John Makdessi

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John Makdessi

Nickname“The Bull”

Record

18-9

Streak

L2

Age

41

Date of birth

May 3, 1985

Fighting out of: Halifax
Born: Canada
Camp: Tristar Gym
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 68" · 173 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Sep 9, 2023
Cut risk: 40%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jamie Mullarkey

Jamie Mullarkey

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · Sep 9, 2023

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland

Nasrat Haqparast

Nasrat Haqparast

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa

Ignacio Bahamondes

Ignacio Bahamondes

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland · Apr 10, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland

Francisco Trinaldo

#15Francisco Trinaldo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira · Mar 14, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira

Jesus Pinedo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis · Mar 23, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis

Ross Pearson

#15Ross Pearson

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 · Jul 28, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2

Abel Trujillo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · Dec 16, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos

Lando Vannata

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick · R1 · 1:40

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis · Dec 10, 2016

Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis

Mehdi Baghdad

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · Jul 7, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez

Yancy Medeiros

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor · Dec 12, 2015

UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor

Donald Cerrone

#2Donald Cerrone

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:44

UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier · May 23, 2015

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier

Shane Campbell

Catch Weight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:53

UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi · Apr 25, 2015

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi

Alan Patrick

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2 · Feb 1, 2014

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2

Renee Forte

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R1 · 2:01

UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson · Sep 21, 2013

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson

Daron Cruickshank

Daron Cruickshank

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz · Mar 16, 2013

UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz

Sam Stout

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit · Nov 17, 2012

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit

Anthony Njokuani

Anthony Njokuani

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans · Apr 21, 2012

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans

Dennis Hallman

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:58

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida · Dec 10, 2011

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida

Kyle Watson

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Spinning Back Fist Head · R3 · 1:27

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields · Apr 30, 2011

Spinning Back Fist Head

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields

Pat Audinwood

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 · Dec 11, 2010

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

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

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

29th

12.6

29th

Leg

F

12th

14.3

12th

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.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

John Makdessi

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).

John Makdessi

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

John Makdessi

Makdessilanded / min

Takedown attempts

John Makdessi

Makdessiattempts / min

Control time

John Makdessi

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

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

3

3

8

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #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%
Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	42	Apr 10, 2021
L	Francisco Trinaldo#15	Ranked 6–15	64	Mar 14, 2020
W	Jesus Pinedo	Unproven	8	Mar 23, 2019
W	Ross Pearson#15	Ranked 6–15	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.