Lightweight

Damir Hadzovic

Last fought: Feb 2025

RECORD

Pro

14-8-0

UFC

4-6-0

Age

Height

5'9"

Weight

155 lbs

Reach

70"

Stance

Orthodox

Career Analytics

Advanced Metric	Career
Fight Shape
Avg Fight Time	9:51
Fight Completion Rate	65.8%
Avg Rounds per Fight	1.97
% Fights Inside the Distance	50.0%
Strength of Schedule
Opponent UFC Record (all, at fight time)	40-29 (58.0%)
Opponent UFC Record (among wins)	14-12 (53.8%)
Opponent UFC Record (among losses)	26-17 (60.5%)
Positional Profile
% Time at Distance (approx.)	47.7%
% Time in Control	7.8%
% Time Controlled	44.5%
Control Rate of Clinch/Ground Time	14.9%
Distance Striking
Distance Sig. Strikes Landed / Min	5.48
Distance Sig. Strikes Absorbed / Min	5.33
Distance Striking Differential / Min	+0.15
Distance Strike Accuracy	44.0%
Distance Strike Defense	66.8%
Power & Pressure
KDs per 100 Power Strikes Landed	0.76
Knocked Down per 100 Absorbed	0.41
TD Attempts per 5 Distance Min	1.17
TDs Faced per 5 Distance Min	4.88
Sub Attempts per 15 Control Min	1.95
Fade Index (R3 pace / R1 pace)	1.21

All metrics are UFC fights only. Methodology →

Where the Strikes Land

Share of landed significant strikes by target

Where the Fight Happens

Share of total fight time by position

Cumulative Significant Strikes vs the Lightweight field

Damir Hadzovic League percentile bands (p5–p95) League median

The shaded bands are the league’s middle range: the darker center covers the 25th–75th percentile of fighters, the lighter outer zones extend to the 5th and 95th — computed only over fighters whose careers reached each minute mark. How these are calculated →

Career Stats

Statistic	Damir Hadzovic
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	47.8%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	3.3
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	3.7
Strike Differential	-0.4/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	54.5%
Takedown Defense	34.8%
Takedowns Landed/15min	0.9
Submission Attempts/15min	0.2
Control Time/15min	1:10
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	50.0%
Submission % of Wins	0.0%
Decision % of Wins	50.0%
Avg Fight Time	9:51
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.3
Reversals/15min	0.2

Last 5 Averages

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	47.5%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	3.2
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	4.6
Takedown Accuracy	57.1%
Takedown Defense	37.0%
Control Time/Fight	0:49

Fight History

LOSS

vs. Terrance McKinney

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov • Feb 2025Lightweight

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 2:01

Damir Hadzovic4/1331%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:08

Terrance McKinney54/6978%TD 0/0Ctrl 1:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	4/13	31%	1/2	0:08	—
	Terrance McKinney	54/69	78%	0/0	1:00	—

LOSS

vs. Marc Diakiese

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall • Jul 2022Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Damir Hadzovic5/1050%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

Marc Diakiese13/3241%TD 8/11Ctrl 13:35

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marc Diakiese	2/3	67%	3/3	4:45	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	2/5	40%	0/1	0:00	—
	Marc Diakiese	8/19	42%	3/5	4:17	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	2/4	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marc Diakiese	3/10	30%	2/3	4:33	—

WIN

vs. Yancy Medeiros

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov • Jun 2021Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Damir Hadzovic121/23751%TD 2/3Ctrl 1:54

Yancy Medeiros103/21947%TD 2/2Ctrl 3:39

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	33/66	50%	1/1	0:47	—
	Yancy Medeiros	32/78	41%	0/0	0:04	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	56/113	50%	1/2	0:47	—
	Yancy Medeiros	45/99	45%	0/0	0:40	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	32/58	55%	0/0	0:20	—
	Yancy Medeiros	26/42	62%	2/2	2:55	—

LOSS

vs. Renato Moicano

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira • Mar 2020Lightweight

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) • Rd 1, 0:44

Damir Hadzovic1/520%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Renato Moicano1/250%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:25

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	1/5	20%	0/0	0:00	—
	Renato Moicano	1/2	50%	1/1	0:25	—

LOSS

vs. Christos Giagos

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith • Jun 2019Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Damir Hadzovic24/6139%TD 1/1Ctrl 2:05

Christos Giagos47/11342%TD 6/13Ctrl 5:23

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	4/16	25%	0/0	0:02	—
	Christos Giagos	17/41	41%	2/3	2:27	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	6/20	30%	1/1	0:10	—
	Christos Giagos	25/55	45%	2/4	1:35	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	14/25	56%	0/0	1:53	—
	Christos Giagos	5/17	29%	2/6	1:21	—

WIN

vs. Marco Polo Reyes

UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos • Feb 2019Lightweight

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 2:03

Damir Hadzovic58/10953%TD 2/3Ctrl 2:19

Marco Polo Reyes24/10722%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	29/65	45%	1/1	0:55	—
	Marco Polo Reyes	22/88	25%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	29/44	66%	1/2	1:24	—
	Marco Polo Reyes	2/19	11%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Nick Hein

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith • Jul 2018Lightweight

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00

Damir Hadzovic71/15546%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:06KD 1

Nick Hein43/19822%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	12/37	32%	0/0	0:00	—
	Nick Hein	6/46	13%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	30/56	54%	0/0	0:00	—
	Nick Hein	25/95	26%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	29/62	47%	0/0	0:06	1
	Nick Hein	12/57	21%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Alan Patrick

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders • Feb 2018Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Damir Hadzovic20/2580%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:48

Alan Patrick28/4562%TD 9/15Ctrl 12:29

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	12/14	86%	0/0	0:48	—
	Alan Patrick	17/22	77%	6/9	3:33	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alan Patrick	5/12	42%	1/2	4:41	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	7/9	78%	0/0	0:00	—
	Alan Patrick	6/11	55%	2/4	4:15	—

WIN

vs. Marcin Held

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira • May 2017Lightweight

KO/TKO (Knee) • Rd 3, 0:07

Damir Hadzovic14/3047%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:22KD 1

Marcin Held31/6647%TD 4/4Ctrl 7:19

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	10/24	42%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marcin Held	22/53	42%	1/1	3:03	—

R2	Damir Hadzovic	2/3	67%	0/1	0:21	—
	Marcin Held	8/11	73%	3/3	4:16	—

R3	Damir Hadzovic	2/3	67%	0/0	0:01	1
	Marcin Held	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Mairbek Taisumov

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos • Apr 2016Lightweight

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 1, 3:44

Damir Hadzovic11/4326%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Mairbek Taisumov25/5942%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Damir Hadzovic	11/43	26%	0/0	0:00	—
	Mairbek Taisumov	25/59	42%	0/0	0:01	1

Last updated: 2026-08-22 | Data source: UFCStats.com