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Ben Rothwell
39 - 14 - 0
Height
6'4"
Reach
80.0"
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Height
6'4"
Reach
80.0"
Born
1981-10-17
Birthplace
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Fighting Out Of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Team(s)
Rothwell MMA
Coach(s)
Thiago Veiga and Luiz Claudio
Overall Record
39 - 14 - 0
Winning Method
11.1%
Dec.
Decision
4 / 36
19.4%
Sub.
Submission
7 / 36
69.4%
KO
KO
25 / 36
Losing Method
50%
Dec.
Decision
7 / 14
14.3%
Sub.
Submission
2 / 14
35.7%
KO
KO
5 / 14
Past Fights
November 13, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Loss (39–14)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (0:32)
May 22, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
Chris Barnett
Win (39–13)Submission (guillotine choke) • Round 2 (2:07)
October 11, 2020
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Marcin Tybura
Loss (38–13)Decision (unanimous)
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November 13, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Loss (39–14)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (0:32)
May 22, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
Chris Barnett
Win (39–13)Submission (guillotine choke) • Round 2 (2:07)
October 11, 2020
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Marcin Tybura
Loss (38–13)Decision (unanimous)
May 13, 2020
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira
Ovince Saint Preux
Win (38–12)Decision (split)
December 7, 2019
UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
Stefan Struve
Win (37–12)TKO (punches) • Round 2 (4:57)
July 20, 2019
UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards
Andrei Arlovski
Loss (36–12)Decision (unanimous)
March 9, 2019
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos
Blagoy Ivanov
Loss (36–11)Decision (unanimous)
April 10, 2016
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos
Junior dos Santos
Loss (36–10)Decision (unanimous)
January 30, 2016
UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader
Josh Barnett
Win (36–9)Submission (guillotine choke) • Round 2 (3:48)
June 6, 2015
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
Matt Mitrione
Win (35–9)Submission (guillotine choke) • Round 1 (1:54)
September 5, 2014
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi
Alistair Overeem
Win (34–9)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (2:19)
August 31, 2013
UFC 164
Brandon Vera
Win (33–9)TKO (punches) • Round 3 (1:54)
January 19, 2013
UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping
Gabriel Gonzaga
Loss (32–9)Submission (guillotine choke) • Round 2 (1:01)
April 21, 2012
UFC 145
Brendan Schaub
Win (32–8)KO (punches) • Round 1 (1:10)
September 24, 2011
UFC 135
Mark Hunt
Loss (31–8)Decision (unanimous)
June 12, 2010
UFC 115
Gilbert Yvel
Win (31–7)Decision (unanimous)
October 24, 2009
UFC 104
Cain Velasquez
Loss (30–7)TKO (punches) • Round 2 (0:58)
December 11, 2008
Adrenaline MMA 2: Miletich vs. Denny
Chris Guillen
Win (30–6)TKO (submission to elbows) • Round 1 (3:30)
July 19, 2008
Affliction: Banned
Andrei Arlovski
Loss (29–6)KO (punches) • Round 3 (1:13)
September 20, 2007
IFL: 2007 Team Championship final
Ricco Rodriguez
Win (29–5)Decision (unanimous)
August 2, 2007
IFL: 2007 semifinals
Krzysztof Soszyński
Win (28–5)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (0:13)
May 19, 2007
IFL: Chicago
Travis Fulton
Win (27–5)Submission (kimura) • Round 2 (3:11)
April 7, 2007
IFL: Moline
Roy Nelson
Win (26–5)Decision (split)
February 2, 2007
IFL: Houston
Matt Thompson
Win (25–5)TKO (punches) • Round 2 (1:47)
December 29, 2006
IFL: Championship final
Devin Cole
Win (24–5)KO (head kick) • Round 1 (3:16)
November 2, 2006
IFL: World Championship semifinals
Wojtek Kaszowski
Win (23–5)Submission (americana) • Round 1 (3:14)
September 23, 2006
IFL: Gracie vs. Miletich
Bryan Vetell
Win (22–5)KO (punch) • Round 1 (3:17)
April 29, 2006
IFL: Legends Championship 2006
Krzysztof Soszyński
Win (21–5)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (3:59)
March 3, 2006
GFC: Team Gracie vs Team Hammer House
Dan Bobish
Win (20–5)KO (knee) • Round 1 (4:20)
February 24, 2006
ISCF: Gladiators X
Joey Smith
Win (19–5)TKO (submission to punches) • Round 1 (N/A)
December 3, 2005
KOTC: Conquest
Don Richard
Win (18–5)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (3:32)
September 17, 2005
GFS: Fight Nite in the Flats
Allan Weickert
Win (17–5)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (3:45)
February 26, 2005
Euphoria: USA vs World
Dan Christison
Loss (16–5)Submission (kimura) • Round 3 (0:57)
October 15, 2004
Euphoria: Road to the Titles
Jonathan Wiezorek
Win (16–4)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (1:09)
July 16, 2004
Ultimate Throwdown
Matt Bear
Win (15–4)TKO (submission to punches) • Round 1 (2:57)
July 31, 2003
Heat FC 1: Genesis
Carlos Barreto
Loss (14–4)KO (head kick) • Round 1 (N/A)
June 28, 2003
Freestyle Combat Challenge 11
Royce Louck
Win (14–3)TKO (doctor stoppage) • Round 1 (N/A)
November 15, 2002
M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 4
Ibragim Magomedov
Loss (13–3)TKO (retirement) • Round 1 (10:00)
October 4, 2002
Freestyle Combat Challenge 8
Travis Fulton
Win (13–2)TKO (injury) • Round 1 (5:00)
September 21, 2002
USMMA 2: Ring of Fury
Johnathan Ivey
Win (12–2)TKO (doctor stoppage) • Round 1 (1:14)
April 27, 2002
SB 24: Return of the Heavyweights 2
Mike Whitehead
Loss (11–2)Decision (unanimous)
April 26, 2002
SB 24: Return of the Heavyweights 1
Curtis Crawford
Win (10–1)Submission (forearm choke) • Round 1 (1:03)
March 23, 2002
Freestyle Combat Challenge 7
Mike Priest
Win (9–1)TKO (injury) • Round 1 (N/A)
February 16, 2002
Extreme Challenge 46
Mike Radnov
Win (8–1)TKO (doctor stoppage) • Round 1 (5:54)
January 5, 2002
Freestyle Combat Challenge 6
Mike Marshalleck
Win (6–1)TKO (punches) • Round 1 (0:38)
November 10, 2001
SC 8: Fight Night
Steve Hutson
Win (5–1)Submission (arm-triangle choke) • Round 1 (3:35)
August 24, 2001
Extreme Challenge 42
Tim Sylvia
Loss (4–1)Decision (unanimous)
August 11, 2001
Iowa Challenge 2
Billy Herrington
Win (4–0)TKO (submission to knees) • Round 1 (1:07)
April 28, 2001
Dangerzone: Auburn
Darren Block
Win (3–0)KO (punch) • Round 1 (0:16)
January 6, 2001
Freestyle Combat Challenge 3
Rob Shinkle
Win (1–0)TKO (corner stoppage) • Round 1 (0:21)
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