Louie Sutherland
Vitals
Height, reach, and career background.
- Age
- 32
- Height
- 6′3″1.91 m
- Reach
- 76″193 cm
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Nationality
- England
- Team
- Fightzone & Durrant’s Gym London
Record
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LossRecord after fight: 11-6-0SUB

Montanha took Sutherland down early and returned him to the canvas when he worked back to his feet. He flattened Sutherland out and attacked the choke from dominant position. Sutherland tapped to the rear-naked choke just before the two-minute mark.
Key moments
- Montanha put Sutherland on the canvas early and returned him there after he stood.
- Montanha flattened Sutherland and attacked the choke from dominant position.
- Sutherland tapped to the submission at 1:50 of round one.

2 May 2026
LossRecord after fight: 10-5-0TKO
Opponent: Brando PericicpunchesR1 1:48
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21 Mar 2026

21 Mar 2026
Sutherland pressed the action early and landed a takedown, but Brando Pericic answered with knees and power punches that put him on the floor. Pericic followed him down and closed the show with unanswered ground strikes for a first-round TKO.
Key moments
- Sutherland briefly took Pericic down before the finish.
- Pericic dropped Sutherland with a combination of knees and punches.
- Referee Marc Goddard stopped it at 1:48 of round one.

25 Oct 2025
WinRecord after fight: 10-3-0TKO
Opponent: Luke NewlandpunchesR1 2:50
LFL 18
15 Jun 2025
15 Jun 2025
Sutherland captured the Levels Fight League heavyweight title, dropping Luke Newland with a clean right hand and following up with a finishing barrage that forced the stoppage in round one.
Key moments
- Dropped Newland with a right hand early in round one.
- Finished with follow-up strikes at 2:50 of round one.
- Won the LFL heavyweight championship.
WinRecord after fight: 9-3-0DEC
Opponent: Matusalem SantosunanimousR3 5:00
LFL 17
13 Apr 2025
13 Apr 2025
Sutherland went the full three rounds with Matusalem Santos at LFL 17, winning a unanimous decision in a heavyweight main event.
Key moments
- Won a unanimous decision after three full rounds.
- The fight went the scheduled 15 minutes without a finish.
- It was a heavyweight main event for Levels Fight League.
WinRecord after fight: 8-3-0KO
Opponent: Luis Carlos BritoelbowsR1 3:25
LFL 16
16 Feb 2025
16 Feb 2025
Sutherland got the rematch he wanted with Luis Carlos Brito — whom he'd already finished once — and closed the show again inside round one at Levels Fight League's Amsterdam studio.
Key moments
- Faced Brito for a second time, having already stopped him in round one back at FSC 27 in November 2023.
- Finished this rematch in round one as well, at 3:25.
- It was a heavyweight co-main event for Levels Fight League 16.
8 Dec 2024
LossRecord after fight: 6-3-0DEC
Opponent: Slim TrabelsiunanimousR3 5:00
Bellator Champions Series: Paris
17 May 2024
17 May 2024
In his only appearance under the Bellator banner, Sutherland lost a clean-sweep unanimous decision to Slim Trabelsi at the Accor Arena in Paris.
Key moments
- All three judges — Hadi Mohamed Ali, Mourad Benseghir and David Peabody — scored it 30-27 for Trabelsi, sweeping every round.
- Referee Keith Peterson worked the full three rounds; there was no stoppage.
- It remains Sutherland's only fight under the Bellator Champions Series banner.
18 Nov 2023
9 Jul 2023
WinRecord after fight: 5-1-0TKO
Opponent: Alton Meeksknee and punchesR2 1:25
PFL Challenger Series 2023: Week 3
10 Feb 2023
10 Feb 2023
Fighting inside PFL's SmartCage in his first outing after his first professional loss, Sutherland finished Alton Meeks with a knee and follow-up punches in round two at the 2023 PFL Challenger Series.
Key moments
- It was his first fight back after a decision loss to Abraham Bably the previous August.
- Hurt Meeks with a knee, then closed the show with punches at 1:25 of round two.
- The stoppage came at the 2023 PFL Challenger Series, Week 3.
20 Aug 2022
23 Apr 2022
5 Feb 2022
18 Dec 2021
7 Aug 2021
The Read
Style, strengths, and defining traits.
Sutherland is an English heavyweight out of Fightzone & Durrant's Gym in London with a finishing resume — eight of his eleven career wins have come by knockout or TKO, seven of them in the first round. His most recent win, a unanimous decision over Tai Tuivasa, showed a different side of his game: takedowns and top control across three rounds rather than one-punch power.
Sutherland won the Levels Fight League heavyweight title before back-to-back finish losses in his first two Octagon appearances — a heel-hook submission to Valter Walker and a first-round TKO to Brando Pericic. He answered by out-wrestling Tai Tuivasa over three rounds in May 2026, but Jose Montanha submitted him in the first round of their Aug. 8, 2026 meeting.
Signature Fights
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