John Makdessi
“The Bull”
LightweightActive
Career record
18–9–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
11–9–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
3KO0SUB8DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO1SUB6DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1985-05-03 · age 41
- Height
- 5′ 8″ (68 in)
- Reach
- 68 in
- Leg reach
- 39 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Canada
- Hometown
- Halifax, Canada
- Gym / team
- Fight Ready - Scottsdale, AZ
- Octagon debut
- 2010-12-11
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 5.52
- Striking accuracy
- 49%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 4.15
- Striking defence
- 68%
- Takedown average
- 0.00
- Takedown accuracy
- 0%
- Takedown defence
- 86%
- Submission average
- 0.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
20 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-09 | Jamie Mullarkey | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| 2022-09-03 | Nasrat Haqparast | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa |
| 2021-04-10 | Ignacio Bahamondes | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland |
| 2020-03-14 | Francisco Trinaldo | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira |
| 2019-03-23 | Jesus Pinedo | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis |
| 2018-07-28 | Ross Pearson | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 |
| 2017-12-16 | Abel Trujillo | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos |
| 2016-12-10 | Lando Vannata | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:40 | Lightweight | UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis |
| 2016-07-07 | Mehdi Baghdad | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez |
| 2015-12-12 | Yancy Medeiros | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor |
| 2015-05-23 | Donald Cerrone | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:44 | Lightweight | UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier |
| 2015-04-25 | Shane Campbell | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:53 | Catchweight | UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi |
| 2014-02-01 | Alan Patrick | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2 |
| 2013-09-21 | Renee Forte | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:01 | Lightweight | UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson |
| 2013-03-16 | Daron Cruickshank | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz |
| 2012-11-17 | Sam Stout | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit |
| 2012-04-21 | Anthony Njokuani | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 145: Jones vs Evans |
| 2011-12-10 | Dennis Hallman | Loss | Submission · R1 · 2:58 | Lightweight | UFC 140: Jones vs Machida |
| 2011-04-30 | Kyle Watson | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:27 | Lightweight | UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields |
| 2010-12-11 | Pat Audinwood | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2 |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 20 rows in the archive list John Makdessi as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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