Michael Chiesa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Niko Price Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026
W	Court McGee Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley	Jun 14, 2025
W	Max Griffin Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:56	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	Dec 7, 2024
W	Tony Ferguson Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:44	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov	Aug 3, 2024
L	Kevin Holland Welterweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R1	2:39	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023
L	#13Sean Brady Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate	Nov 20, 2021
L	#6Vicente Luque Welterweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R1	3:25	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane	Aug 7, 2021
W	#9Neil Magny Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny	Jan 20, 2021
W	#5Rafael Dos Anjos Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos	Jan 25, 2020
W	Diego Sanchez Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
W	#12Carlos Condit Welterweight	Submission	Kimura From Half Guard	R2	0:56	UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	Dec 29, 2018
L	#12Anthony Pettis Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	0:52	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
L	#12Kevin Lee Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:37	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee	Jun 25, 2017
W	#7Beneil Dariush Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:20	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans	Apr 16, 2016
W	#14Jim Miller Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:57	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
W	Mitch Clarke Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015
L	#15Joe Lauzon Lightweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R2	2:14	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi	Sep 5, 2014
W	Francisco Trinaldo Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014
W	Colton Smith Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:41	UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3	Nov 6, 2013
L	Jorge Masvidal Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R2	4:59	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
W	Anton Kuivanen Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:29	UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche	Feb 23, 2013
W	Al IaquintaTitle Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission	R1	2:47	The Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale	Jun 1, 2012

Outside the UFC

5-0across 5 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 4 sub · 1 decLOTC · CS · BFL 7 · ROTR 14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Darrell Fenner4-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:45	CS	Oct 1, 2011
W	Matt Coble10-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:13	LOTC	Jul 16, 2011
W	Evian Rodriguez6-34	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:03	LOTC	Apr 28, 2011
W	Darcy James4-4	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	1:36	BFL 7	Mar 26, 2011
W	Andy Paves5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROTR 14	Oct 30, 2010

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

7-1across 8 amateur bouts · 6 promotionsTL · EF · Northwest Fight Challenge 8 · COTC · AP +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Josh Busby1-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	—	TL	Mar 20, 2010
W	Marc Forsyth0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:09	Northwest Fight Challenge 8	Nov 7, 2009
W	Sean Johnson0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	EF	Oct 24, 2009
W	Charlie Schultz4-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	—	COTC	Sep 16, 2009
W	Dean Brim0-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	3:00	EF	May 9, 2009
W	Brian Wilson0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	AP	Feb 21, 2009
W	Charon Spain23-54	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	—	TL	Aug 16, 2008
L	Marc Forsyth0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:07	SF 23	Jun 20, 2008

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Submission

13 wins, 5 losses

W13

L5

Decision

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.05

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

9

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.64

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Michael Chiesa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.33 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

7 scorecards on file

Michael Chiesa

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous7 decisions · 100%

6W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

7 rounds total

7

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC43rd

40%409 / 1,006

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.29 differential

Landed2.02

Absorbed1.73

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head73%40th299
Body22%39th88
Leg5%19th22

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

Sig. strikes by position

61%Standing

Standing61%249
Clinch16%65
Ground23%95

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Michael Chiesa

Landed per 15

Head

D

35th

22.1

35th

Body

D

36th

6.5

36th

Leg

F

11th

1.6

11th

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

A+

92nd

13.4

92nd

Body

A

71st

6.5

71st

Leg

C

58th

6.0

58th

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	22.1	299	859	35%
Body	6.5	88	123	72%
Leg	1.6	22	24	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.4	181	605	30%
Body	6.5	88	127	69%
Leg	6.0	81	101	80%

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

Michael Chiesa

48%

Takedown accuracy

66%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.3 min net

On top6.0

On bottom2.7

Offense

Takedowns

A

83rd

3.1

83rd

TD accuracy

B

65th

48%

65th

Sub attempts

A

78th

1.0

78th

Control

A

81st

6.0 min

81st

Defense

TD defense

C

56th

66%

56th

Controlled

2.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	42 / 88
Submission attempts	14
Control time	81:03

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 41
Control absorbed	37:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (203min 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

Michael Chiesa

22 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 203 min

112%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Chiesa builds (+6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Chiesa lifts to 112% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Chiesa ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Chiesalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Chiesaattempts / min

Control time

Chiesa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	1.9	1.9	0.53	31%	22
R2	5.2	2.1	1.5	0.40	46%	16
R3	5.4	2.5	2.0	0.32	46%	8
R4	4.4	1.0	0.6	0.20	71%	1
R5	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.00	70%	1

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

Michael Chiesa

22 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

49/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

75th

46%

75th

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

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

9

4

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
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
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	9	6-3	67%
Top-15	4	1-3	25%
Cross-div ranked	2	2-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

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
W	Niko Price	Building	18	Mar 28, 2026
W	Court McGee	Building	18	Jun 14, 2025
W	Max Griffin	Building	22	Dec 7, 2024
W	Tony Ferguson	Cross-div ranked	45	Aug 3, 2024
L	Kevin Holland	Top-15	58	Jul 29, 2023
L	Sean Brady#13	Top-5	81	Nov 20, 2021
L	Vicente Luque#6	Top-5	79	Aug 7, 2021
W	Neil Magny#9	Top-5	75	Jan 20, 2021
W	Rafael Dos Anjos#5	Top-5	89	Jan 25, 2020
W	Diego Sanchez	Cross-div ranked	45	Jul 6, 2019
W	Carlos Condit#12	Top-5	79	Dec 29, 2018
L	Anthony Pettis#12	Champion	88	Jul 7, 2018
L	Kevin Lee#12	Top-5	75	Jun 25, 2017
W	Beneil Dariush#7	Top-5	80	Apr 16, 2016
W	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Dec 10, 2015
W	Mitch Clarke	Unproven	12	Apr 4, 2015
L	Joe Lauzon#15	Top-15	67	Sep 5, 2014
W	Francisco Trinaldo	Top-15	50	May 24, 2014
W	Colton Smith	Unproven	8	Nov 6, 2013
L	Jorge Masvidal	Top-15	46	Jul 27, 2013
W	Anton Kuivanen	Unproven	8	Feb 23, 2013
W	Al Iaquinta	Top-5	70	Jun 1, 2012

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

22 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

4-3

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

10-4

14 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

4-3

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-4

14 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

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael Chiesa

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Niko Price · Mar 28, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 11-3As underdog 4-4

67.2

DK avg

83.9

Median

100.6

Ceiling

21.0

Floor

59%

Boom

14%

Bust

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