Michael McDonald Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#8John Lineker Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:43	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	Jul 13, 2016
W	#15Masanori Kanehara Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:09	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit	Jan 2, 2016
L	#2Urijah Faber Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R2	3:22	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	#5Brad Pickett Bantamweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R2	3:43	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen	Aug 17, 2013
L	#1Renan BaraoTitle Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R4	3:57	UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald	Feb 16, 2013
W	Miguel Torres Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:18	UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans	Apr 21, 2012
W	Alex Soto Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:56	UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson	Nov 19, 2011
W	Chris Cariaso Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill	May 28, 2011
W	Edwin Figueroa Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	Mar 26, 2011

Outside the UFC

13-1across 14 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 4 sub · 1 decBellator · WEC · TPF 5 · TPF 3 · TPF 1 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Eduardo Dantas23-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:58	Bellator	Jul 13, 2018
W	Peter Ligier10-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Dec 15, 2017
W	Clint Godfrey13-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:42	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
W	Cole Escovedo17-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:12	TPF 5	Jul 9, 2010
W	Manny Tapia12-4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:31	TPF 3	Feb 4, 2010
W	Carlos Garces7-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:01	TPF 1	Oct 8, 2009
L	Cole Escovedo17-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:25	PFC 13	May 8, 2009
W	Jason Georgianna10-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:38	PFC 12	Jan 22, 2009
W	Randy Rodoni4-9	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:47	GC 86	Nov 2, 2008
W	Fernando Arreola4-7-1	Submission	—	R1	3:49	GC 84	Sep 7, 2008
W	Javier Vargas1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:38	GC 81	Jul 27, 2008
W	Steve Frano0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:17	GC 78	May 18, 2008
W	Dominic Pena0-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:12	GC 76	Mar 17, 2008
W	Joe Corona0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:17	GC 71	Nov 11, 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

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Submission

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

Decision

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.56

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.78

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Michael McDonald

PowerChin

Knockout rate

22%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

2.92 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.29 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

1 scorecard on file

Michael McDonald

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

42%216 / 506

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.07 differential

Landed2.69

Absorbed2.76

55%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head79%57th171
Body11%28th23
Leg10%35th22

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

Sig. strikes by position

83%Standing

Standing83%180
Clinch9%19
Ground8%17

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Michael McDonald

Landed per 15

Head

C

57th

32.0

57th

Body

F

14th

4.3

14th

Leg

F

22nd

4.1

22nd

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

74th

24.5

74th

Body

C

43rd

11.2

43rd

Leg

B

62nd

6.6

62nd

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	32.0	171	452	38%
Body	4.3	23	30	77%
Leg	4.1	22	24	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.5	131	407	32%
Body	11.2	60	80	75%
Leg	6.6	35	41	85%

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 McDonald

67%

Takedown accuracy

53%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.6 min net

On top1.3

On bottom3.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

52nd

1.1

52nd

TD accuracy

A+

85th

67%

85th

Sub attempts

A

81st

1.3

81st

Control

D

40th

1.3 min

40th

Defense

TD defense

D

38th

53%

38th

Controlled

3.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	6 / 9
Submission attempts	7
Control time	7:00

Defense

TDs defended	10 / 19
Control absorbed	20:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (80min 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 McDonald

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 80 min

59%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

McDonald fades (-26% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, McDonald drops to 59% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

McDonald ▼ FADESOutput / 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

McDonaldlanded / min

Takedown attempts

McDonaldattempts / min

Control time

McDonald% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	4.1	3.4	0.05	6%	9
R2	2.1	1.4	2.5	0.08	11%	6
R3	2.9	1.5	2.3	0.27	13%	3
R4	2.3	1.5	1.3	0.25	0%	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 McDonald

9 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

54/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

87th

61%

87th

Win quality

C

57th

42%

57th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

1

2

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	3	1-2	33%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
L	John Lineker#8	Top-5	82	Jul 13, 2016
W	Masanori Kanehara#15	Top-15	60	Jan 2, 2016
L	Urijah Faber#2	Top-5	89	Dec 14, 2013
W	Brad Pickett#5	Top-5	78	Aug 17, 2013
L	Renan Barao#1	Champion	97	Feb 16, 2013
W	Miguel Torres	Building	18	Apr 21, 2012
W	Alex Soto	Unproven	8	Nov 19, 2011
W	Chris Cariaso	Cross-div ranked	32	May 28, 2011
W	Edwin Figueroa	Unproven	8	Mar 26, 2011

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

9 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-1

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 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

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-3

6 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

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

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

7y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael McDonald

Extended layoff

7y 11mosince last bout

vs Eduardo Dantas · Jul 13, 2018

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-0As underdog 0-3

65.4

DK avg

72.6

Median

111.9

Ceiling

5.6

Floor

44%

Boom

33%

Bust

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