Marcin Prachnio
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Durability, Wrestling, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Grappling · stats alone on Control.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Jimmy Crute coinflip UFC 318 Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · July 15, 2025
He twice says he doesn't want to pick 'either of these guys,' adds the root-beer idiom, and settles on Crute only because his wildness and top control should disrupt Prachnio's reset-and-counter game.
A good striker who circles well, fights from either stance, and throws good volume, built around his leg kick. The analyst flags a specific, timeable tell: he does a visible reset after striking exchanges that opponents have exploited before. He says Prachnio's durability isn't what it used to be: he takes punches worse than before and tires faster after getting hit. His takedown defense and grappling are described as weak across the board, with a rough finishing sequence cited as proof of poor awareness on the mat.
vs Modestas Bukauskas coinflip UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · July 23, 2024 · 1 read since
names the higher-volume side (Prachnio) as his lean, but then tells viewers they likely shouldn't wager on this one and jokes about settling in with a soda to just watch -- the root-beer idiom plus an explicit stay-away instruction, which caps a named pick at coinflip rather than voiding it.
A solid, high-volume kicker who circles well and can fight from either stance, but resets cleanly out of range after every exchange rather than following up, which costs him little so far. Durability is the real question: several losses and visible chin checks make him the less durable man in this pairing.
vs Devin Clark lean UFC Fight Night Hermansson vs Pyfer Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction (UFC Vegas 86) · February 6, 2024 · 2 reads since
Calls Clark the rightful side but explicitly frames it as a low-confidence pick, noting Clark has gone both ways in similarly-billed fights before.
16-7 at light heavyweight. Our paraphrase: a solid, either-stance striker out of a karate background with good kicks and good footwork, but marked down for a clear habit of resetting after combinations, for questionable durability, and for a takedown defense the analyst calls atrocious.
vs Vitor Petrino coinflip UFC 290 Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, And Predictions · July 4, 2023 · 3 reads since
No clean pick: he leans toward Petrino as the skill favorite but says the price isn't worth paying and he may skip betting the fight altogether, while separately granting Prachnio a real route to the win if he simply circles off and out-lands him. Both an outcome hedge and a pure price/wager-caution hedge are present and are flagged separately rather than collapsed into one.
Prachnio brings a karate background into solid striking, with good kicks (especially leg kicks), active circling off, and comfort switching stances. His weakness is a clear, readable reset after he finishes a combination, which an opponent can learn to time. His chin has eroded -- he has been knocked out multiple times, including a three-fight losing streak by knockout -- and his takedown defense, while not great, lets him work back to his feet afterward.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Jimmy Crute 12-4-2 walk-in Submission · R1 4:42 — UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · July 19, 2025
L Modestas Bukauskas 15-6 walk-in Submission · R3 3:12 — UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · July 27, 2024
W Devin Clark 14-8 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer · February 10, 2024
L Vitor Petrino 8-0 walk-in Submission · R3 3:42 — UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · July 8, 2023
W William Knight 11-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield · February 18, 2023
L Philipe Lins 13-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade · April 23, 2022
W Ike Villanueva 18-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:56 — UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · June 26, 2021
W Khalil Rountree Jr. 8-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · January 23, 2021
L Mike Rodriguez 10-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:17 — UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar · August 22, 2020
L Magomed Ankalaev 8-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:09 — UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik · September 15, 2018
L Sam Alvey 31-10 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:23 — UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens · February 24, 2018
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Full career — 27 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tom Breese | Submission (rear-naked choke) | FNC 32
June 20, 2026 |
FNC | 1 | 1:10 |
| L | Jimmy Crute | Submission (armbar) | UFC 318
July 19, 2025 |
UFC | 1 | 4:41 |
| L | Modestas Bukauskas | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC 304
July 27, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 3:12 |
| W | Devin Clark | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer
February 10, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Vitor Petrino | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC 290
July 8, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 3:42 |
| W | William Knight | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield
February 18, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Philipe Lins | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade
April 23, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ike Villanueva | KO (body kick) | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
June 26, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 0:56 |
| W | Khalil Rountree Jr. | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 257
January 24, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Mike Rodríguez | KO (elbow and punches) | UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar
August 22, 2020 |
UFC | 1 | 2:17 |
| L | Magomed Ankalaev | TKO (head kick and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik
September 15, 2018 |
UFC | 1 | 3:09 |
| L | Sam Alvey | KO (punch) | UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens
February 24, 2018 |
UFC | 1 | 4:23 |
| W | Gilberto Galvão | KO (punch) | ONE: Kings & Conquerors
August 5, 2017 |
ONE | 1 | 1:23 |
| W | Jake Butler | TKO (knees) | ONE: Titles & Titans
August 27, 2016 |
ONE | 1 | 2:30 |
| W | Leandro Ataides | Decision (split) | ONE: Kingdom of Champions
May 27, 2016 |
ONE | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexandre Machado | TKO (punches) | ONE: Tribe of Warriors
February 20, 2016 |
ONE | 1 | 2:44 |
| W | Tomislav Spahović | TKO (punches) | Final Fight Championship 21
November 27, 2015 |
Final Fight Championship | 1 | 3:22 |
| W | Matej Batinić | Decision (unanimous) | Final Fight Championship 19
September 18, 2015 |
Final Fight Championship | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ryan Salamagnou | TKO (punches) | HIT Fighting Championship 1
June 27, 2015 |
HIT Fighting Championship | 1 | 0:21 |
| W | Elvir Cosic | TKO (punches) | Bosnian Fight Championship 2
June 13, 2015 |
Bosnian Fight Championship | 1 | 1:34 |
| L | Aleksandar Rakić | TKO (punches) | Final Fight Championship 16
December 6, 2014 |
Final Fight Championship | 3 | 3:00 |
| W | Stepjan Bekavac | TKO (knees) | Final Fight Championship 14
October 3, 2014 |
Final Fight Championship | 1 | 0:35 |
| W | Milco Voorn | TKO (punches) | Fight Club Den Haag 2014
June 22, 2014 |
Fight Club Den Haag | 1 | 3:40 |
| W | Bozo Mikulic | TKO (punches) | Final Fight Championship 13
June 6, 2014 |
Final Fight Championship | 1 | 2:56 |
| L | Ivica Tadijanov | Decision (unanimous) | Final Fight Championship 11
April 4, 2014 |
Final Fight Championship | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Milan Vinčić | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Bosnian Fight Championship 1
November 9, 2013 |
Bosnian Fight Championship | 1 | 1:46 |
| W | Tomas Siaucila | KO (punch) | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 23
July 13, 2013 |
Ultimate Warrior Challenge | 1 | 1:11 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Marcin Prachnio) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
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