Heath Herring (28-16, 23) was born in Waco, Texas, U.S. on March 2, 1978. At the age of 19 years on April 12, 1997, he made his professional MMA debut against Chris Guillen, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On January 25, 2007, 28-year old Heath Herring made his UFC debut on his 39th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon against a 22-year old Jake O'Brien but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Herring's last fight was a 2-round unanimous decision loss to Satoshi Ishii at Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura at age 39 on April 16, 2017. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought five times in the UFC, and has a record of 2 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Heath Herring's best fights have been against Bob Schrijber, Enson Inoue, Kazuo Takahashi, Hirotaka Yokoi, Willie Peeters, Tom Erikson and Mark Kerr.
Herring has 16 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45  | Apr 16, 2017 39 years, 1 months 28-16 (23) | 30 years, 3 months 14-7-1 (6) | Rizin | HW | 2 | UD | LOSS |
44  | Dec 29, 2016 38 years, 9 months 28-15 (23) | 29 years 3-0 (3) | Rizin | HW | 2 | UD | LOSS |
43  | Aug 9, 2008 30 years, 5 months 28-14 (23) | 31 years 1-1 (1) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
42  | Mar 1, 2008 29 years, 11 months 28-13 (23) | 32 years, 9 months 11-3-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | WIN |
41  | Jul 7, 2007 29 years, 4 months 27-13 (23) | 31 years, 1 months 29-4-1 (18) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
40  | Apr 7, 2007 29 years, 1 months 27-12 (23) | 30 years 6-2 (5) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
39  | Jan 25, 2007 28 years, 10 months 26-12 (23) | 22 years, 4 months 9-0 (7) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
38  | Mar 15, 2006 28 years 26-11 (23) | 40 years, 1 months 21-14-1 (20) | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
37  | Dec 31, 2005 27 years, 9 months 25-11 (22) | 33 years, 6 months 4-0 (2) | K-1 | HW | 1 | NC | NC |
36 | Mar 26, 2005 27 years 25-11 (22) | Sam Greco | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Knee injury | |
35  | Oct 31, 2004 26 years, 7 months 25-10 (22) | 26 years, 4 months 10-1 (6) | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
34 | Jun 20, 2004 26 years, 3 months 24-10 (21) | 28 years 22-2-1 (14) | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Anaconda choke | |
33  | Apr 25, 2004 26 years, 1 months 24-9 (21) | 35 years, 1 months 26-16-3 (16) | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
32  | Feb 1, 2004 25 years, 10 months 23-9 (20) | 27 years, 2 months 12-2 (11) | HW | 3 | SD | WIN | |
31 | Dec 31, 2003 25 years, 9 months 22-9 (20) | Paulo Cesar Silva | HW | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
30  | Nov 9, 2003 25 years, 8 months 21-9 (19) | 33 years, 4 months 14-16-1 (13) | HW | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
29  | Jun 8, 2003 25 years, 3 months 20-9 (18) | 28 years, 8 months 4-0-2 (3) | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Body kick and punches | |
28  | Nov 24, 2002 24 years, 8 months 20-8 (18) | 26 years, 1 months 11-1 (7) | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage | |
27 | Sep 29, 2002 24 years, 6 months 20-7 (18) | Yuriy Kochkine | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
26  | Feb 24, 2002 23 years, 11 months 19-7 (17) | 28 years, 6 months 50-5 (43) | HW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
25 | Nov 3, 2001 23 years, 8 months 18-7 (17) | 25 years, 5 months 13-1-1 (8) | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS For PRIDE heavyweight title | |
24  | Jul 29, 2001 23 years, 4 months 18-6 (17) | 32 years, 7 months 13-2 (8) | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
23  | May 27, 2001 23 years, 2 months 17-6 (16) | 24 years, 1 months 9-2 (7) | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
22 | Mar 25, 2001 23 years 17-5 (16) | Denis Sobolev | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana | |
21  | Dec 9, 2000 22 years, 9 months 16-5 (15) | 33 years, 7 months 10-5 (8) | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
20  | Oct 31, 2000 22 years, 7 months 15-5 (14) | 36 years, 3 months 7-0-1 (6) | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
19  | Jun 4, 2000 22 years, 3 months 14-5 (13) | 34 years, 7 months 9-9-1 (7) | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
18 | Apr 29, 2000 22 years, 1 months 13-5 (12) | Ramazan Mezhidov | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage | |
17  | Mar 5, 2000 22 years 13-4 (12) | 31 years, 1 months 2-1 (2) | HW | 1 | DQ | WIN Excessive fouling | |
16  | Sep 27, 1999 21 years, 6 months 12-4 (12) | 34 years, 6 months 12-6 (12) | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
15 | Sep 27, 1999 21 years, 6 months 11-4 (11) | Sean McCully | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
14 | Sep 27, 1999 21 years, 6 months 10-4 (10) | Michael Tielrooy | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana | |
13  | Sep 7, 1999 21 years, 6 months 9-4 (9) | 32 years, 10 months 9-1 (8) | HW | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
12 | Sep 7, 1999 21 years, 6 months 9-3 (9) | Rocky Batastini | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
11  | Jul 1, 1999 21 years, 3 months 8-3 (8) | 20 years, 5 months 2-1 (2) | HW | 1 | SD | LOSS | |
10 | Jul 1, 1999 21 years, 3 months 8-2 (8) | Kavkaz Soultanmagomedov | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
9 | Jul 1, 1999 21 years, 3 months 7-2 (7) | Erwin van den Steen | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
8 | Jun 1, 1999 21 years, 2 months 6-2 (6) | Gabe Beauperthy | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armlock | |
7 | Jun 1, 1999 21 years, 2 months 5-2 (5) | Hoss Carter | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana | |
6  | May 15, 1999 21 years, 2 months 4-2 (4) | 21 years, 11 months 57-16-5 (56) | 1 | UD | LOSS | ||
5 | Apr 17, 1999 21 years, 1 months 4-1 (4) | Phil Deason | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana | ||
4 | Apr 17, 1999 21 years, 1 months 3-1 (3) | Nik Bickle | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | ||
3  | Nov 22, 1997 19 years, 8 months 2-1 (2) | 26 years, 9 months 6-0 (6) | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
2 | Oct 18, 1997 19 years, 7 months 1-1 (1) | 26 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | 1 | TKO | LOSS Exhaustion | ||
1 | Apr 12, 1997 19 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | Chris Guillen | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
