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Joseph Holmes “Ugly Man”

8-4-0 · MatchWiz rating 1452

Age31Height6'4"Reach80"StanceOrthodoxDivisionMiddleweightCampW4R Training CenterCountryUSA

Rating trend

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current 1452 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Joseph Holmes is 2-3 across 5 fights on our tape. He's on a 2-fight losing run. Our rating has him at 1452 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

100% of Joseph's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 3.1 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

How the model reads him

Joseph's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Joseph Holmes — FAQ

What is Joseph Holmes's record?

2-3 across 5 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1452 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Joseph Holmes?

He lands 2.9 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.1, with 1.5 takedowns per 15 minutes and 50% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
May 6, 2023Claudio RibeiroL · KO/TKO R2UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo-37
Oct 29, 2022JunYong ParkL · Submission R2UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen-39
May 21, 2022Alen AmedovskiW · Submission R1UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira+31
Jan 15, 2022Jamie PickettL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze-41
Oct 6, 2021Shonte BarnesW · Submission R2Dana White's Contender Series: Season 5, Week 6+38

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →