Ryan MacDonald Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Louis Smolka

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:43

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 14, 2019

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:43

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje

Sep 14, 2019

L

Chris Gutierrez

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis

Mar 23, 2019

Outside the UFC

12-1across 13 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 sub · 4 decAOS10 · AOS6 · AOS3 · LFA · MCF 15 +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jonathan Brookins16-11	KO/TKO	Strikes	R3	2:59	AOS10	Apr 11, 2025
L	Jesse Stirn17-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AOS6	Apr 29, 2023
W	Willie Gates12-13	KO/TKO	Strikes	R3	1:56	AOS3	Oct 30, 2021
W	Trevor Ward6-6	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:06	LFA	Sep 7, 2018
W	Matt Murphy7-11	KO/TKO	Retirement	R3	5:00	MCF 15	Mar 24, 2018
W	Chad Obermiller9-9	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	3:42	MCF 14	Oct 21, 2017
W	Tim Bazer14-21	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MCF 13	Mar 25, 2017
W	Cody Land16-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DCS 31	Dec 10, 2016
W	Chad Obermiller9-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:35	DCS 28	Aug 20, 2016
W	Corey Roberts4-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:47	MCF 11	Mar 19, 2016
W	Turrell Galloway8-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LCS 21	Oct 24, 2015
W	Jorge Serrano4-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	KOTC	Aug 1, 2015
W	Baron Muller3-18	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	4:22	MCF 10	Mar 21, 2015

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

5-3across 8 amateur bouts · 8 promotionsLCS 19 · LCS 18 · Kaged Productions · DCS 1 · LCS 16 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Trevor Polhamus5-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	3:00	LCS 19	Sep 20, 2014
W	Chris Lucia5-3	Submission	—	R1	1:35	LCS 18	Mar 1, 2014
L	Kaleb Neugin4-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Kaged Productions	Sep 14, 2013
L	Tony Ortega5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:48	DCS 1	Jul 26, 2013
W	Hosea Magana0-2	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	0:15	LCS 16	May 4, 2013
L	Josh Smith12-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:46	RFA 5	Nov 30, 2012
W	Clayton Lemmer2-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:13	Disorderly Conduct 12	Oct 13, 2012
W	Tyler Millard1-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:40	Disorderly Conduct 7	Apr 28, 2012

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

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Submission

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Decision

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

KO history

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

Ryan MacDonald

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

2.38 per 100 head

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

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Ryan MacDonald

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

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

OverallF21st

29%45 / 155

Striking accuracy

45%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-4.21 differential

Landed2.28

Absorbed6.49

23%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-26%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ryan MacDonald

Landed per 15

Head

F

18th

18.3

18th

Body

F

18th

5.3

18th

Leg

A

74th

10.7

74th

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

C

52nd

32.0

52nd

Body

F

1st

39.6

1st

Leg

F

2nd

25.9

2nd

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	18.3	24	121	20%
Body	5.3	7	17	41%
Leg	10.7	14	17	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.0	42	112	38%
Body	39.6	52	81	64%
Leg	25.9	34	43	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

Ryan MacDonald

0%

Takedown accuracy

—

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.4 min net

On top0.7

On bottom0.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

0.0

47th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

58th

0.0

58th

Control

C

45th

0.7 min

45th

Defense

TD defense

—

Controlled

0.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:52

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 0
Control absorbed	0:17

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (20min 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

Ryan MacDonald

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 20 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

MacDonald hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

MacDonaldOutput / 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

MacDonaldlanded / min

Takedown attempts

MacDonaldattempts / min

Control time

MacDonald% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	3.7	8.3	0.00	1%	2
R2	2.5	0.6	5.4	0.60	2%	1
R3	1.7	1.2	4.0	0.00	13%	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

Ryan MacDonald

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

73rd

45%

73rd

Win quality

F

1st

5%

1st

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

125-139

.473 win rate

Winning-record opponents

4 of 13

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

13

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Louis Smolka	Cross-div ranked	45	Sep 14, 2019
L	Chris Gutierrez	Ranked 6–15	45	Mar 23, 2019

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

2 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

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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 bout

1y 4mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ryan MacDonald

Layoff

1y 4mosince last bout

vs Jonathan Brookins · Apr 11, 2025

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

9.90

DK avg

12.40

Median

12.40

Ceiling

7.40

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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