Middleweight
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Dustin Stoltzfus Record, stats and next fight

17-8-0 (W-L-D)

3Wins by knockout

7Wins by submission

6First round finishes

Stats and record

25Pro fights

59%Finish rate

11UFC fights

3Title fights

3Performance bonuses

1Win streak

Wins by method

KO / TKO3 (18 %)

Submission7 (41 %)

Decision7 (41 %)

Losses by method

KO / TKO2 (25 %)

Submission2 (25 %)

Decision4 (50 %)

Profile

Age: 34 years
Born: November 15, 1991
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)
Reach: 75" (191 cm)
Division: Middleweight
Fighting out of: Germersheim, Germany
Team: Frankers Fight Team
Trainer: Dominic Englert, Christoph Schadek
UFC debut: November 21, 2020

Fight history

Win

vs Mansur Abdul-Malik Bonus

UFC 330 · Aug 15, 2026 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
2

Time
4:25
Loss

vs Kelvin Gastelum

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 13, 2025 · San Antonio, Texas, United States

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Loss

vs Nursulton Ruziboev

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · May 17, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Marc-André Barriault Bonus

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi · Nov 2, 2024 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Method
KO (punches)

Round
1

Time
4:28
Loss

vs Brunno Ferreira

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov · Jun 8, 2024 · Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Method
KO (spinning back elbow)

Round
1

Time
4:51
Win

vs Punahele Soriano Bonus

UFC on ESPN: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan · Dec 2, 2023 · Austin, Texas, United States

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
2

Time
4:10
Loss

vs Abusupiyan Magomedov

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022 · Paris, France

Method
TKO (front kick and punches)

Round
1

Time
0:19
Win

vs Dwight Grant

UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez · Jul 16, 2022 · Elmont, New York, United States

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00

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Loss

vs Gerald Meerschaert

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
3

Time
2:59
Loss

vs Rodolfo Vieira

UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés · Jul 17, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
3

Time
1:54
Loss

vs Kyle Daukaus

UFC 255 · Nov 21, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Joe Pyfer

Dana White's Contender Series 28 · Aug 11, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Method
TKO (elbow injury)

Round
1

Time
4:21
Win

vs Nihad Nasufovic

German MMA Championship 23 · Nov 9, 2019 · Oberhausen, Germany

Method
Submission (twister)

Round
3

Time
3:33
Win

vs Jonas Billstein

German MMA Championship 20 · Jun 29, 2019 · Berlin, Germany

Method
KO (punches)

Round
2

Time
1:39
Win

vs Filip Zadruzynski Title

We Love MMA 44 · Dec 8, 2018 · Berlin, Germany

Method
Submission (guillotine choke)

Round
1

Time
2:21
Win

vs Roman Kapranov Title

We Love MMA 39 · Apr 7, 2018 · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
1

Time
2:37
Win

vs Selim Agaev

Fair FC 7 · Oct 7, 2017 · Bochum, Germany

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Mario Wittmann Title

We Love MMA 30 · Apr 22, 2017 · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Method
Submission (rear-naked choke)

Round
1

Time
4:36
Win

vs David Moscatelli

We Love MMA 26 · Nov 26, 2016 · Basel, Switzerland

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Eugen Weber

We Love MMA 17 · Nov 28, 2015 · Stuttgart, Germany

Method
Submission (kneebar)

Round
1

Time
1:45
Win

vs Arda Adas

We Love MMA 15 · Jul 4, 2015 · Berlin, Germany

Method
DQ (illegal soccer kicks)

Round
2

Time
N/A
Loss

vs Christian Skorzik

Fair FC 3 · Mar 28, 2015 · Herne, Germany

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Abu Dzhamaldaev

Age of Cage 4 · Jan 30, 2015 · Stuttgart, Germany

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
3

Time
5:00
Win

vs Rasul Alautdinov

We Love MMA 11 · Dec 20, 2014 · Berlin, Germany

Method
Decision (unanimous)

Round
2

Time
5:00
Win

vs Kiril Kolomeitsev

We Love MMA 10 · Nov 8, 2014 · Stuttgart, Germany

Method
Decision (split)

Round
2

Time
5:00

Analysis

Dustin Stoltzfus is an American middleweight fighter, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who has competed in the UFC since 2020. Trained in Germany with Frankers Fight Team, he scored his most recent win against Mansur Abdul-Malik at UFC 330 on August 15, 2026.

Career Path

Stoltzfus practiced freestyle wrestling from childhood before moving into tang soo do, where he earned a red belt, and then into mixed martial arts. He had a single amateur fight in 2012, lost on points. Based in Germany after completing university studies (foreign languages and economics at Middle Tennessee State University, then translation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), he turned professional in November 2014 on the Central European regional circuit with a decision win over Kiril Kolomeitsev at We Love MMA 10. He went on to fight across German and Polish promotions, including We Love MMA, FFA, Age of Cage, and German MMA Championship, where he built most of his submission game. Along the way he won the FFA middleweight title, defended twice, and then the WLMMA title in April 2017 against Mario Wittmann, also defended twice. A standout TKO win by injury over Joe Pyfer at Dana White’s Contender Series 28 in August 2020 earned him a spot in the UFC.

UFC Career

Stoltzfus made his UFC debut against Kyle Daukaus, losing on points at UFC 255 in November 2020. He then suffered back-to-back submission losses, to Rodolfo Vieira in July 2021 and to Gerald Meerschaert later that December. He returned to the win column in July 2022, outpointing Dwight Grant, before being stopped quickly by Abusupiyan Magomedov in September 2022. In late 2023, he submitted Punahele Soriano by second-round rear-naked choke, a performance that earned him a bonus. In June 2024, he was stopped by an inverted elbow from Brunno Ferreira, then rebounded in November 2024 with a first-round knockout of Marc-André Barriault, the second performance bonus of his career. Two decision losses followed, to Nursulton Ruziboev in May 2025 and to Kelvin Gastelum in September 2025. His most recent known fight came on August 15, 2026, at UFC 330 in Philadelphia, where he submitted Mansur Abdul-Malik by second-round rear-naked choke, pulling off the upset against a favored opponent.

Fighting Style

Stoltzfus’s record reflects a fighter built on the ground. Seven of his seventeen professional wins have come by submission, consistent with his black belt in luta livre and his background in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with rear-naked chokes recurring among his finishes, including in his two most recent UFC wins. Three further wins have come by KO or TKO, including two decisive finishes in under a round against Jonas Billstein and Marc-André Barriault, showing an occasional finishing ability on the feet. His remaining seven wins have come by decision, going the full distance. On the losing side, Stoltzfus has also been submitted three times and stopped standing twice, marking him as a grappler capable of trading back but vulnerable to fast strikers early in a fight.

Record

Professional record: 17 wins, 8 losses
Wins by KO/TKO: 3
Wins by submission: 7
Wins by decision: 7
UFC Performance of the Night bonuses: 2 (against Punahele Soriano and Marc-André Barriault)
FFA middleweight title, two defenses
WLMMA middleweight title, two defenses

Sources

Data updated on September 28, 2026. Record and measurements cross-checked against official results and Wikipedia. Text written by the MMA Official editorial team.

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