James McSweeney Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Fabio Maldonado Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	0:48	UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama	Oct 16, 2010
L	Travis Browne Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	4:32	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale	Jun 19, 2010
W	Darrill Schoonover Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R3	3:20	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale	Dec 5, 2009

Outside the UFC

14-16across 30 bouts · 26 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 6 subShamrock Events · MFC 25 · KSW 45 · Superior Challenge 17 · AFC 17 +21

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Hatef Moeil17-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:13	MFC 25	Jun 22, 2019
L	Thiago Silva21-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KSW 45	Oct 6, 2018
L	Fernando Rodrigues Jr.13-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Superior Challenge 17	May 19, 2018
L	Tai Tuivasa14-10	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:00	AFC 17	Oct 15, 2016
L	Karol Bedorf15-5	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	3:33	KSW 34	Mar 5, 2016
W	Marcin Rozalski7-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:16	KSW 32	Oct 31, 2015
L	Denis Goltsov36-9	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R2	0:46	Tech-Krep FC	Jul 24, 2015
L	Roger Gracie8-2	KO/TKO	Front Kick and Punches	R3	3:15	One FC 23	Dec 5, 2014
W	Cristiano Kaminishi8-3	KO/TKO	Punch and Soccer Kick	R1	1:17	One FC 19	Aug 29, 2014
W	Chris Lokteff12-3	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	1:56	One FC 15	May 2, 2014
W	Stefan Traunmueller13-6-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:35	FFC	Nov 15, 2013
L	Paul Buentello35-17	KO/TKO	Punches to the Body	R2	2:44	LFC 22	Aug 23, 2013
W	Dion Staring36-15	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	0:38	CFA 10	Mar 2, 2013
L	Matti Makela13-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:00	Superior Challenge 8	Oct 6, 2012
W	Jeff King2-21	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	Shamrock Events	Jun 23, 2012
W	Kym Robinson11-7	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	3:03	Shamrock Events	Apr 14, 2012
W	Felise Leniu11-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	Shamrock Events	Mar 17, 2012
W	Doug Viney0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:30	Shamrock Events	Dec 10, 2011
L	Emanuel Newton26-13-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:25	SCC	Nov 4, 2011
W	Sam Brown12-6-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:25	Shamrock Events	Aug 20, 2011
W	Lee Mein13-17	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:01	BFN	Jul 22, 2011
L	Francisco France13-5-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:35	Crowbar MMA	Apr 29, 2011
L	Ricco Rodriguez54-27	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BAMMA 5	Feb 26, 2011
L	Ricardo Romero11-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	ROC 24	Apr 17, 2009
L	Neil Grove12-8-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:38	UCMMA 1	Dec 6, 2008
W	Roman Wehbe7-7	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	0:10	Cage Rage 28	Sep 20, 2008
W	Chris Cooper3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:09	FX3	Sep 13, 2008
L	Mostapha Al-Turk6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:06	Cage Rage 27	Jul 12, 2008
L	Robert Paczkow1-0	Submission	Smother Choke	R1	2:09	Cage Rage 24	Dec 1, 2007
W	Mark Buchanan6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:30	Cage Rage 22	Jul 14, 2007

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 11 losses

W9

L11

Submission

6 wins, 4 losses

W6

L4

Decision

0 wins, 3 losses

W0

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

James McSweeney

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

2.47 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallB59th

55%113 / 205

Striking accuracy

42%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.39 differential

Landed3.94

Absorbed4.33

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head55%56th62
Body27%73rd31
Leg18%64th20

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

54%Standing

Standing54%61
Clinch19%21
Ground27%31

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

James McSweeney

Landed per 15

Head

C

55th

32.4

55th

Body

A+

87th

16.2

87th

Leg

A

77th

10.5

77th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

26th

42.4

26th

Body

F

2nd

22.0

2nd

Leg

A+

95th

0.5

95th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.4	62	141	44%
Body	16.2	31	41	76%
Leg	10.5	20	23	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.4	81	158	51%
Body	22.0	42	52	81%
Leg	0.5	1	5	20%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

James McSweeney

33%

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.3 min net

On top4.4

On bottom4.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

55th

0.5

55th

TD accuracy

33%

Sub attempts

A

75th

1.0

75th

Control

B

62nd

4.4 min

62nd

Defense

TD defense

100%

Controlled

4.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 3
Submission attempts	2
Control time	8:25

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 4
Control absorbed	7:49

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (29min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

James McSweeney

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 29 min

117%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

McSweeney builds (+25% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, McSweeney lifts to 117% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

McSweeney ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

McSweeneylanded / min

Takedown attempts

McSweeneyattempts / min

Control time

McSweeney% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.3	4.3	3.0	0.07	18%	3
R2	4.5	2.8	5.1	0.00	43%	2
R3	8.3	5.3	7.0	0.48	37%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

James McSweeney

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

63rd

38%

63rd

Win quality

F

6th

19%

6th

Limited UFC sample (3 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

436-245-5

.640 win rate

Winning-record opponents

23 of 30

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

30

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Fabio Maldonado	Top-15	45	Oct 16, 2010
L	Travis Browne	Top-5	57	Jun 19, 2010
W	Darrill Schoonover	Unproven	8	Dec 5, 2009

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

3 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

James McSweeney

Extended layoff

7 yearssince last bout

vs Hatef Moeil · Jun 22, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-2

43.8

DK avg

23.5

Median

105.3

Ceiling

2.6

Floor

33%

Boom

33%

Bust

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