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T.J. OBrien

  T.J. OBrien's profile at Sherdog 

T.J. OBrien's profile at Tapology 

Association: Des Moines Jiu-Jitsu
Pro Debut Date: 2007-04-20
Pro Record: 20-8-0
Win Finish %: 95.0%
Quality Perf. %: 60.7%
Last Ranked: 4/01/2015

#64 Lightweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2014

#54 Lightweight
Last Loss Date: 6/19/2015
Last Loss: [NR] Eric Howser
UFC Record: 0-2-0
Octagon Time: 0:15:54
UFC Debut: 2010-11-20
Last UFC Fight: 2011-08-14
Records & Trivia:

95.00% of wins by submission

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

  Opponent Outcome
L Eric Howser
#195 Featherweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
  MCC 59 - Howser vs. OBrien
Friday, June 19th 2015
W Jacob Volkmann
#39 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  PC MMA - Pinnacle Combat 16
Friday, May 9th 2014
W Doug Jenkins
#372 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 50 - Thanksgiving Throwdown
Wednesday, November 27th 2013
L Drew Dober
#146 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  VFC - Victory Fighting Championship 40
Saturday, July 27th 2013
L Gesias Cavalcante
#72 Lightweight 		Submission (Heel Hook)
Round 1
  WSOF 1: Arlovski vs. Cole
Saturday, November 3rd 2012
W Joe Morris Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 40 - Lund vs. Dicke
Friday, April 13th 2012
W Allen Hernandez Decision (Split)
Round 3
  MCC 38 - Hernandez vs. OBrien
Friday, January 27th 2012
L Cole Miller
#52 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  UFC Live 5 - Hardy vs. Lytle
Sunday, August 14th 2011
L Paul Kelly
#127 Lightweight 		TKO (Elbows)
Round 2
  UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida
Saturday, November 20th 2010
W Josh Henry
#93 Featherweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 29 - Champion vs. Champion
Friday, October 22nd 2010
W Dakota Cochrane
#407 Lightweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Extreme Challenge - High Stakes
Friday, July 16th 2010
W Jake Brown
#412 Lightweight 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
  MCC 24 - Reloaded
Saturday, January 16th 2010
W Rod Montoya
#525 Lightweight 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 3
  RCC 10 - Devils Fights
Friday, October 30th 2009
W Tim Bazer
#248 Featherweight 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  EC 135 - Extreme Challenge 135
Saturday, September 12th 2009
W Jeremy Castro Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 21 - Mickle vs. Marriott
Friday, June 26th 2009
L Chris Mickle
#240 Lightweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  MCC 18 - OBrien vs. Mickle
Friday, January 16th 2009
W Will Shutt Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
  MCC 17 - Thanksgiving Throwdown 1
Wednesday, November 26th 2008
W Josh Atwell
#199 Featherweight 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 16 - No Guts, No Glory
Friday, September 12th 2008
W Chris Perez van Dam Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 15 - Lights Out!
Friday, July 25th 2008
W Will Shutt Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 13 - Contenders
Friday, April 25th 2008
W Nick Walker Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 13 - Contenders
Friday, April 25th 2008
W Jeff Carstens Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
TFC - Awakening
Monday, January 28th 2008
W Scott Burns Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  ECC - Elite Cage Combat
Saturday, November 17th 2007
L Allen Hernandez Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Mainstream MMA 7 - Vengeance
Saturday, October 20th 2007
W Adam Cunningham Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
  MCC 9 - Heatwave
Friday, July 27th 2007
L Erik Koch
#233 Lightweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  Mainstream MMA 6 - Evolution
Saturday, July 14th 2007
W Steve Young Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
  MCC 8 - Motivation
Saturday, May 19th 2007
W Nathan Woods Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  GFC 1 - Genesis
Friday, April 20th 2007
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Eric Howser
#195 Featherweight 		  MCC 59 - Howser vs. OBrien
Friday, June 19th 2015 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Jacob Volkmann
#39 Lightweight 		  PC MMA - Pinnacle Combat 16
Friday, May 9th 2014 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Doug Jenkins
#372 Lightweight 		  MCC 50 - Thanksgiving Throwdown
Wednesday, November 27th 2013 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Drew Dober
#146 Lightweight 		  VFC - Victory Fighting Championship 40
Saturday, July 27th 2013 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
L Gesias Cavalcante
#72 Lightweight 		  WSOF 1: Arlovski vs. Cole
Saturday, November 3rd 2012 		Submission (Heel Hook)
Round 1
W Joe Morris   MCC 40 - Lund vs. Dicke
Friday, April 13th 2012 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Allen Hernandez   MCC 38 - Hernandez vs. OBrien
Friday, January 27th 2012 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Cole Miller
#52 Lightweight 		  UFC Live 5 - Hardy vs. Lytle
Sunday, August 14th 2011 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
L Paul Kelly
#127 Lightweight 		  UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida
Saturday, November 20th 2010 		TKO (Elbows)
Round 2
W Josh Henry
#93 Featherweight 		  MCC 29 - Champion vs. Champion
Friday, October 22nd 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Dakota Cochrane
#407 Lightweight 		  Extreme Challenge - High Stakes
Friday, July 16th 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Jake Brown
#412 Lightweight 		  MCC 24 - Reloaded
Saturday, January 16th 2010 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
W Rod Montoya
#525 Lightweight 		  RCC 10 - Devils Fights
Friday, October 30th 2009 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 3
W Tim Bazer
#248 Featherweight 		  EC 135 - Extreme Challenge 135
Saturday, September 12th 2009 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Jeremy Castro   MCC 21 - Mickle vs. Marriott
Friday, June 26th 2009 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
L Chris Mickle
#240 Lightweight 		  MCC 18 - OBrien vs. Mickle
Friday, January 16th 2009 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Will Shutt   MCC 17 - Thanksgiving Throwdown 1
Wednesday, November 26th 2008 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
W Josh Atwell
#199 Featherweight 		  MCC 16 - No Guts, No Glory
Friday, September 12th 2008 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Chris Perez van Dam   MCC 15 - Lights Out!
Friday, July 25th 2008 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Will Shutt   MCC 13 - Contenders
Friday, April 25th 2008 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Nick Walker   MCC 13 - Contenders
Friday, April 25th 2008 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Jeff Carstens TFC - Awakening
Monday, January 28th 2008 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Scott Burns   ECC - Elite Cage Combat
Saturday, November 17th 2007 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
L Allen Hernandez   Mainstream MMA 7 - Vengeance
Saturday, October 20th 2007 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Adam Cunningham   MCC 9 - Heatwave
Friday, July 27th 2007 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
L Erik Koch
#233 Lightweight 		  Mainstream MMA 6 - Evolution
Saturday, July 14th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Steve Young   MCC 8 - Motivation
Saturday, May 19th 2007 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 2
W Nathan Woods   GFC 1 - Genesis
Friday, April 20th 2007 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
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
04/01/2015 1 #64 Lightweight 20-7-0
123
01/01/2015 7 #65 Lightweight 20-7-0
123
10/01/2014 4 #58 Lightweight 20-7-0
123
07/01/2014 164 #54 Lightweight 20-7-0
123
04/01/2014 7 #218 Lightweight 19-7-0
47
01/01/2014 123 #211 Lightweight 19-7-0
47
10/01/2013 48 #334 Lightweight 18-7-0
33
07/01/2013 2 #286 Lightweight 18-6-0
38
04/01/2013 24 #288 Lightweight 18-6-0
39
01/01/2013 51 #264 Lightweight 18-6-0
39
10/01/2012 1 #213 Lightweight 18-5-0
44
07/01/2012 9 #214 Lightweight 18-5-0
44
04/01/2012 4 #223 Lightweight 17-5-0
41
01/01/2012 7 #227 Lightweight 16-5-0
41
10/01/2011 13 #220 Lightweight 16-5-0
42
07/01/2011 1 #207 Lightweight 16-4-0
44
04/01/2011 5 #206 Lightweight 16-4-0
44
01/01/2011 5 #201 Lightweight 16-4-0
44
10/01/2010 44 #196 Lightweight 15-3-0
46
07/01/2010 76 #240 Lightweight 14-3-0
39
04/01/2010 40 #164 Lightweight 14-3-0
47
01/01/2010 49 #204 Lightweight 13-3-0
40
10/01/2009 56 #253 Lightweight 12-3-0
34
07/01/2009 NR #309 Lightweight 11-3-0
29
04/01/2009 NR #139 Featherweight 10-3-0
27
01/01/2009 15 #195 Lightweight 10-2-0
35
10/01/2008 NR #210 Lightweight 9-2-0
32


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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