Jeff Willingham
UFC DebutNickname“Little Mac”
Record
Streak
L8
- Fighting out of
- Riverside, California
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
Before the UFC
Jeff Willingham 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
294-212-4
.581 win rate
Winning-record opponents
14 of 20
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
32
20 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 32 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 11 subUCE · JHEFN · XFC · MEZ Sports · Lords of Combat +14
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ian McCall13-7-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:17 | MEZ Sports | Nov 19, 2010 |
| L | Bao Quach19-10-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:40 | Lords of Combat | Sep 17, 2010 |
| L | Jesse Brock23-9 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:59 | MMA Challenge | Oct 17, 2009 |
| L | Travis Marx21-5 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:32 | JHEFN | Aug 14, 2009 |
| L | Nick Mamalis30-14 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:43 | WOFCF | Jun 25, 2009 |
| L | Parris Swain | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Throwdown Showdown 3 | Feb 20, 2009 |
| L | Zach Lari10-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:30 | Throwdown Showdown 2 | Sep 26, 2008 |
| L | Nick Buschman6-24 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:03 | JHEFN | Aug 23, 2008 |
| W | Gilbert Fernandez | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:00 | GC 79 | Jun 20, 2008 |
| L | Shane Rice5-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:08 | TFA 9 | Jan 19, 2008 |
| W | Jose Casillas | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:00 | UCM 4 | Nov 10, 2007 |
| W | Bobby Sanchez12-36 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:32 | WCO | Nov 7, 2007 |
| L | Antonio Duarte25-7 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:00 | UCM 3 | Sep 29, 2007 |
| W | Javi Alanis0-4 | Submission | Rear Naked Choke | R1 | 2:40 | CCC | Sep 15, 2007 |
| L | Chris Solomon2-6 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:00 | COF 8 | Aug 18, 2007 |
| L | Submission | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | PXC 12 | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| L | Mauro Salomao9-3-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:00 | COF 7 | Jun 23, 2007 |
| W | Jared Garn8-10 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:23 | UCE | Feb 18, 2006 |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:14 | UCE | Jan 28, 2006 | |
| W | Josh Buck | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:57 | UCE | Nov 19, 2005 |
| L | Noah Thomas14-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:10 | WFC | Nov 5, 2005 |
| W | Patrick Reeves19-27 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:21 | XFC | Oct 15, 2005 |
| W | Adam Riding | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:06 | UCE | Sep 17, 2005 |
| L | Olly Bradstreet41-13 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | — | UCE | Aug 6, 2005 |
| W | Josh Buck | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:04 | XFC | Apr 29, 2005 |
| D | Donny Raines19-11-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 3:00 | UCE | Mar 12, 2005 |
| W | Thomas Wagner | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:04 | UCE | Feb 12, 2005 |
| W | Elijah Deluna | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:09 | UCE | Jan 8, 2005 |
| W | Brian Perrine | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | UCE | Nov 27, 2004 |
| W | Steve Kamerath | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | UCE | Nov 6, 2004 |
| W | Matt Buck | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | UCE | Oct 30, 2004 |
| W | Adam Faulkner | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | UCE | Oct 23, 2004 |
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.