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David Branch vs Luke Rockhold

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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David Branch and Luke Rockhold met once (2017). Luke Rockhold won in 2017 by submission.

SOURCE·David Branch (fighter) and Luke Rockhold — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
David BranchLuke Rockhold
—Reach77″ (195.6 cm)
73″ (185.4 cm)Height75″ (190.5 cm)
—Reach advantage+2.68%
22–7Record16–6
59%Finish rate88%
10Longest unbeaten run10
29Recorded bouts25
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentDavid BranchLuke Rockhold
Jesse Taylor W W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

David Branch

20002010win v Craig Simone, 2007, kowin v Robby Huston, 2008, submissionwin v Alex Aquino, 2008, kowin v Dennis Olson, 2009, submissionwin v Rich Attonito, 2010, decisionwin v Tomasz Drwal, 2010, decisionloss v Gerald Harris, 2010, kowin v Derrick Mehmen, 2010, submissionwin v John Troyer, 2010, kowin v Jeremy May, 2011, koloss v Rousimar Palhares, 2011, submissionwin v Dustin Jacoby, 2012, decisionloss v Anthony Johnson, 2012, decisionwin v Dominique Steele, 2012, decisionwin v Danillo Villefort, 2013, decisionwin v Paulo Filho, 2013, decisionwin v Yushin Okami, 2014, kowin v Jesse Taylor, 2014, submissionwin v Teddy Holder, 2015, submissionwin v Jesse McElligott, 2015, submissionwin v Louis Taylor, 2016, submissionwin v Vinny Magalhães, 2016, decisionwin v Clifford Starks, 2016, decisionloss v Luke Rockhold, 2017, submissionwin v Krzysztof Jotko, 2017, decisionloss v Jared Cannonier, 2018, kowin v Thiago Santos, 2018, koloss v Alexander Shlemenko, 2019, submissionloss v Jack Hermansson, 2019, submission
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2007–2019
2010 win vs Craig Simone (2007)win vs Robby Huston (2008)win vs Alex Aquino (2008)win vs Dennis Olson (2009)win vs Rich Attonito (2010)win vs Tomasz Drwal (2010)loss vs Gerald Harris (2010)win vs Derrick Mehmen (2010)win vs John Troyer (2010)win vs Jeremy May (2011)loss vs Rousimar Palhares (2011)win vs Dustin Jacoby (2012)loss vs Anthony Johnson (2012)win vs Dominique Steele (2012)win vs Danillo Villefort (2013)win vs Paulo Filho (2013)win vs Yushin Okami (2014)win vs Jesse Taylor (2014)win vs Teddy Holder (2015)win vs Jesse McElligott (2015)win vs Louis Taylor (2016)win vs Vinny Magalhães (2016)win vs Clifford Starks (2016)loss vs Luke Rockhold (2017)win vs Krzysztof Jotko (2017)loss vs Jared Cannonier (2018)win vs Thiago Santos (2018)loss vs Alexander Shlemenko (2019)loss vs Jack Hermansson (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2007–2019

Luke Rockhold

200020102020loss v Tony Rubalcava, 2007, kowin v Mike Martinez, 2007, submissionwin v Nik Theotikos, 2008, submissionwin v Josh Neal, 2008, submissionwin v Jesse Taylor, 2009, submissionwin v Cory Devela, 2009, submissionwin v Buck Meredith, 2009, submissionwin v Paul Bradley, 2010, kowin v Ronaldo Souza, 2011, decisionwin v Tim Kennedy, 2012, decisionwin v Keith Jardine, 2012, koloss v Vitor Belfort, 2013, kowin v Michael Bisping, 2014, submissionwin v Tim Boetsch, 2014, submissionwin v Costas Philippou, 2014, kowin v Chris Weidman, 2015, kowin v Lyoto Machida, 2015, submissionloss v Michael Bisping, 2016, kowin v David Branch, 2017, submissionloss v Yoel Romero, 2018, koloss v Jan Błachowicz, 2019, koloss v Paulo Costa, 2022, decisionloss v Mike Perry, 2023, kowin v Joe Schilling, 2024, koloss v Darren Till, 2025
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2007–2025
2010 2020 loss vs Tony Rubalcava (2007)win vs Mike Martinez (2007)win vs Nik Theotikos (2008)win vs Josh Neal (2008)win vs Jesse Taylor (2009)win vs Cory Devela (2009)win vs Buck Meredith (2009)win vs Paul Bradley (2010)win vs Ronaldo Souza (2011)win vs Tim Kennedy (2012)win vs Keith Jardine (2012)loss vs Vitor Belfort (2013)win vs Michael Bisping (2014)win vs Tim Boetsch (2014)win vs Costas Philippou (2014)win vs Chris Weidman (2015)win vs Lyoto Machida (2015)loss vs Michael Bisping (2016)win vs David Branch (2017)loss vs Yoel Romero (2018)loss vs Jan Błachowicz (2019)loss vs Paulo Costa (2022)loss vs Mike Perry (2023)win vs Joe Schilling (2024)loss vs Darren Till (2025)
winlossdraw / NC2007–2025

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