Dustin Stoltzfus
Vitals
Height, reach, and career background.
- Age
- 34
- Height
- 6′0″1.83 m
- Reach
- 75″191 cm
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Nationality
- United States
- Team
- Labyrinth Luta Livre Landau
- Active
- 2014–present
Record
Tap expandable fights for their breakdowns.
WinRecord after fight: 17-8-0SUB

The first round was competitive and close, with Stoltzfus working his jab, closing distance into a body lock and landing a spinning elbow along the fence without being able to take the fight down. The second turned on his hands rather than his grappling. Stoltzfus stunned Abdul-Malik with right hands on the feet and backed him to the cage, and once he had him hurt he brought the fight to the mat, passed through a guillotine attempt and finished with the rear-naked choke at 4:25. The upset took one of the night’s $100,000 performance bonuses.
Key moments
- Stoltzfus worked the jab and a body lock, landing a spinning elbow on the fence but unable to get the takedown.
- Right hands stunned Abdul-Malik in the second and put him on the cage — the opening Stoltzfus needed.
- Stoltzfus took it to the ground from there and finished with the rear-naked choke at 4:25.

13 Sep 2025

17 May 2025

2 Nov 2024
LossRecord after fight: 15-6-0KO
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov
8 Jun 2024

8 Jun 2024
Stoltzfus was knocked out by Brunno Ferreira with a spinning back elbow in Louisville.
Key moments
- The method was a spinning-back-elbow knockout.
- The finish came at 4:51 of round one.
- It was Stoltzfus' first fight after submitting Punahele Soriano.
WinRecord after fight: 15-5-0SUB
UFC on ESPN: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
2 Dec 2023

2 Dec 2023
Stoltzfus submitted Punahele Soriano with a rear-naked choke in Austin.
Key moments
- The finish was a rear-naked choke.
- The stoppage came at 4:10 of round two.
- The result earned Stoltzfus a Performance of the Night bonus.
LossRecord after fight: 14-5-0TKO
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
3 Sep 2022

3 Sep 2022
Dustin Stoltzfus was stopped by Abusupiyan Magomedov in 19 seconds at UFC Paris after a front kick and follow-up punches.
Key moments
- Stoltzfus opened by moving into range as Magomedov looked to establish his kicking distance.
- Magomedov landed a front kick that immediately compromised Stoltzfus.
- Magomedov followed with punches and forced the stoppage at 0:19 of round one.
- The middleweight bout took place in Paris on the UFC Fight Night 209 card.
16 Jul 2022

18 Dec 2021

17 Jul 2021
LossRecord after fight: 13-2-0DEC
UFC 255
21 Nov 2020

21 Nov 2020
Dustin Stoltzfus lost a unanimous decision to Kyle Daukaus at UFC 255 after Daukaus controlled much of the three-round middleweight bout.
Key moments
- Daukaus used his grappling to limit Stoltzfus's striking opportunities early.
- Stoltzfus worked back to his feet and continued to challenge Daukaus in the exchanges.
- Daukaus landed ground strikes late in the third round before the fighters returned upright.
- The judges awarded Daukaus the unanimous decision by scores of 30-27, 30-27, and 30-26.
WinRecord after fight: 13-1-0TKO
Dana White's Contender Series 28
11 Aug 2020

11 Aug 2020
Dustin Stoltzfus defeated Joe Pyfer by first-round injury TKO at Dana White's Contender Series 28.
Key moments
- Pyfer briefly threatened with a guillotine during the opening-round scramble.
- Stoltzfus escaped the submission exchange and completed a slam.
- Pyfer's elbow dislocated when he posted on the mat during the slam.
- The injury stoppage was recorded at 4:21 of round one.
9 Nov 2019
29 Jun 2019
8 Dec 2018
7 Apr 2018
7 Oct 2017
22 Apr 2017
26 Nov 2016
28 Nov 2015
4 Jul 2015
28 Mar 2015
30 Jan 2015
20 Dec 2014
8 Nov 2014
The Read
Style, strengths, and defining traits.
Dustin Stoltzfus has held the WE LOVE MMA middleweight title. He holds black belts in Luta Livre and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a red belt in Tang Soo Do. He names a left kick to the liver as a favorite striking technique.