Jordan Leavitt

Overview

Jordan Leavitt has finished four of his six UFC wins, and three of those came in the first round. He has also lost by submission three times. That is the whole fight in two lines.

"The Monkey King" is a southpaw featherweight from Las Vegas with a 6-4 UFC record and a 13-4-0 professional record across all promotions. His wins come fast, and so do his losses. Only four of his ten UFC fights reached the scorecards, and he won two of those four.

He is the kind of fighter whose fights rarely drift.

UFC Career

Leavitt fought on Dana White's Contender Series 4.1 in August 2020, finishing Luke Flores by submission in round 1. That fight is not part of his UFC record. He debuted in December of the same year and needed 22 seconds to stop Matt Wiman by KO/TKO.

The next two fights set the pattern. He dropped a unanimous decision to Claudio Puelles in June 2021, then submitted Matt Sayles in round 2 that December. A split decision over Trey Ogden in April 2022 gave him his two-fight win streak, still the longest of his UFC run.

Then came the losses. Paddy Pimblett submitted him in round 2 in July 2022. After a first-round TKO of Victor Martinez in February 2023, Chase Hooper submitted him in round 1 that November.

After a gap of more than a year and a half, he returned in May 2025 and submitted Kurt Holobaugh in 1:39 of round 1. A unanimous decision over Yadier del Valle followed in February 2026. In June 2026, Joanderson Brito, an opponent our model rates as strong, submitted him in round 1 at 4:19. He carries that loss into his next fight.

Quick wins, quick losses, little in between.

Fighting Style

Jordan Leavitt is a grappler who hunts for takedowns and submissions far more than most UFC fighters. He is also hard to hit and accurate with the strikes he throws. He isn't a busy striker, though, and lands fewer strikes per minute than most.

His weak spot is the takedown defense, which is poor, and three of his four losses came by submission. A style built around chasing submissions, paired with that defense, is why his fights tend to end early in both directions.

Anyone who files him strictly under grapplers should note that two of his six wins came by KO/TKO, both in round 1. Three of his four finishes came in the first round, with the other coming by submission in round 2.

Notable Wins

• Matt Wiman — KO/TKO, round 1 (0:22), UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori (2020)
• Victor Martinez — KO/TKO, round 1 (2:27), UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen (2023)
• Kurt Holobaugh — submission, round 1 (1:39), UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs Klein (2025)
• Matt Sayles — submission, round 2 (2:05), UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus (2021)

Quick Facts

• Division: Featherweight
• UFC record: 6-4 (four finishes)
• Professional record (all promotions): 13-4-0
• UFC debut: December 2020
• Stance: Southpaw
• Height / reach: 5'9" / 71"
• Born: Las Vegas, NV, United States