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UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

UFC 324/LAS VEGAS/11 Fights

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

January 24, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Fights
11
KO/TKO
5
Submissions
0
Strike Rate
618▼ 1.5%
Knockdown Rate
4.0▲ 63.3%
Submission Rate
0▼ 100.0%
Avg Fight Time
12 min▲ 13.9%
Takedowns / Hr
7.5▼ 36.1%
Ground Control
20%▼ 50.5%
1st Round Finishes
60%▲ 18.3%
Analysis

Post-Card Readout

Note 1

Paddy Pimblett fought for a UFC title for the first time — the 277th fighter ever to get that far.

45.5%

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett finished 45.5% of its 11 scored bouts, the 1st lowest of 2026 and 247th lowest of the 758 cards on record. 5 of the 11 ended early — 5 by knockout, 0 by submission — with the other 6 going to the judges.

3 of the 5

And they came early: 3 of the 5 inside the first round — 60.0% of the night's finishes. A card can finish this often across three rounds and still feel long; this one did not.

4.0 knockdowns per h…

Fighters went down at 4.0 knockdowns per hour of cage time, the 1st highest knockdown rate of 2026. On a card that mostly went the distance, that is the tell: opponents were being hurt without being put away.

Jean Silva

Jean Silva set a career high with 74 significant strikes landed (previous best 53), Nikita Krylov set a career high with 72 significant strikes landed (previous best 60), Song Yadong set a career high with 3 takedowns (previous best 2), Ateba Gautier set a career high with 34 significant strikes landed (previous best 28), and 4 other fighters posted personal bests.

Main Event

CARD 01 / 11
TitleUFC Interim Lightweight Title Bout01 / 11
Justin GaethjeLightweight ChampionRelentless Marksman
3Wins
Pow95
Vol96
Acc98
SDf41
TDs3
Con9
Sub2
GDf54
Exp93
Paddy Pimblett#5 LightweightRelentless Hunter
Pow64
Vol91
Acc87
SDf15
TDs25
Con57
Sub97
GDf24
Exp62

Justin GaethjeWon by decision · R5 5:00

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Main Card

CARDS 02–05
Bantamweight Bout02 / 11
Sean O'MalleyBantamweightExplosive Marksman
2Wins
Pow97
Vol96
Acc100
SDf79
TDs2
Con0
Sub12
GDf13
Exp93
Song Yadong#3 BantamweightImmovable Finisher
2Wins
Pow95
Vol75
Acc46
SDf62
TDs23
Con31
Sub58
GDf80
Exp94

Sean O'MalleyWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Heavyweight Bout03 / 11
Waldo Cortes Acosta#6 HeavyweightRelentless Untouchable
Loss2
Pow77
Vol84
Acc43
SDf92
TDs14
Con16
Sub9
GDf71
Exp81
Derrick LewisHeavyweightPrecision Finisher
Loss2
Pow99
Vol15
Acc52
SDf3
TDs18
Con25
Sub0
GDf23
Exp99

Waldo Cortes AcostaWon by knockout · R2 3:14

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Women's Flyweight Bout04 / 11
Natalia SilvaWomen's Flyweight ChampionElusive Anchor
9Wins
Pow89
Vol80
Acc57
SDf96
TDs27
Con11
Sub3
GDf100
Exp67
Rose Namajunas#6 Women's FlyweightExplosive Untouchable
Pow81
Vol45
Acc26
SDf98
TDs62
Con51
Sub70
GDf47
Exp99

Natalia SilvaWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Featherweight Bout05 / 11
Arnold Allen#7 FeatherweightElusive Anchor
Pow60
Vol54
Acc48
SDf90
TDs48
Con41
Sub59
GDf92
Exp93
Jean Silva#5 FeatherweightPrecision Finisher
2Wins
Pow97
Vol76
Acc89
SDf64
TDs50
Con6
Sub84
GDf84
Exp58

Jean SilvaWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Preliminary Card · 6 Bouts
Bantamweight Bout06 / 11
Umar Nurmagomedov#4 BantamweightPrecision Anchor
Pow40
Vol60
Acc97
SDf74
TDs95
Con91
Sub65
GDf98
Exp82
Deiveson Figueiredo#12 BantamweightHunting Marksman
Loss3
Pow89
Vol23
Acc94
SDf23
TDs58
Con45
Sub91
GDf23
Exp98

Umar NurmagomedovWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Middleweight Bout07 / 11
Ateba GautierMiddleweightImmovable Finisher
Pow98
Vol65
Acc12
SDf42
TDs30
Con6
Sub36
GDf88
Exp10
Andrey PulyaevMiddleweightAll-Rounder
Loss3
Pow57
Vol23
Acc53
SDf42
TDs11
Con13
Sub30
GDf14
Exp20

Ateba GautierWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Light Heavyweight Bout08 / 11
Nikita Krylov#15 Light HeavyweightSuffocating Hunter
Pow78
Vol74
Acc81
SDf28
TDs81
Con85
Sub95
GDf23
Exp79
Modestas BukauskasLight HeavyweightExplosive Anchor
2Wins
Pow63
Vol34
Acc17
SDf28
TDs7
Con29
Sub57
GDf90
Exp74

Nikita KrylovWon by knockout · R3 4:57

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Flyweight Bout09 / 11
Alex Perez#15 FlyweightSuffocating Finisher
Pow94
Vol60
Acc52
SDf64
TDs77
Con82
Sub75
GDf22
Exp81
Charles JohnsonPrecision Machine
Pow73
Vol81
Acc79
SDf62
TDs7
Con6
Sub53
GDf57
Exp90

Alex PerezWon by knockout · R1 3:16

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Heavyweight Bout10 / 11
Josh Hokit#4 HeavyweightPrecision Machine
4Wins
Pow84
Vol100
Acc97
SDf71
TDs66
Con69
Sub66
GDf73
Exp17
Denzel FreemanUnranked

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Josh HokitWon by knockout · R1 4:59

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Welterweight Bout11 / 11
Adam FugittWelterweightDogged Machine
Loss2
Pow44
Vol86
Acc54
SDf9
TDs61
Con35
Sub26
GDf26
Exp24
Ty MillerUnranked

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Ty MillerWon by knockout · R1 4:59

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Level up

18 cards moved

Every card on this page is a percentile against the whole roster, so the only way to know what a night did to one is to rank the roster twice — as it stood the morning of the card, and again once the results were in. 21 bars were won across this card and 31 given back, and one fighter earned a card for the first time.

  1. Andrey Pulyaevlostfirst card

    Three fights is where a rate stops being an accident, and this is the night he reached it. So this is his first card rather than a changed one — there is nothing yet to compare it against.

  2. Paddy Pimblettlost2 up · 3 down
    Pow8↓71.04→0.91
    Vol9↑105.17→5.47
    TDs4↓31.14→0.89
    Con8↓625.8→20.3
    Exp5↑768→105
    Tier 3 → 4 · Title challenger7-fight win streak ends
  3. Ateba Gautierwon5 down
    Vol10↓77.78→4.05
    Acc8↓448.5→42.9
    TDs7↓51.66→1.17
    Con4↓214.7→8.6
    Sub6↓50.79→0.62
    4 straight wins
  4. Acc3↓243.9→43.2
    SDf4↓341.9→40.3
    TDs2↓10.57→0.51
    4-fight win streak ends
  5. Alex Perezwon2 up
    SDf7↑853.3→53.7
    GDf2↑363.9→64.3
    All-Rounder → Striker2-fight slide ends
  6. Nikita Krylovwon1 up · 1 down
    SDf2↑338.4→40.8
    TDs9↓82.05→1.96
    Grappler → All-Rounder2-fight slide ends
  7. Natalia Silvawon2 down
    Pow10↓90.9→0.84
    Acc6↓546.1→45.3
    8 straight wins
  8. Adam Fugittlost1 up · 2 down
    SDf2↓141.9→38.8
    TDs7↓61.69→1.58
    Exp2↑341→46
    All-Rounder → Striker2 straight defeats
  9. Acc5↑648→48.9
    SDf9↑1054.8→55.8
    Exp7↑8123→131
    3 straight wins
  10. 2-fight win streak ends
  11. 2-fight slide ends
  12. Jean Silvawon3 up
    Vol8↑94.44→4.56
    TDs2↑50.8→1.34
    Exp4↑551→66
  13. GDf5↑670.3→72.2
    Exp9↑10229→266
    2 straight wins
  14. Arnold Allenlost1 up · 3 down
    Pow7↓60.72→0.69
    SDf10↓958.3→57.3
    TDs4↓31.01→0.95
    Exp9↑10189→204
  15. Exp8↑9130→145
    2 straight wins
  16. Song Yadonglost2 up · 1 down
    Vol9↓84.57→4.42
    TDs2↑30.73→0.87
    GDf8↑978.2→78.4
  17. Charles Johnsonlost2 down
    Acc9↓849.5→49.2
    SDf8↓755.3→53
  18. TDs7↓61.68→1.6