Chris Duncan beats Drew Dober by unanimous decision at UFC 334

Chris Duncan returned to the win column at UFC 334, taking a unanimous decision over Drew Dober on November 14.

The result lifts Duncan to 16-3 and ends a skid that followed his defeat to Renato Moicano. Dober drops to 29-16 with one no contest, and has now lost four of his last six fights.

Duncan, a 33-year-old Scot who trains out of American Top Team, came in with his most recent recorded fight a second-round submission loss to Moicano on April 4, 2026. Before that he had finished Terrance McKinney by first-round submission at UFC 323 in December 2025 and beaten Mateusz Rebecki by unanimous decision in August 2025. An orthodox fighter, he stands five-foot-ten with a 71-inch reach and carries a 4.83 significant strikes landed per minute at 45 percent accuracy. His grappling is a defining feature: he averages 2.92 takedowns per 15 minutes and 0.6 submission attempts.

Dober, 38, is a southpaw from the United States who fights out of Elevation Fight Team. His most recent recorded fights show a mixed run: a second-round TKO of Michael Johnson at UFC 326 in March 2026, a third-round TKO of Kyle Prepolec in October 2025, and a first-round TKO loss to Manuel Torres in March 2025. He lands 4.52 significant strikes per minute at 41 percent accuracy, but his takedown rate sits at just 0.63 per 15 minutes.

Why it matters

• Duncan stops a losing run and restores momentum after the Moicano submission loss.
• The five-year age gap, 33 against 38, and Duncan's two-inch height edge sit alongside a clear style contrast.
• Duncan's takedown rate is more than four and a half times Dober's, while his striking output and accuracy are also slightly higher on paper.
• For Dober, the defeat extends a stretch in which he has dropped four of six, raising questions about his next step at 38.

The numbers point to a matchup in which Duncan's wrestling and volume carried an edge, and the judges' scorecards backed him over three rounds.