Justin Gaethje
“The Highlight”
- 27-5-0
- (Win - Loss - Draw)
- Country
United States- Weight Class
- Lightweight
- Birth Date
- 1988-11-14
- Age
- 39
- Height
- 180.3 cm
- Weight
- 70.3 kg
“The Highlight”
Justin Gaethje (The Highlight) is a Lightweight fighter from United States. ranked #1 in UFC lightweight, a record of 27-5 and 32 fights.
| Opponent | Method | |
|---|---|---|
| W | Paddy Pimblett | Decision |
| W | Rafael Fiziev | Decision |
| L | Max Holloway | Knockout |
| W | Dustin Poirier | Knockout |
| W | Rafael Fiziev | Decision |
| Title Fights | 11 |
| Main Events | 16 |
| Current Win Streak | 2 |
| Max Win Streak | 18 |
| Max Loss Streak | 2 |
| Debut | 2011.08.20 |
| Last Fight | 2026.01.25 |
| Avg. Fight Time | 9:39 |
| Career Duration | 14y 5m |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 20 | 74.1% | |
| └ Head kick | 1 | 5.0% | |
| └ Punch | 11 | 55.0% | |
| └ Punch, knee kick | 1 | 5.0% | |
| └ Doctor stoppage | 2 | 10.0% | |
| └ Leg kick | 2 | 10.0% | |
| └ Leg kick, punch | 1 | 5.0% | |
| └ Punch, elbow | 1 | 5.0% | |
| └ Slam | 1 | 5.0% | |
| Submission | 1 | 3.7% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Decision | 6 | 22.2% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 4 | 66.7% | |
| └ Majority | 1 | 16.7% | |
| └ Split | 1 | 16.7% |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 3 | 60.0% | |
| └ Punch | 2 | 66.7% | |
| └ Your kick | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Submission | 2 | 40.0% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 50.0% | |
| └ Triangle choke | 1 | 50.0% |
| Promotion | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| World Series of Fighting | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rage in the Cage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ring of Fire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bring the Thunder MMA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weight Class | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lightweight | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Lightweight | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Welterweight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#33
#32
26-5-0
2026.01.25
23-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#31
25-5-0
2025.03.09
12-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#30
25-4-0
2024.04.14
25-7-0
Knockout(Punch)
5Round 4:59
#29
24-4-0
2023.07.30
29-7-0
Knockout(Head kick)
2Round 1:00
#28
23-4-0
2023.03.18
12-1-0
Decision(Majority)
3Round 5:00
#27
23-3-0
2022.05.08
32-8-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 3:22
#26
22-3-0
2021.11.07
22-6-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#25
22-2-0
2020.10.24
28-0-0
Technical Submission(Triangle choke)
2Round 1:34
#24
21-2-0
2020.05.10
25-3-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
5Round 3:39
#23
20-2-0
2019.09.15
36-12-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 4:18
#22
19-2-0
2019.03.30
20-6-0
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 2:30
#21
18-2-0
2018.08.25
16-1-0
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 1:27
#20
18-1-0
2018.04.15
22-5-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
4Round 0:33
#19
18-0-0
2017.12.02
28-5-0
Knockout(Your kick)
3Round 3:59
#18
17-0-0
2017.07.08
17-11-0
Technical Knockout(Punch, knee kick)
2Round 4:48
#17
16-0-0
2016.12.31
19-7-0
Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage)
3Round 5:00
#16
15-0-0
2016.03.12
26-8-0
Technical Knockout(Leg kick)
1Round 1:43
#15
14-0-0
2015.09.18
23-10-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 4:30
#14
13-0-0
2015.03.28
23-9-0
Technical Knockout(Leg kick, punch)
3Round 3:57
#13
12-0-0
2014.11.15
32-14-2
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#12
11-0-0
2014.07.05
11-0-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 3:09
#11
10-0-0
2014.01.18
6-1-0
Technical Knockout(Punch, elbow)
1Round 1:09
#10
9-0-0
2013.10.26
17-4-0
Knockout(Punch)
2Round 1:40
#9
8-0-0
2013.06.14
20-7-0
Technical Knockout(Leg kick)
3Round 2:19
#8
7-0-0
2013.03.23
17-6-1
Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage)
1Round 2:27
#7
6-0-0
2012.11.16
1-6-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 0:19
#6
5-0-0
2012.10.20
42-18-0
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 0:12
#5
4-0-0
2012.09.29
0-0-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
2Round 1:58
#4
3-0-0
2012.06.02
0-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#3
2-0-0
2011.12.17
2-0-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 2:57
#2
1-0-0
2011.10.01
1-6-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 4:32
#1
0-0-0
2011.08.20
4-2-0
Knockout(Slam)
1Round 1:01
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCHEDULED | UFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs Gaethje 2026.06.15 | |||
WIN 26-5-0 | Paddy Pimblett 23-3-0 | UFC 324 - Gaethje vs Pimblett 2026.01.25 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 25-5-0 | Rafael Fiziev 12-3-0 | UFC 313 - Pereira vs Ankalaev 2025.03.09 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 25-4-0 | Max Holloway 25-7-0 | UFC 300 - Pereira vs Hill 2024.04.14 | Knockout(Punch) | 5Round4:59 |
WIN 24-4-0 | Dustin Poirier 29-7-0 | UFC 291 - Poirier vs Gaethje 2 2023.07.30 | Knockout(Head kick) | 2Round1:00 |
WIN 23-4-0 | Rafael Fiziev 12-1-0 | UFC 286 - Edwards vs Usman 3 2023.03.18 | Decision(Majority) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 23-3-0 | Charles Oliveira 32-8-0 | UFC 274 - Oliveira vs Gaethje 2022.05.08 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round3:22 |
WIN 22-3-0 | Michael Chandler 22-6-0 | UFC 268 - Usman vs Covington 2 2021.11.07 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 22-2-0 | Khabib Nurmagomedov 28-0-0 | UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs Gaethje 2020.10.24 | Technical Submission(Triangle choke) | 2Round1:34 |
WIN 21-2-0 | Tony Ferguson 25-3-0 | UFC 249 - Ferguson vs Gaethje 2020.05.10 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 5Round3:39 |
WIN 20-2-0 | Donald Cerrone 36-12-0 | UFC Fight Night 158 - Cowboy vs Gaethje 2019.09.15 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round4:18 |
WIN 19-2-0 | Edson Barboza 20-6-0 | UFC on ESPN 2 - Barboza vs Gaethje 2019.03.30 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round2:30 |
WIN 18-2-0 | James Vick 16-1-0 | UFC Fight Night 135 - Gaethje vs Vick 2018.08.25 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round1:27 |
LOSS 18-1-0 | Dustin Poirier 22-5-0 | UFC on Fox 29 - Poirier vs Gaethje 2018.04.15 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 4Round0:33 |
LOSS 18-0-0 | Eddie Alvarez 28-5-0 | UFC 218 - Holloway vs Aldo 2 2017.12.02 | Knockout(Your kick) | 3Round3:59 |
WIN 17-0-0 | Michael Johnson 17-11-0 | UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale 2017.07.08 | Technical Knockout(Punch, knee kick) | 2Round4:48 |
WIN 16-0-0 | Luiz Firmino 19-7-0 | WSOF 34 - Gaethje vs Firmino 2016.12.31 | Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 15-0-0 | Brian Foster 26-8-0 | WSOF 29 - Gaethje vs Foster 2016.03.12 | Technical Knockout(Leg kick) | 1Round1:43 |
WIN 14-0-0 | Luis Palomino 23-10-0 | WSOF 23 - Gaethje vs Palomino 2 2015.09.18 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round4:30 |
WIN 13-0-0 | Luis Palomino 23-9-0 | WSOF 19 - Gaethje vs Palomino 2015.03.28 | Technical Knockout(Leg kick, punch) | 3Round3:57 |
WIN 12-0-0 | Melvin Guillard 32-14-2 | WSOF 15 - Branch vs Okami 2014.11.15 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 11-0-0 | Nick Newell 11-0-0 | WSOF 11 - Gaethje vs Newell 2014.07.05 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round3:09 |
WIN 10-0-0 | Richard Patishnock 6-1-0 | WSOF 8 - Gaethje vs Patishnock 2014.01.18 | Technical Knockout(Punch, elbow) | 1Round1:09 |
WIN 9-0-0 | Dan Lauzon 17-4-0 | WSOF 6 - Burkman vs Carl 2013.10.26 | Knockout(Punch) | 2Round1:40 |
WIN 8-0-0 | Brian Cobb 20-7-0 | WSOF 3 - Fitch vs Burkman 2 2013.06.14 | Technical Knockout(Leg kick) | 3Round2:19 |
WIN 7-0-0 | Gesias Cavalcante 17-6-1 | WSOF 2 - Arlovski vs Johnson 2013.03.23 | Technical Knockout(Doctor stoppage) | 1Round2:27 |
WIN 6-0-0 | Adrian Valdez 1-6-0 | RITC - Rage in the Cage 164 2012.11.16 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round0:19 |
WIN 5-0-0 | Drew Fickett 42-18-0 | RITC - Rage in the Cage 163 2012.10.20 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round0:12 |
WIN 4-0-0 | Sam Young 0-0-0 | RITC - Rage in the Cage 162 2012.09.29 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 2Round1:58 |
WIN 3-0-0 | Marcus Edwards 0-0-0 | ROF 43 - Bad Blood 2012.06.02 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 2-0-0 | Donnie Bell 2-0-0 | ROF 42 - Who's Next 2011.12.17 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round2:57 |
WIN 1-0-0 | Joe Kelso 1-6-0 | BTT MMA 2 - Genesis 2011.10.01 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round4:32 |
WIN 0-0-0 | Kevin Croom 4-2-0 | ROF 41 - Bragging Rights 2011.08.20 | Knockout(Slam) | 1Round1:01 |
#7
2011.04.16
Technical Knockout(Knee kick)
3Round 1:48
#6
2010.06.05
Decision(Split)
3Round 3:00
#5
2010.04.17
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 1:01
#4
2009.08.01
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 1:20
#3
2009.05.16
Submission(Armbar)
3Round 2:07
#2
2009.05.01
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 1:56
#1
2008.08.02
Knockout(Punch)
1Round 0:27
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WIN | ROF 40 - Backlash 2011.04.16 | Technical Knockout(Knee kick) | 3Round1:48 | |
WIN | ROF 38 - Ascension 2010.06.05 | Decision(Split) | 3Round3:00 | |
WIN | FTW - War 2010.04.17 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round1:01 | |
WIN | ROF 35 - Summer Brawl 2009.08.01 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round1:20 | |
WIN | RITC 127 - Rage in the Cage 127 2009.05.16 | Submission(Armbar) | 3Round2:07 | |
WIN | VFC 27 - Mayhem 2009.05.01 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round1:56 | |
WIN | BUTS - Battle Under The Stars 1 2008.08.02 | Knockout(Punch) | 1Round0:27 |
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