31%	22 of 60	2 of 2	100%	0	0:15
3	Benson Henderson	10 of 29	34%	31 of 53	1 of 2	50%	0	2:59
3	Brandon Thatch	8 of 24	33%	9 of 25	0 of 1	0%	0	0:02
4	Benson Henderson	15 of 36	41%	21 of 44	2 of 3	66%	1	1:35
4	Brandon Thatch	8 of 34	23%	9 of 35	0 of 0	---	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Benson Henderson	57 of 154	37%	26 of 109	18 of 26	13 of 19	51 of 146	1 of 3	5 of 5
Brandon Thatch	44 of 143	30%	23 of 111	14 of 23	7 of 9	37 of 132	7 of 10	0 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Benson Henderson	17 of 43	39%	5 of 23	7 of 11	5 of 9	17 of 43	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Brandon Thatch	11 of 31	35%	1 of 17	7 of 10	3 of 4	9 of 29	2 of 2	0 of 0
2	Benson Henderson	15 of 46	32%	7 of 33	5 of 8	3 of 5	14 of 45	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Brandon Thatch	17 of 54	31%	12 of 46	3 of 6	2 of 2	17 of 52	0 of 1	0 of 1
3	Benson Henderson	10 of 29	34%	6 of 25	2 of 2	2 of 2	9 of 28	0 of 0	1 of 1
3	Brandon Thatch	8 of 24	33%	3 of 17	4 of 5	1 of 2	6 of 22	2 of 2	0 of 0
4	Benson Henderson	15 of 36	41%	8 of 28	4 of 5	3 of 3	11 of 30	0 of 2	4 of 4
4	Brandon Thatch	8 of 34	23%	7 of 31	0 of 2	1 of 1	5 of 29	3 of 5	0 of 0

Win

vs Paulo Thiago

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2
Nov 09, 2013

TKO (punches) R1 2:10

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Brandon Thatch	0	5 of 13	38%	6 of 16	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:23
Paulo Thiago	1	12 of 28	42%	13 of 30	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:27

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Brandon Thatch	0	5 of 13	38%	6 of 16	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:23
1	Paulo Thiago	1	12 of 28	42%	13 of 30	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:27

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Brandon Thatch	5 of 13	38%	4 of 12	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 8	4 of 5	0 of 0
Paulo Thiago	12 of 28	42%	7 of 20	5 of 6	0 of 2	7 of 18	3 of 8	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Brandon Thatch	5 of 13	38%	4 of 12	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 8	4 of 5	0 of 0
1	Paulo Thiago	12 of 28	42%	7 of 20	5 of 6	0 of 2	7 of 18	3 of 8	2 of 2

Win

vs Justin Edwards

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2
Aug 28, 2013

TKO (knees and punches) R1 1:23

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Brandon Thatch	0	2 of 10	20%	2 of 10	0 of 2	0%	0	0	0:02
Justin Edwards	2	17 of 26	65%	24 of 33	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:18

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Brandon Thatch	0	2 of 10	20%	2 of 10	0 of 2	0%	0	0	0:02
1	Justin Edwards	2	17 of 26	65%	24 of 33	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:18

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Brandon Thatch	2 of 10	20%	1 of 9	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 7	1 of 3	0 of 0
Justin Edwards	17 of 26	65%	13 of 22	4 of 4	0 of 0	4 of 8	9 of 12	4 of 6

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Brandon Thatch	2 of 10	20%	1 of 9	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 7	1 of 3	0 of 0
1	Justin Edwards	17 of 26	65%	13 of 22	4 of 4	0 of 0	4 of 8	9 of 12	4 of 6