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Sam Patterson
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Profile FightIQ Newsroom

Reported prose from our newsroom. BJJ specialist

Sam Patterson brings a 4-2 UFC record into the card, with all six of his appearances coming since his debut on March 18, 2023. The welterweight won four straight before his most recent outing. He submitted Yohan Lainesse in the first round on Jan. 20, 2024, submitted Kiefer Crosbie in the first round on July 27, 2024, stopped Danny Barlow in the first round on March 1, 2025, and knocked out Trey Waters in the first round on Sept. 6, 2025. That run ended March 21, 2026, when Michael Page beat him by unanimous decision. Each of Patterson's UFC bouts has come at welterweight.

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.

Nicknamepending
NationalityEngland
HometownWatford
Fighting out ofTeam Crossface
Height6' 3"
Reach78.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age30
Date of birthApr 30, 1996
Weight170 lbs.
Pro record14-3-1
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.
Striking36
Defence50
Grappling / TD58
Cardio limited sample72
Chin60
Fight IQ55

Our record on Sam Patterson

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

FightIQ has picked Sam Patterson 3×, 2 correct (2-1 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-07-25Santiago PonzinibbioAnkalaev vs Guskov74.7%Correct
2025-09-06Trey WatersUFC Fight Night: Bannon vs Hughes52%Correct
2023-03-18Yanal AshmouzUFC Fight Night: Mokaev vs Filho69.1%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Sam Patterson

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

HEAD82.2%ACC 40%BODY11.1%ACC 52%LEGS6.7%FIELD 16%
FightIQ read Head-hunter 82.2% of everything he lands goes upstairs — +19.3 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
82.2% acc 40%+19.3 vs field
BODY
11.1% acc 52%−9.7 vs field
LEGS
6.7%−9.6 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 93%CLINCH 2%GROUND 6%

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.

7 UFC fights · 135 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 14-3-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Santiago PonzinibbioAnkalaev vs Guskov2026-07-25
W · vs Trey WatersUFC Fight Night: Bannon vs Hughes2025-09-06
L · vs Yanal AshmouzUFC Fight Night: Mokaev vs Filho2023-03-18
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