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Cody Gibson
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Profile FightIQ Newsroom

Reported prose from our newsroom. Top-control wrestler

Cody Gibson carries a 3-7 UFC record into the card. His time in the promotion dates back to his debut Feb. 22, 2014, and he has fought at bantamweight throughout.

Gibson's recent form has been mixed. He lost a unanimous decision to Miles Johns on March 23, 2024, then won back-to-back bouts: a first-round submission of Brian Kelleher on July 20, 2024, and a unanimous decision over Chad Anheliger on Nov. 2, 2024.

He has dropped his last two. Da'Mon Blackshear submitted him in the second round March 15, 2025, and Aoriqileng stopped him by first-round knockout Oct. 18, 2025. Gibson has won three of his 10 UFC fights.

Written 2026-07-25 · ahead of UFC Abu Dhabi. News (#18) — checked against the fight record before publication.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameThe Renegade
NationalityUnited States
HometownVisalia, California
Fighting out ofElite Team
Height5' 10"
Reach71.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age38
Date of birthSep 11, 1987
Weight135 lbs.
Pro record22-12
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking64
Defence62
Grappling / TD50
Cardio24
Chin45
Fight IQ49

Our record on Cody Gibson

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Cody Gibson 2×, 2 correct (2-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-11-02Chad AnheligerUFC Fight Night: Shore vs Zalal56.5%Correct
2024-07-20Brian KelleherUFC Fight Night: Radzhabov vs Ogden53.7%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Cody Gibson

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD66.8%ACC 40%BODY21.8%ACC 70%LEGS11.4%ACC 84%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 67% head / 22% body / 11% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
66.8% acc 40%+3.9 vs field
BODY
21.8% acc 70%+1.0 vs field
LEGS
11.4% acc 84%−4.9 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 70%CLINCH 25%GROUND 4%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

11 UFC fights · 403 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 22-12. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Chad AnheligerUFC Fight Night: Shore vs Zalal2024-11-02
W · vs Brian KelleherUFC Fight Night: Radzhabov vs Ogden2024-07-20
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