John Makdessi Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jamie Mullarkey Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland	Sep 9, 2023
L	Nasrat Haqparast Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Sep 3, 2022
W	Ignacio Bahamondes Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland	Apr 10, 2021
L	#15Francisco Trinaldo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	Mar 14, 2020
W	Jesus Pinedo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019
W	#15Ross Pearson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2	Jul 28, 2018
W	Abel Trujillo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos	Dec 16, 2017
L	Lando Vannata Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R1	1:40	UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis	Dec 10, 2016
W	Mehdi Baghdad Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez	Jul 7, 2016
L	Yancy Medeiros Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor	Dec 12, 2015
L	#2Donald Cerrone Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	4:44	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015
W	Shane Campbell Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:53	UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi	Apr 25, 2015
L	Alan Patrick Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2	Feb 1, 2014
W	Renee Forte Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:01	UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson	Sep 21, 2013
W	Daron Cruickshank Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz	Mar 16, 2013
W	Sam Stout Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit	Nov 17, 2012
L	Anthony Njokuani Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans	Apr 21, 2012
L	Dennis Hallman Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:58	UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida	Dec 10, 2011
W	Kyle Watson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Fist Head	R3	1:27	UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011
W	Pat Audinwood Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2	Dec 11, 2010

Outside the UFC

7-0across 7 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 decMFL 3 · CFC · Ringside MMA 4 · Ringside MMA 2 · XMMA 7 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Bendy Casimir22-15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MFL 3	Sep 25, 2010
W	Lindsey Hawkes8-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:59	CFC	Feb 26, 2010
W	Brandon MacArthur8-25	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	Ringside MMA 4	Nov 14, 2009
W	Iraj Hadin7-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:48	Ringside MMA 2	Aug 22, 2009
W	Amir Uddin0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:06	XMMA 7	Feb 27, 2009
W	Dan Dechaine0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:48	XMMA 6	Nov 8, 2008
W	Todd Westcott1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:06	XMMA 5	Sep 13, 2008

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, 2 losses

W9

L2

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

9 wins, 6 losses

W9

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

3

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.30

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

John Makdessi

PowerChin

Knockout rate

15%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

0.88 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.70 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

12 scorecards on file

John Makdessi

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 5 of 11 rounds they disagreed on (45%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

5–6

Won – Lost

45% went their way

Unanimous10 decisions · 83%

5W5L

Split2 decisions · 17%

1W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

2

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB66th

49%1,340 / 2,690

Striking accuracy

68%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.37 differential

Landed5.52

Absorbed4.15

77%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+17%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head51%80th678
Body24%90th325
Leg25%93rd337

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

Sig. strikes by position

93%Standing

Standing93%1,249
Clinch5%64
Ground2%27

Striking zones

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

UFC only

John Makdessi

Landed per 15

Head

A

82nd

41.9

82nd

Body

A+

94th

20.1

94th

Leg

A+

96th

20.8

96th

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

41st

35.3

41st

Body

D

28th

12.6

28th

Leg

F

13th

14.3

13th

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	41.9	678	1,707	40%
Body	20.1	325	567	57%
Leg	20.8	337	416	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.3	572	2,497	23%
Body	12.6	204	363	56%
Leg	14.3	232	294	79%

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

John Makdessi

0%

Takedown accuracy

86%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.4 min net

On top0.2

On bottom0.6

Offense

Takedowns

F

20th

0.0

20th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

D

38th

0.0

38th

Control

F

14th

0.2 min

14th

Defense

TD defense

A+

88th

86%

88th

Controlled

0.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 4
Submission attempts	0
Control time	3:48

Defense

TDs defended	44 / 51
Control absorbed	9:31

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (243min 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

John Makdessi

20 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 243 min

169%

R3 pace · 15 bouts

Makdessi builds (+19% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Makdessi lifts to 169% of round-1 output by round 3 (15 bouts).

Makdessi ▲ 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

Makdessilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Makdessiattempts / min

Control time

Makdessi% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	4.5	3.7	0.02	2%	20
R2	5.6	5.6	4.5	0.00	0%	16
R3	6.9	6.7	4.4	0.03	3%	15

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

John Makdessi

20 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

48th

31%

48th

Win quality

B

65th

45%

65th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

8

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	3	2-1	67%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	2-1	67%
Building	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	8	6-2	75%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jamie Mullarkey	Building	18	Sep 9, 2023
L	Nasrat Haqparast	Contender-level	40	Sep 3, 2022
W	Ignacio Bahamondes	Top-15	42	Apr 10, 2021
L	Francisco Trinaldo#15	Top-15	64	Mar 14, 2020
W	Jesus Pinedo	Unproven	8	Mar 23, 2019
W	Ross Pearson#15	Top-15	61	Jul 28, 2018
W	Abel Trujillo	Established	30	Dec 16, 2017
L	Lando Vannata	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2016
W	Mehdi Baghdad	Unproven	8	Jul 7, 2016
L	Yancy Medeiros	Cross-div ranked	36	Dec 12, 2015
L	Donald Cerrone#2	Top-5	87	May 23, 2015
W	Shane Campbell	Unproven	8	Apr 25, 2015
L	Alan Patrick	Established	22	Feb 1, 2014
W	Renee Forte	Unproven	8	Sep 21, 2013
W	Daron Cruickshank	Established	22	Mar 16, 2013
W	Sam Stout	Building	22	Nov 17, 2012
L	Anthony Njokuani	Unproven	8	Apr 21, 2012
L	Dennis Hallman	Building	15	Dec 10, 2011
W	Kyle Watson	Unproven	8	Apr 30, 2011
W	Pat Audinwood	Unproven	8	Dec 11, 2010

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

20 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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-3

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

8-5

13 bouts

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

5-3

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-6

11 bouts

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

2y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

John Makdessi

Extended layoff

2y 10mosince last bout

vs Jamie Mullarkey · Sep 9, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-3As underdog 4-6

54.4

DK avg

60.8

Median

83.0

Ceiling

25.4

Floor

20%

Boom

15%

Bust

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