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John Gunderson

  John Gunderson's profile at Sherdog 
Association: Syndicate MMA
Pro Debut Date: 2002-08-17
Pro Record: 32-15-1
Win Finish %: 90.6%
Quality Perf. %: 43.8%
Last Ranked: 4/01/2014

#209 Featherweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2006

#36 Lightweight
Last Loss Date: 3/29/2014
Last Loss: [NR] Chris Gruetzemacher
UFC Record: 1-2-0
Octagon Time: 0:45:00
UFC Debut: 2010-01-02
Last UFC Fight: 2010-09-15

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
W Jeff Fletcher Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
  RITC - Rage in the Cage 172
Saturday, June 7th 2014
L Chris Gruetzemacher Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WSOF 9 - Carl vs. Palhares
Saturday, March 29th 2014
L Dan Lauzon Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WSOF 3 - Fitch vs. Burkman 2
Friday, June 14th 2013
L David Castillo
#108 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
  UCS - Caged Combat 6
Saturday, July 14th 2012
W Karo Parisyan
#104 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  SF - ShoFight 20
Saturday, June 16th 2012
W Justin Buchholz
#81 Lightweight 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 3
  SCC 4 - Grove vs. Silva
Thursday, February 16th 2012
L Niko Puhakka
#81 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  FF 31 - Fight Festival 31
Saturday, October 1st 2011
W James Birdsley
#414 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  SCC - Superior Cage Combat 2
Saturday, August 20th 2011
L Dominique Robinson
#325 Lightweight 		TKO (Punches and Elbows)
Round 3
  TPF 8 - All or Nothing
Friday, February 18th 2011
W Alejandro Solano Rodriguez
#101 Lightweight 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
  XVT 5 - Franca vs. Kheder
Sunday, December 19th 2010
L Yves Edwards
#55 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC - Fight Night 22
Wednesday, September 15th 2010
W Mark Holst
#199 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale
Saturday, June 19th 2010
L Rafaello Oliveira
#100 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 108 - Evans vs. Silva
Saturday, January 2nd 2010
W Steve Sharp
#149 Lightweight 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 3
  MMA Xplosion - Gunderson vs. Sharp
Saturday, October 10th 2009
W Fabian Acuna
#388 Lightweight 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
  ROF 35 - Summer Brawl
Saturday, August 1st 2009
W Dan Russom Submission (Peruvian Necktie)
Round 1
  DB - Desert Brawl 37
Saturday, June 27th 2009
L Bryan Travers
#62 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  PFC 13 - Validation
Friday, May 8th 2009
W Eric Regan
#235 Welterweight 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 2
RITC 125 - Rage in the Cage 125
Friday, April 17th 2009
W Alexander Crispim
#415 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  PFC 12 - High Stakes
Thursday, January 22nd 2009
L Ryan Schultz
#29 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  IFL - Las Vegas
Friday, February 29th 2008
L Wagnney Fabiano
#83 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  IFL - World Grand Prix Semifinals
Saturday, November 3rd 2007
W Gabriel Casillas Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  IFL - Las Vegas
Saturday, June 16th 2007
L Bart Palaszewski
#31 Lightweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  IFL - Moline
Saturday, April 7th 2007
W Josh Odom
#187 Lightweight 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  IFL - Oakland
Friday, January 19th 2007
W Bryan Caraway
#176 Lightweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
DB 19 - Oregon vs. Texas
Saturday, September 23rd 2006
W Mike Joy KO (Punches)
Round 1
  DB 17 - DesertBrawl 17
Saturday, April 1st 2006
W Cam Ward
#35 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  SF 14 - Resolution
Friday, January 6th 2006
W Danny Payne Submission (Verbal)
Round 1
  DB 15 - DesertBrawl 15
Saturday, October 15th 2005
W Rudy Garcia Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  UCF - Night of Champions
Saturday, August 27th 2005
W Charles Bennett
#46 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  GC 40 - Gladiator Challenge 40
Saturday, August 13th 2005
W Shawn Bias Submission (Triangle Armbar)
Round 1
  DB 14 - DesertBrawl 14
Saturday, July 23rd 2005
L Frank Watts Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  XFC - Dome of Destruction 2
Saturday, April 30th 2005
W Enoch Wilson Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  SF 9 - Respect
Saturday, March 26th 2005
W Armando Valadez Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  RITR 10 - Rumble in the Ring 10
Saturday, December 11th 2004
L Donny Raines
#119 Welterweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  DB 12 - DesertBrawl 12
Saturday, November 20th 2004
W Dave Rivas
#33 Featherweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
  DB 11 - DesertBrawl 11
Saturday, July 17th 2004
W Mike Jonet Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  PFA - Pride and Fury
Thursday, June 3rd 2004
W Rob Hisamoto KO (Punches)
Round 3
  DB 10 - DesertBrawl 10
Saturday, April 3rd 2004
W Brad Horner Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  SF 2 - On the Move
Friday, March 19th 2004
W Chris Young Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  DB 9 - DesertBrawl 9
Saturday, November 8th 2003
L Chris Irvine Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
  URC 6 - Ultimate Ring Challenge 6
Saturday, October 25th 2003
W Pedro Castaneda Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  TQP - Sport Fight: Devastation
Saturday, October 11th 2003
W Vince Guzman Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  DB 7 - Battle in Bend
Saturday, May 17th 2003
D Armando Valadez Draw
Round 3
  XRW - Xtreme Ring Wars 1
Saturday, March 15th 2003
W Lin Tru TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  PPKA - Rock N Rumble
Saturday, February 22nd 2003
W Brock Mclure Submission
Round 0
  SO - Showdown in the Octagon
Saturday, January 25th 2003
L Charlie Fortec Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  DB 6 - DesertBrawl 6
Saturday, January 11th 2003
W Al Libey TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  DB 5 - DesertBrawl 5
Saturday, August 17th 2002
  Opponent Event Outcome
W Jeff Fletcher   RITC - Rage in the Cage 172
Saturday, June 7th 2014 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
L Chris Gruetzemacher   WSOF 9 - Carl vs. Palhares
Saturday, March 29th 2014 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Dan Lauzon   WSOF 3 - Fitch vs. Burkman 2
Friday, June 14th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L David Castillo
#108 Lightweight 		  UCS - Caged Combat 6
Saturday, July 14th 2012 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 4
W Karo Parisyan
#104 Welterweight 		  SF - ShoFight 20
Saturday, June 16th 2012 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Justin Buchholz
#81 Lightweight 		  SCC 4 - Grove vs. Silva
Thursday, February 16th 2012 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 3
L Niko Puhakka
#81 Lightweight 		  FF 31 - Fight Festival 31
Saturday, October 1st 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W James Birdsley
#414 Lightweight 		  SCC - Superior Cage Combat 2
Saturday, August 20th 2011 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
L Dominique Robinson
#325 Lightweight 		  TPF 8 - All or Nothing
Friday, February 18th 2011 		TKO (Punches and Elbows)
Round 3
W Alejandro Solano Rodriguez
#101 Lightweight 		  XVT 5 - Franca vs. Kheder
Sunday, December 19th 2010 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
L Yves Edwards
#55 Lightweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 22
Wednesday, September 15th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Mark Holst
#199 Lightweight 		  UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale
Saturday, June 19th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Rafaello Oliveira
#100 Lightweight 		  UFC 108 - Evans vs. Silva
Saturday, January 2nd 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Steve Sharp
#149 Lightweight 		  MMA Xplosion - Gunderson vs. Sharp
Saturday, October 10th 2009 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 3
W Fabian Acuna
#388 Lightweight 		  ROF 35 - Summer Brawl
Saturday, August 1st 2009 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
W Dan Russom   DB - Desert Brawl 37
Saturday, June 27th 2009 		Submission (Peruvian Necktie)
Round 1
L Bryan Travers
#62 Welterweight 		  PFC 13 - Validation
Friday, May 8th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Eric Regan
#235 Welterweight 		RITC 125 - Rage in the Cage 125
Friday, April 17th 2009 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 2
W Alexander Crispim
#415 Lightweight 		  PFC 12 - High Stakes
Thursday, January 22nd 2009 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Ryan Schultz
#29 Lightweight 		  IFL - Las Vegas
Friday, February 29th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
L Wagnney Fabiano
#83 Lightweight 		  IFL - World Grand Prix Semifinals
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Gabriel Casillas   IFL - Las Vegas
Saturday, June 16th 2007 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
L Bart Palaszewski
#31 Lightweight 		  IFL - Moline
Saturday, April 7th 2007 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Josh Odom
#187 Lightweight 		  IFL - Oakland
Friday, January 19th 2007 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Bryan Caraway
#176 Lightweight 		DB 19 - Oregon vs. Texas
Saturday, September 23rd 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Mike Joy   DB 17 - DesertBrawl 17
Saturday, April 1st 2006 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Cam Ward
#35 Lightweight 		  SF 14 - Resolution
Friday, January 6th 2006 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Danny Payne   DB 15 - DesertBrawl 15
Saturday, October 15th 2005 		Submission (Verbal)
Round 1
W Rudy Garcia   UCF - Night of Champions
Saturday, August 27th 2005 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Charles Bennett
#46 Lightweight 		  GC 40 - Gladiator Challenge 40
Saturday, August 13th 2005 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Shawn Bias   DB 14 - DesertBrawl 14
Saturday, July 23rd 2005 		Submission (Triangle Armbar)
Round 1
L Frank Watts   XFC - Dome of Destruction 2
Saturday, April 30th 2005 		Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Enoch Wilson   SF 9 - Respect
Saturday, March 26th 2005 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Armando Valadez   RITR 10 - Rumble in the Ring 10
Saturday, December 11th 2004 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Donny Raines
#119 Welterweight 		  DB 12 - DesertBrawl 12
Saturday, November 20th 2004 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Dave Rivas
#33 Featherweight 		  DB 11 - DesertBrawl 11
Saturday, July 17th 2004 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 3
W Mike Jonet   PFA - Pride and Fury
Thursday, June 3rd 2004 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Rob Hisamoto   DB 10 - DesertBrawl 10
Saturday, April 3rd 2004 		KO (Punches)
Round 3
W Brad Horner   SF 2 - On the Move
Friday, March 19th 2004 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Chris Young   DB 9 - DesertBrawl 9
Saturday, November 8th 2003 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Chris Irvine   URC 6 - Ultimate Ring Challenge 6
Saturday, October 25th 2003 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Pedro Castaneda   TQP - Sport Fight: Devastation
Saturday, October 11th 2003 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Vince Guzman   DB 7 - Battle in Bend
Saturday, May 17th 2003 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
D Armando Valadez   XRW - Xtreme Ring Wars 1
Saturday, March 15th 2003 		Draw
Round 3
W Lin Tru   PPKA - Rock N Rumble
Saturday, February 22nd 2003 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brock Mclure   SO - Showdown in the Octagon
Saturday, January 25th 2003 		Submission
Round 0
L Charlie Fortec   DB 6 - DesertBrawl 6
Saturday, January 11th 2003 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Al Libey   DB 5 - DesertBrawl 5
Saturday, August 17th 2002 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
04/01/2014 NR #209 Featherweight 31-15-1
40
01/01/2014 7 #148 Lightweight 31-14-1
64
10/01/2013 13 #141 Lightweight 31-14-1
65
07/01/2013 33 #128 Lightweight 31-14-1
67
04/01/2013 2 #95 Lightweight 31-13-1
84
01/01/2013 12 #93 Lightweight 31-13-1
84
10/01/2012 NR #81 Lightweight 31-13-1
84
07/01/2012 NR #60 Welterweight 31-12-1
97
04/01/2012 51 #74 Lightweight 30-12-1
88
01/01/2012   #125 Lightweight 29-12-1
61
10/01/2011 15 #125 Lightweight 29-12-1
61
07/01/2011 4 #110 Lightweight 28-11-1
66
04/01/2011 49 #106 Lightweight 28-11-1
66
01/01/2011 49 #57 Lightweight 28-10-1
88
10/01/2010 2 #106 Lightweight 27-10-1
63
07/01/2010 18 #104 Lightweight 27-9-1
66
04/01/2010 42 #122 Lightweight 26-9-1
55
01/01/2010 34 #80 Lightweight 26-8-1
69
10/01/2009 16 #114 Lightweight 25-8-1
53
07/01/2009 43 #130 Lightweight 24-8-1
47
04/01/2009 17 #173 Lightweight 22-7-1
40
01/01/2009 15 #156 Lightweight 21-7-1
40
10/01/2008 15 #141 Lightweight 21-7-1
40
07/01/2008 6 #126 Lightweight 21-7-1
41
04/01/2008 7 #120 Lightweight 21-7-1
42
01/01/2008 52 #113 Lightweight 21-6-1
42
10/01/2007 7 #61 Lightweight 21-5-1
56
07/01/2007 14 #54 Lightweight 21-5-1
56
04/01/2007 4 #40 Lightweight 20-4-1
61
01/01/2007 4 #44 Lightweight 19-4-1
56
10/01/2006 6 #40 Lightweight 19-4-1
56
07/01/2006 10 #46 Lightweight 18-4-1
51
04/01/2006 40 #36 Lightweight 18-4-1
51
01/01/2006 5 #76 Lightweight 16-4-1
35
10/01/2005 83 #71 Lightweight 15-4-1
35
07/01/2005 78 #154 Lightweight 12-4-1
21
04/01/2005 27 #76 Lightweight 12-3-1
29
01/01/2005 NR #103 Lightweight 11-3-1
23
10/01/2004 NR #95 Welterweight 10-2-1
23


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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