Drakkar Klose

Overview

Ten UFC wins, and eight of them came on the scorecards.

Drakkar Klose is a lightweight out of Red Hawk Academy who stands 10-4 in the UFC. Only two of those wins ended early, both by KO/TKO, one in round one and one in round two. He is a decision fighter by record, and the rest of the profile backs that up.

He is not a champion. He is a gatekeeper-type lightweight who wins the rounds he is supposed to win and has been stopped in some of the bigger tests. He enters his next fight coming off a loss.

That is the whole package: reliable, patient, and capped.

UFC Career

Klose debuted in January 2017 with a unanimous decision over Devin Powell. Six months later he took a split decision over Marc Diakiese on The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale. Then came his first UFC loss, a unanimous decision to David Teymur at UFC 218.

He answered with four straight wins, his longest streak in the UFC. Lando Vannata, King Green and Christos Giagos all went the distance. The streak ended at UFC 248, where Beneil Dariush stopped him in round two.

After a gap of more than two years, he returned in April 2022 with a 33-second round-two knockout of Brandon Jenkins, then beat Rafa Garcia by decision. In December 2023 he stopped Joe Solecki, an opponent our model rates as strong, in round one. A decision over Joaquim Silva followed.

Joel Álvarez knocked him out in round one in December 2024. Klose bounced back with a unanimous decision over Edson Barboza, another strong opponent. Then Tommy Gantt submitted him in round three, the only submission loss on his UFC ledger.

Three of his four losses ended before the final bell. Strong opposition has been where he gets stopped.

Fighting Style

Klose is an accurate, active striker who lands more than most and rarely wastes a shot. Only two of his ten wins ended by knockout, so he is not a power puncher. Eight of his wins came on the scorecards.

Defense is the split. He is very hard to take down, but he gets hit more than he should, and two of his four UFC losses came by knockout or TKO. His own takedown attempts are about what you'd expect from a typical UFC fighter, and he rarely hunts submissions.

That makes him a stand-up lightweight who can usually decide where the fight happens, but who can be hurt when it stays on the feet.

Notable Wins

• Edson Barboza — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC 319 (2025)
• Joe Solecki — KO/TKO, round 1 (1:41), UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan (2023)
• Marc Diakiese — split decision, round 3, The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale (2017)

Quick Facts

• Division: Lightweight
• UFC record: 10-4
• Professional record (all promotions): 16-4-1
• UFC debut: 2017
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 5'9" / 70"
• Team: Red Hawk Academy
• Born: Kalamazoo, MI, United States