James Hendin
UFC DebutNickname“The Honeybadger”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Durham, County Durham
- Born
- England
- Camp
- Fish Tank
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
James Hendin makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
136-48-1
.739 win rate
Winning-record opponents
9 of 9
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
14
9 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 14 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 4 decOktagon MMA · CW 160 · CW 146 · CW 134 · CW 125 +6
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Gjoni Palokaj13-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Oktagon MMA | Jan 17, 2026 |
| W | Ayton De Paepe15-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Oktagon MMA | Sep 20, 2025 |
| L | Mochamed Machaev17-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Oktagon MMA | Oct 12, 2024 |
| W | Jakub Dohnal12-7 | KO/TKO | Elbows and Punches | R2 | 4:43 | Oktagon MMA | Apr 20, 2024 |
| W | Tobias Harila13-4 | KO/TKO | Arm Injury | R3 | 0:28 | CW 160 | Sep 29, 2023 |
| W | Araik Margarian27-15 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:48 | CW 146 | Nov 12, 2022 |
| L | Jordan Vucenic15-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:36 | CW 134 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| W | Paull McBain | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:23 | CW 125 | Jun 26, 2021 |
| L | Paul Hughes14-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CW 120 | Mar 18, 2021 |
| W | Kris Edwards | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CW 113 | Mar 20, 2020 |
| W | Jordan Barton10-3-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CW 111 | Nov 22, 2019 |
| W | Kingsley Crawford | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CW 106 | Jun 29, 2019 |
| W | Joshua Onwordi | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:49 | CW 102 | Mar 2, 2019 |
| W | Bjarki Omarsson | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:00 | FSC 16 | Dec 15, 2018 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
7-2across 9 amateur bouts · 7 promotionsMMATC · M4tC 23 · M4tC 21 · M4tC 20 · M4tC 18 +2
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Shamil Gasanov | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 3:00 | M4tC 23 | Feb 25, 2017 |
| W | Callum Laskey | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | MMATC | Aug 20, 2016 |
| W | Scott Devereux | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:00 | M4tC 21 | Jun 25, 2016 |
| W | Kieran Guy | Decision | — | R3 | 3:00 | M4tC 20 | Mar 6, 2016 |
| W | Jason Bailey | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | M4tC 18 | Sep 28, 2015 |
| L | Carl Hemsley | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | M4tC 17 | May 23, 2015 |
| W | Adam Turner | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:56 | MMATC | Feb 7, 2015 |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:46 | M4tC 15 | Nov 29, 2014 | |
| W | Mark Brunskill | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:56 | MMATC | Sep 13, 2014 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.