Clifford Starks (14-5, 6) was born in Sacramento, California, United States on April 25, 1981. At the age of 28 years on December 4, 2009, he made his professional MMA debut against Chad Menneke, winning the fight via 2nd-round submission.
On October 29, 2011, 30-year old Clifford Starks made his UFC debut on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC 137 against a 23-year old Dustin Jacoby, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Starks' last fight was a 3-round majority decision loss to Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev at age 36 on November 25, 2017. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought three times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Clifford Starks' best fights have been against Dustin Jacoby, Joe Yager, Mike Kyle, Kobe Ortiz, Roe Harris, Chad Menneke and Mike Heidenreich. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Clifford Starks".
Starks has 5 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Clifford Starks Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Nov 25, 2017 36 years, 7 months 14-5 (6) | Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev | LHW | 3 | MD | Loss | |
18 | Sep 23, 2017 36 years, 4 months 14-4 (6) | Waylon Quotskuyva | LHW | 1 | SUB | Win Americana | |
17 | Aug 19, 2017 36 years, 3 months 13-4 (5) | Albert Duraev | MD | 2 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
16  | Apr 2, 2016 34 years, 11 months 13-3 (5) | 34 years, 6 months 17-3 (10) | WSOF | MD | 5 | UD | Loss For WSOF middleweight title |
15 | Sep 18, 2015 34 years, 4 months 13-2 (5) | Krasimir Mladenov | WSOF | LHW | 3 | UD | Win |
14  | Aug 1, 2015 34 years, 3 months 12-2 (5) | 35 years, 4 months 21-12-1 (17) | WSOF | LHW | 3 | UD | Win |
13 | Mar 28, 2015 33 years, 11 months 11-2 (5) | Jake Heun | WSOF | LHW | 2 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke |
12 | Sep 26, 2014 33 years, 5 months 10-2 (4) | Kobe Ortiz | Bellator | 2 | CKO | Win Guillotine choke | |
11 | Sep 20, 2013 32 years, 4 months 9-2 (4) | Joe Yager | Bellator | 3 | UD | Win | |
10  | Apr 20, 2013 31 years, 11 months 8-2 (4) | 35 years, 11 months 4-1 (4) | UFC | 1 | KO | Loss Flying knee and punches | |
9  | Feb 4, 2012 30 years, 9 months 8-1 (4) | 31 years, 4 months 19-8 (17) | UFC | 2 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
8  | Oct 29, 2011 30 years, 6 months 8-0 (4) | 23 years, 6 months 6-0 (6) | UFC | 3 | UD | Win | |
7 | Oct 15, 2011 30 years, 5 months 7-0 (4) | Artenas Young | 3 | UD | Win | ||
6 | May 21, 2011 30 years 6-0 (4) | Rudy Aguilar | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
5 | Apr 16, 2011 29 years, 11 months 5-0 (3) | Roe Harris | 1 | KO | Win Punch | ||
4 | Feb 25, 2011 29 years, 10 months 4-0 (2) | Tony Johnson | 3 | UD | Win | ||
3 | Sep 11, 2010 29 years, 4 months 3-0 (2) | Mike Heidenreich | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
2 | Feb 13, 2010 28 years, 9 months 2-0 (1) | Reyes Ortiz | 3 | SD | Win | ||
1 | Dec 4, 2009 28 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Chad Menneke | 2 | SUB | Win Americana |
