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Fernando Padilla
“El Valiente”
Mexico
16-6-0W-L-D
- Age
- 29
- Height
- 6'1"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 76"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- FeatherweightFeatherweight: 136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Team Oyama
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1658
Scouting Report
- L
- W
- L
- W
- W
Won 3 of last 5
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Padilla is a finisher with an 88% finish rate: 9 wins by submission, 5 by KO/TKO and 2 by decision. Submissions are his most common way to win, and he makes people tap.
- Recent Form
- Sean Woodson, loss, stopped by KO/TKO in round 1. Luis Pajuelo, win by submission in round 1. Kyle Nelson (17-7-1), loss by unanimous decision. Julian Erosa (31-14-0), win by round 1 KO/TKO.
- Style
- Orthodox with a 76" reach. Lands 6.07 significant strikes a minute at 40% accuracy, absorbs 5.74 and defends 52%. Attempts no takedowns but stopped every one against him, and throws 0.6 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 5 KO/TKO (31%)
- 9 Submission (56%)
- 2 Decision (13%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 88%
- Last fought
- 23 months ago
16 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
- Lossvs Sean WoodsonKO/TKO · R1 · 4:58Dec 15, 2024 · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Buckley
- Winvs Luis PajueloSubmission · R1 · 2:45Mar 24, 2024 · UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs Namajunas
- Lossvs Kyle Nelson17-8-1 · Power Index 1616Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Sep 17, 2023 · UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Shevchenko 2
Fight stats
Stat Fernando Padilla Kyle Nelson Sig. strikes 72/208 82/184 Takedowns 0/1 0/3 Control time 0:07 0:00 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 26 25 Round 2 sig. strikes 22 30 Round 3 sig. strikes 24 27 - Winvs Julian Erosa32-14-0 · Power Index 1774KO/TKO · R1 · 1:41Apr 29, 2023 · UFC Fight Night: Song vs Simon
- Winvs Cameron GravesTKO · R2 · 1:19May 16, 2021 · Fury FC 46: Lookin' For a Fight
Career Stats
Based on 4 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 6.07
- Striking accuracy
- 40%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 5.74
- Striking defense
- 52%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 0.00
- Takedown accuracy
- 0%
- Takedown defense
- 100%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.60