Lando Vannata

“Groovy”

MMA · Active

12-8-2RECORD

4KO / TKO WINS

5SUBMISSION WINS

3DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Landon Anthony Vannata
Nickname	Groovy
Date of birth	14 Mar 1992
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Neptune City, USA
Lives in	Not added yet
Division	Lightweight
Team	Elevation Fight Team
Height	175 cm (5′9″)
Reach	180 cm (71″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 2012
Status	Active
Pro debut	12 May 2012
Last fight	Loss vs Darrius Flowers, 4 Apr 2026

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Titles and honours

Former TSE Lightweight Champion
Performance of the Night (x1)
Fight of the Night (x4)

Background

American lightweight from New Jersey who signed with the UFC in 2016 as a short-notice replacement against Tony Ferguson. He is known for his spinning wheel kick knockout of John Makdessi at UFC 206.

Fight history

22 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Darrius Flowers	TKO (slam and punches)	2	0:52	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan	4 Apr 2026	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Catchweight (156.5 lb); Flowers missed weight
Loss	Daniel Zellhuber	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	15 Apr 2023	Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Loss	Charles Jourdain	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:32	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	23 Apr 2022	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Featherweight
Win	Mike Grundy	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	15 May 2021	Houston, Texas, USA	Featherweight debut
Loss	King Green	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan	1 Aug 2020	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Fight of the Night
Win	Yancy Medeiros	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	15 Feb 2020	Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
Loss	Marc Diakiese	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	28 Sep 2019	Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	Marcos Mariano	Submission (kimura)	1	4:55	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	9 Feb 2019	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Draw	Matt Frevola	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	3 Nov 2018	New York City, New York, USA
Loss	Drakkar Klose	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	7 Jul 2018	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Draw	King Green	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee	7 Oct 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Fight of the Night; point deducted for illegal knee
Loss	David Teymur	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	4 Mar 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Fight of the Night
Win	John Makdessi	KO (spinning wheel kick)	1	1:40	UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis	10 Dec 2016	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Performance of the Night
Loss	Tony Ferguson	Submission (brabo choke)	2	2:22	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	13 Jul 2016	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	UFC debut; Fight of the Night
Win	Ramico Blackmon	TKO (punches)	1	2:06	TSE: Rocky Mountain Rubicon 2	30 Apr 2016	Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Won the TSE Lightweight Championship
Win	Chad Curry	TKO (punches and elbows)	1	1:29	RFA 32	6 Nov 2015	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA
Win	Santana-Sol Martinez	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	1:11	High Altitude Face Off 7	6 Dec 2014	Alamosa, Colorado, USA
Win	Bruce Reis	Submission (heel hook)	2	1:07	Jackson's MMA Series 13	22 Aug 2014	Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Win	Mitsuyoshi Nakai	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:13	Pancrase 255	8 Dec 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Welterweight
Win	J. P. Reese	Decision (split)	3	5:00	XFC 25: Boiling Point	6 Sep 2013	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Win	Antonio Ramirez	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:11	Kamikaze Fight League 2	29 May 2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Win	Adrian Apodaca	TKO (punches)	1	2:38	Mescalero Warrior Challenge 2	12 May 2012	Mescalero, New Mexico, USA	Pro debut