Brent Primus
USABrent Primus is a Lightweight from the United States with an official record of 16-5 (1 NC). Cage Brothers holds 19 of those bouts: 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Alfie Davis at 2025 PFL Semifinals: Lightweights, Bantamweights & Women's Flyweights on 20 June 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2025 | Alfie Davis | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2025 PFL Semifinals: Lightweights, Bantamweights & Women's Flyweights |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Vinicius Cenci | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 4:52 | 2025 PFL First Round: Middleweights & Lightweights |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Gadzhi RabadanovTitle | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R3 | 2024 PFL MENA Championship |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Clay Collard | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2024 PFL Playoffs: Light Heavyweights & Lightweights |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Bruno Miranda | WIN | SUBSubmission | R2 | 2024 PFL Regular Season: Light Heavyweights & Lightweights |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Solomon Renfro | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 3:21 | 2024 PFL Regular Season: Light Heavyweights & Lightweights |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Usman NurmagomedovTitle | NC | NCNo Contest | R5 · 5:00 | Bellator 300: Nurmagomedov vs. Primus |
| May 12, 2023 | Mansour Barnaoui | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Alexander Shabliy | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 1:22 | Bellator 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Benson Henderson | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 268: Nemkov vs. Anglickas |
| Jul 31, 2021 | Islam Mamedov | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee |
| Feb 22, 2020 | Chris Bungard | WIN | SUBNeck Crank | R1 · 1:55 | Bellator 240: McCourt vs. Ruis |
| May 4, 2019 | Tim Wilde | WIN | SUBGogo Plata | R1 · 1:20 | Bellator Europe: Primus vs. Wilde |
| Dec 14, 2018 | Michael ChandlerTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | Bellator 212: Primus vs. Chandler 2 |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Michael ChandlerTitle | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R1 · 2:22 | Bellator NYC: Sonnen vs. Silva |
| Apr 22, 2016 | Gleristone Santos | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Derek Anderson | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 141: Guillard vs. Girtz |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Chris Jones | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 1:45 | Bellator MMA: Bellator 111 |
| Nov 22, 2013 | Brett Glass | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:20 | Bellator MMA: Bellator 109 |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Scott Thometz | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:48 | Bellator MMA: Bellator 101 |
Wins, losses and draws are Brent Primus’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 19 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Brent Primus’s record, in numbers
Brent Primus’s official record is 16-5 (1 NC). Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 no contest — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 14 wins break down as 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 5 by decision — 9 of 14 inside the distance, a finish rate of 64%. Across all 19 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 11 minutes 32 seconds.
Brent Primus has been stopped once in the 19 bouts on file, by knockout — 5% of them.
Of the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 4 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since October 2024.
Set against the 625 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Brent Primus has a finish rate above 44% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 75% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Brent Primus is listed at 5ft 10in with a reach of 73in and is 41, born 11 April 1985.
These figures are recomputed from Brent Primus’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.