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Saad Awad

23–14 · 38 recorded bouts · 2006–2022

MMA record

23–14

Saad Awad finished 78% of 23 wins inside the distance — the 67th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Art Ruiz, 2006, dqwin v Evan Vasquez Matus, 2007, kowin v Eric Beitia, 2007, submissionloss v Ludwing Salazar, 2007, kowin v Jorge Britto, 2008, decisionwin v Kyle Olsen, 2008, submissionloss v Nam Phan, 2008, koloss v Diego Garijo, 2009, submissionloss v Karen Darabedyan, 2009, decisionwin v Bryson Kamaka, 2010, kowin v Joey Nier, 2011, koloss v Joe Duarte, 2011, submissionwin v Daniel McWilliams, 2012, submissionwin v Matt Shorey, 2012, kowin v Andy Morales, 2012, submissionloss v Will Brooks, 2013, decisionwin v Martin Stapleton, 2013, submissionloss v David Rickels, 2013, kowin v Guillaume DeLorenzi, 2013, kowin v Sergio Rios, 2014, decisionwin v Joe Duarte, 2014, koloss v Patricky Freire, 2015, decisionwin v Rob Sinclair, 2015, decisionloss v Brennan Ward, 2016, koloss v Derek Anderson, 2016, decisionwin v Evangelista Santos, 2016, kowin v Zach Freeman, 2017, kowin v Ryan Quinn, 2017, decisionloss v Benson Henderson, 2018, decisionwin v Ryan Couture, 2018, kowin v J.J. Ambrose, 2018, decisionloss v Paul Daley, 2019, koloss v Goiti Yamauchi, 2019, submissionloss v Brandon Girtz, 2019, decisionnc v Mandel Nallo, 2020win v Nate Andrews, 2021, koloss v Chris Gonzalez, 2022, kowin v Wilberth Montoya, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2006–2022 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Saad Awad — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-31

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-05-31. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2022 L Chris Gonzalez KO/TKO1
2021 W Nate Andrews KO/TKO1
2020 N Mandel Nallo —1
2019 L Paul Daley KO/TKO2
2019 L Goiti Yamauchi Submission1
2019 L Brandon Girtz Decision3
2018 L Benson Henderson Decision3
2018 W Ryan Couture KO/TKO1
2018 W J.J. Ambrose Decision3
2017 W Zach Freeman KO/TKO1
2017 W Ryan Quinn Decision3
2016 L Brennan Ward KO/TKO1
2016 L Derek Anderson Decision3
2016 W Evangelista Santos KO/TKO1
2015 L Patricky Freire Decision3
2015 W Rob Sinclair Decision3
2014 W Sergio Rios Decision3
2014 W Joe Duarte KO/TKO1
2013 L Will Brooks Decision3
2013 W Martin Stapleton Submission1
2013 L David Rickels KO/TKO2
2013 W Guillaume DeLorenzi KO/TKO1
2012 W Daniel McWilliams Submission1
2012 W Matt Shorey KO/TKO1
2012 W Andy Morales Submission2
2011 W Joey Nier KO/TKO1
2011 L Joe Duarte Submission2
2010 W Bryson Kamaka KO/TKO1
2009 L Diego Garijo Submission1
2009 L Karen Darabedyan Decision3
2008 W Jorge Britto Decision2
2008 W Kyle Olsen Submission1
2008 L Nam Phan KO/TKO2
2007 W Evan Vasquez Matus KO/TKO1
2007 W Eric Beitia Submission—
2007 L Ludwing Salazar KO/TKO1
2006 W Art Ruiz DQ1
undated W Wilberth Montoya Submission—

11 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Saad Awad — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-31

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 25 of 37 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Saad Awad, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Art Ruiz (2006)win vs Evan Vasquez Matus (2007)win vs Eric Beitia (2007)loss vs Ludwing Salazar (2007)win vs Jorge Britto (2008)win vs Kyle Olsen (2008)loss vs Nam Phan (2008)loss vs Diego Garijo (2009)loss vs Karen Darabedyan (2009)win vs Bryson Kamaka (2010)win vs Joey Nier (2011)loss vs Joe Duarte (2011)win vs Daniel McWilliams (2012)win vs Matt Shorey (2012)win vs Andy Morales (2012)loss vs Will Brooks (2013)win vs Martin Stapleton (2013)loss vs David Rickels (2013)win vs Guillaume DeLorenzi (2013)win vs Sergio Rios (2014)win vs Joe Duarte (2014)loss vs Patricky Freire (2015)win vs Rob Sinclair (2015)loss vs Brennan Ward (2016)loss vs Derek Anderson (2016)win vs Evangelista Santos (2016)win vs Zach Freeman (2017)win vs Ryan Quinn (2017)loss vs Benson Henderson (2018)win vs Ryan Couture (2018)win vs J.J. Ambrose (2018)loss vs Paul Daley (2019)loss vs Goiti Yamauchi (2019)loss vs Brandon Girtz (2019)nc vs Mandel Nallo (2020)win vs Nate Andrews (2021)loss vs Chris Gonzalez (2022)
winlossdraw / NC2006–2022

Record

MMA record

23–14

37 bouts on record

Finish rate

78%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 67th percentile

KO/TKO: 11 (48%)Submission: 7 (30%)Decision: 5 (22%)
  • KO/TKO 48%
  • Submission 30%
  • Decision 22%

The career, bout by bout

38 recorded bouts from 2006 to 2022. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

2006–2022

Longest unbeaten run

3

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2013

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

38

37 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Saad Awad's record?
23–14 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 38 bouts individually.
How many of Saad Awad's bouts have no date?
1 of 38. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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