Mixed Martial Arts Record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 43 matches | 28 wins | 14 losses |
| By knockout | 7 | 4 |
| By submission | 16 | 2 |
| By decision | 4 | 8 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| No contests | 1 | |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 28–14 (1) | Brock Lesnar | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 87 | 02008-08-10August 10, 2008 | 3 | 5:00 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | |
| Win | 28–13 (1) | Cheick Kongo | Decision (split) | UFC 82 | 02008-03-01March 1, 2008 | 3 | 5:00 | Columbus, Ohio, United States | |
| Loss | 27–13 (1) | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 73 | 02007-07-07July 7, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | Sacramento, California, United States | |
| Win | 27–12 (1) | Brad Imes | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 69 | 02007-04-07April 7, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Loss | 26–12 (1) | Jake O'Brien | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon | 02007-01-25January 25, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 26–11 (1) | Gary Goodridge | TKO (punches) | Hero's 4 | 02006-03-15March 15, 2006 | 2 | 1:55 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| NC | 25–11 (1) | Yoshihiro Nakao | No Contest (Nakao KO'd before start of bout) | K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!! | 02005-12-31December 31, 2005 | 1 | 0:00 | Osaka, Japan | Yoshihiro kissed Herring on the lips in the pre-match staredown, to which Herring responded by knocking him out with a punch rendering him unable to continue. |
| Loss | 25–11 | Sam Greco | TKO (knee injury) | Hero's 1 | 02005-03-26March 26, 2005 | 1 | 2:24 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 25–10 | Hirotaka Yokoi | KO (knees) | Pride 28 | 02004-10-31October 31, 2004 | 1 | 1:55 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 24–10 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Submission (anaconda choke) | Pride Critical Countdown 2004 | 02004-06-20June 20, 2004 | 2 | 0:30 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 24–9 | Kazuo Takahashi | TKO (punches) | Pride Total Elimination 2004 | 02004-04-25April 25, 2004 | 1 | 4:53 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 23–9 | Gan McGee | Decision (split) | Pride 27 | 02004-02-01February 1, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Win | 22–9 | Paulo Cesar Silva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pride Shockwave 2003 | 02003-12-31December 31, 2003 | 3 | 0:35 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 21–9 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pride Final Conflict 2003 | 02003-11-09November 9, 2003 | 3 | 2:29 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 20–9 | Mirko Filipović | TKO (kick to the body and punches) | Pride 26 | 02003-06-08June 8, 2003 | 1 | 3:17 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Loss | 20–8 | Fedor Emelianenko | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride 23 | 02002-11-24November 24, 2002 | 1 | 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 20–7 | Yuriy Kochkine | TKO (knees) | Pride 22 | 02002-09-29September 29, 2002 | 1 | 7:31 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Win | 19–7 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 19 | 02002-02-24February 24, 2002 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 18–7 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 17 | 02001-11-03November 3, 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | For PRIDE Heavyweight Championship |
| Win | 18–6 | Mark Kerr | TKO (knees) | Pride 15 | 02001-07-29July 29, 2001 | 2 | 4:56 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 17–6 | Vitor Belfort | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 14 | 02001-05-27May 27, 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 17–5 | Denis Sobolev | Submission (keylock) | Pride 13 | 02001-03-25March 25, 2001 | 1 | 0:22 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 16–5 | Enson Inoue | TKO (knees) | Pride 12 | 02000-12-09December 9, 2000 | 1 | 4:52 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 15–5 | Tom Erikson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pride 11 | 02000-10-31October 31, 2000 | 1 | 6:17 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Win | 14–5 | Willie Peeters | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pride 9 | 02000-06-04June 4, 2000 | 1 | 0:48 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Loss | 13–5 | Ramazan Mezhidov | TKO (cut) | IAFC: Pankration World Championship 2000 Day 2 | 02000-04-29April 29, 2000 | 1 | 4:55 | Moscow, Russia | |
| Win | 13–4 | Rene Rooze | DQ (excessive fouling) | 2 Hot 2 Handle 1 | 02000-03-05March 5, 2000 | 1 | 3:20 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Win | 12–4 | Bob Schrijber | TKO (punches) | World Vale Tudo Championship 9 | 01999-09-27September 27, 1999 | 1 | 2:19 | Aruba | |
| Win | 11–4 | Sean McCully | Submission (kimura) | World Vale Tudo Championship 9 | 01999-09-27September 27, 1999 | 1 | 0:43 | Aruba | |
| Win | 10–4 | Michael Tielrooy | Submission (keylock) | World Vale Tudo Championship 9 | 01999-09-27September 27, 1999 | 1 | 1:14 | Aruba | |
| Loss | 9–4 | Bobby Hoffman | Decision (unanimous) | SuperBrawl 13 | 01999-09-07September 7, 1999 | 2 | 5:00 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | |
| Win | 9–3 | Rocky Batastini | Submission (rear-naked choke) | SuperBrawl 13 | 01999-09-07September 7, 1999 | 1 | 1:00 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | |
| Loss | 8–3 | Alexandre Ferreira | Decision (split) | World Vale Tudo Championship 8 | 01999-07-01July 1, 1999 | 1 | 30:00 | Aruba | |
| Win | 8–2 | Kavkaz Soultanmagomedov | Submission (punches) | World Vale Tudo Championship 8 | 01999-07-01July 1, 1999 | 1 | 1:18 | Aruba | |
| Win | 7–2 | Erwin van den Steen | Submission (punches) | World Vale Tudo Championship 8 | 01999-07-01July 1, 1999 | 1 | 4:33 | Aruba | |
| Win | 6–2 | Gabe Beauperthy | Submission (armlock) | Bas Rutten Invitational 3 | 01999-06-01June 1, 1999 | 1 | 4:43 | Colorado, United States | |
| Win | 5–2 | Hoss Carter | Submission (keylock) | Bas Rutten Invitational 3 | 01999-06-01June 1, 1999 | 1 | 1:07 | Colorado, United States | |
| Loss | 4–2 | Travis Fulton | Decision (unanimous) | Extreme Challenge 24 | 01999-05-15May 15, 1999 | 1 | 12:00 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | |
| Win | 4–1 | Phil Deason | Submission (keylock) | WVF: Durango | 01999-04-17April 17, 1999 | 1 | 0:13 | Durango, Colorado, United States | |
| Win | 3–1 | Nik Bickle | Submission (punches) | WVF: Durango | 01999-04-17April 17, 1999 | 1 | 0:32 | Durango, Colorado, United States | |
| Win | 2–1 | Evan Tanner | Submission (rear-naked choke) | PSDA | 01997-11-22November 22, 1997 | 1 | 8:20 | Texas, United States | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Evan Tanner | Submission (exhaustion) | Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 7 | 01997-10-18October 18, 1997 | 1 | 6:19 | Texas, United States | |
| Win | 1–0 | Chris Guillen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 | 01997-04-12April 12, 1997 | 1 | 2:10 | Amarillo, Texas, United States |
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