Fight Matrix

Fight Matrix Program: UFC Fight Night – Caceres vs. Rodriguez (08-06-2016)

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Jason

Featherweight (145)
[#29] Yair Rodriguez (8-1-0, -296) vs. [#73] Alex Caceres (12-8-0, +236)

Last 3 Fights: Yair Rodriguez (3-0-0)
2016-04-23: W vs. [#75FW] Andre Fili (15-4-0) via KO (Head Kick) in 2:15 of round 2
2015-10-03: W vs. [#81FW] Dan Hooker (13-6-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
2015-06-13: W vs. [#107FW] Charles Rosa (11-2-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Last 3 Fights: Alex Caceres (2-1-0)
2016-06-04: W vs. [#94FW] Cole Miller (21-10-0) via UD (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
2016-01-30: W vs. [#669FW] Masio Fullen (10-6-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2015-06-06: L vs. [#46BW] Francisco Rivera (11-7-0) via KO (Punches) in 0:21 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Yair Rodriguez 105, Alex Caceres 63
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Featherweight (145)
[#17] Dennis Bermudez (15-5-0, -214) vs. [#68] Rony Mariano Bezerra (14-5-0, +175)

Last 3 Fights: Dennis Bermudez (1-2-0)
2016-02-21: W vs. [#22FW] Tatsuya Kawajiri (35-9-2) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2015-07-11: L vs. [#9FW] Jeremy Stephens (25-12-0) via TKO (Knee and Punches) in 0:32 of round 3
2014-11-15: L vs. [#8FW] Ricardo Lamas (16-5-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 3:18 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Rony Mariano Bezerra (1-1-0, 1 NC)
2015-05-30: NC vs. [#95FW] Damon Jackson (9-1-1)
2014-05-31: L vs. [#128FW] Robbie Peralta (18-7-0) via SD (29-28, 30-27, 27-30)
2014-03-23: W vs. [#67FW] Steven Siler (29-15-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:17 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Dennis Bermudez 167, Rony Mariano Bezerra 434
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Middleweight (185)
[#15] Thales Leites (25-6-0, -189) vs. [#22] Chris Camozzi (24-10-0, +160)

Last 3 Fights: Thales Leites (1-2-0)
2016-02-27: L vs. [#6MW] Gegard Mousasi (39-6-2) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
2015-07-18: L vs. [#1MW/#3DD/#7P4P] Michael Bisping (29-7-0) via SD (49-46, 48-47, 47-48)
2015-01-31: W vs. [#24MW] Tim Boetsch (19-10-0) via Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 3:45 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Chris Camozzi (3-0-0)
2016-05-29: W vs. [#55MW] Vitor Miranda (12-5-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2016-02-21: W vs. [#124MW] Joe Riggs (41-17-0) via TKO (Knees) in 0:26 of round 1
2015-08-08: W vs. [#67MW] Tom Watson (17-9-0) via UD (29-27, 29-27, 30-26)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Thales Leites 161, Chris Camozzi 69
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Thales Leites leads 3-1
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Current MMA Rankings Updated (07-31-2016)

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Jason

Featured Upcoming Bouts (Outside of UFC)

Saturday, March 14th 2026: Pancrase - 361

[#4 SW] Yuta Miyazawa

[#9 SW] Kanji Funada

Last Fight Date: 11/09/2025 [Pancrase]
Last Opponent: [#33 SW] Tateo Iino
Last 5: W W L W W

Last Fight Date: 4/27/2025 [Pancrase]
Last Opponent: [#52 SW] Takafumi Ato
Last 5: W W W W W

Friday, March 6th 2026: RIZIN 52

[#5 W105] Saori Oshima

[#11 W105] Keito Oyama

Last Fight Date: 11/02/2025 [Rizin Fighting Federation]
Last Opponent: [#1 W105] Seika Izawa
Last 5: W L L W L

Last Fight Date: 11/02/2025 [Rizin Fighting Federation]
Last Opponent: [NR] Bo Mi Lee
Last 5: L W W W W

Sunday, March 8th 2026: Deep Osaka Impact 2026 1st Round

[#7 W105] Moeri Suda

[#10 W105] Namiko Kawabata

Last Fight Date: 9/15/2025 [DEEP]
Last Opponent: [#5 W105] Saori Oshima
Last 5: W W W W L

Last Fight Date: 5/25/2025 [DEEP]
Last Opponent: [#36 W105] Honoka Shigeta
Last 5: L L L W W

Featured Fighters

[#5 LW]	Justin Gaethje	[#11 LW]	Paddy Pimblett
[#1 LW]	Ilia Topuria	[#1 WW]	Islam Makhachev
[#2 LW]	Arman Tsarukyan	[NR]	Conor McGregor
[NR]	Khabib Nurmagomedov	[#1 MW]	Khamzat Chimaev
[#3 BW]	Sean OMalley	[#174 MW]	Andrey Pulyaev

Most Inactivity Before UFC Title Fight

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Jason

Fighter	Days	Result	Date
Carla Esparza^	706	WIN	2014-12-12
Jorge Patino	663	LOSS	1999-01-08
Cain Velasquez*	602	LOSS	2015-06-13
Georges St. Pierre*	567	WIN	2012-11-17
Vitor Belfort	560	LOSS	2015-05-23
Tyron Woodley	546	????	2016-07-30
Rose Namajunas^	517	LOSS	2014-12-12
Vitor Belfort	504	LOSS	2011-02-05
Dominick Cruz~	477	WIN	2016-01-17
Jon Jones~	476	WIN	2016-04-23

* – Champion
~ – Stripped of Championship Prior
^ – Was in recent TUF

Excludes tournament bouts

Fight Matrix Program: UFC 201 (07-30-2016)

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Jason

Welterweight Championship (170)
[#1/#10DD/#3P4P] Robbie Lawler (27-10-0, -210) vs. [*] Tyron Woodley (15-3-0, +171)
Robbie Lawler is the All-Time #3 ranked Welterweight and #18 ranked Absolute fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Robbie Lawler (3-0-0)
2016-01-02: W vs. [#5WW] Carlos Condit (30-9-0) via SD (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
2015-07-11: W vs. [#9WW] Rory MacDonald (18-4-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:00 of round 5
2014-12-06: W vs. [#10WW] Johny Hendricks (17-5-0) via SD (47-48, 48-47, 49-46)

Last 3 Fights: Tyron Woodley (2-1-0)
2015-01-31: W vs. [#6WW] Kelvin Gastelum (12-2-0) via SD (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
2014-08-23: W vs. [#14WW] Dong Hyun Kim (21-3-1) via TKO (Punches) in 1:01 of round 1
2014-06-14: L vs. [#9WW] Rory MacDonald (18-4-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Robbie Lawler 210, Tyron Woodley 546
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Robbie Lawler leads 4-2
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Women Strawweight (115)
[#6] Rose Namajunas (5-2-0, -237) vs. [#10] Karolina Kowalkiewicz (9-0-0, +192)

Last 3 Fights: Rose Namajunas (3-0-0)
2016-04-16: W vs. [#16SW] Tecia Torres (7-1-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2015-12-10: W vs. [#33SW] Paige VanZant (6-2-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:25 of round 5
2015-10-03: W vs. [#3SW] Angela Hill (5-3-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:47 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Karolina Kowalkiewicz (3-0-0)
2016-05-08: W vs. [#56SW] Heather Clark (7-5-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
2015-12-19: W vs. [#12SW] Randa Markos (6-3-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
2015-02-21: W vs. [#8FLY] Kalindra Faria (17-5-1) via SD (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Rose Namajunas 105, Karolina Kowalkiewicz 83
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Welterweight (170)
[#13] Matt Brown (20-14-0, -310) vs. [#32] Jake Ellenberger (30-11-0, +248)
Jake Ellenberger is the All-Time #19 ranked Welterweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Matt Brown (1-2-0)
2016-05-14: L vs. [#3WW] Demian Maia (23-6-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:31 of round 3
2015-07-11: W vs. [#21WW] Tim Means (25-7-1) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 4:44 of round 1
2015-03-14: L vs. [#10WW] Johny Hendricks (17-5-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Last 3 Fights: Jake Ellenberger (1-2-0)
2016-01-30: L vs. [#25WW] Tarec Saffiedine (16-5-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2015-07-12: L vs. [#2WW] Stephen Thompson (13-1-0) via KO (Spinning Hook Kick) in 4:29 of round 1
2015-02-28: W vs. [*] Josh Koscheck (17-10-0) via Submission (North South Choke) in 4:20 of round 2

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Matt Brown 77, Jake Ellenberger 182
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Matt Brown leads 3-2
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UFC Newcomer Against UFC Newcomer

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Ked Becker

This weekend there was a bout between two heavyweight prospects: Francis Ngannou and Bojan Mihajlovic. Ngannou had two fights in the UFC prior to this one, while for Mihajlovic this was his Octagon debut. Both were coming off of impressive win streaks outside of the Octagon, but as we know the real test is when they come to the UFC.

So basically, the UFC paired two unknowns with impressive win streaks who are in their initial stages of their UFC careers against each other. This is not the first time UFC has done this; they actually tend to do that quite often.

I don’t understand why they do that. Of course, these fights have the potential of being fun fights, but that’s true for many fights. There is a lot of reason why not to do that, in my opinion. I am not addressing specifically the Ngannou – Mihajlovic fight, but the recurring match making of two UFC newcomers on winning streaks.

First of all, these kind of fights don’t really tell us a whole lot, at the end of the day. I mean, those are two fighters who were successful outside of the UFC against mediocre or weak competition. They come to the UFC, where they can fight better competition, fighters that are known to be good or decent, at least. Instead the UFC pits them against one another. Well, what do we learn when one fighter who beat nobodys beats another fighter who beat nobodys? Not much. We don’t really know what any of them is worth. They might be the two best guys in the world, so the fact that one of them lost to the other guy who will be champion one day, doesn’t mean he is not good. And vice versa, they might both be really weak compared to UFC caliber competition, so the fact that one of them beat the other doesn’t mean they deserve to stay in the UFC.

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Biggest Risers in Current MMA Rankings Update (07-24-2016)

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Richard Mann

Fight Matrix updates the Current MMA Rankings once a week. As the deepest and most inclusive ranking system in the sport, fights all over the globe can have a major impact on the rankings. Let’s take a look at the biggest risers in the divisional rankings. The number in parenthesis is the number of spots that the fighter moved up from the last issued rankings. For the purpose of this article, fighters who were unranked in the previous ranking iteration are excluded.

Heavyweight
Francis Ngannou #50 (15)
After three UFC fights, Ngannou has made his way into the top 50. Last Saturday, he scored his third knockout in the promotion in only 94 seconds against debuting Bojan Mihajlovic. It will be interesting to see how the UFC matches him going forward since he is already 29 years old and still somewhat raw.

Middleweight
Chris Harris #163 (24)
Harris scored a first-round rear-naked-choke submission over Matt Foster on the undercard of Bellator 159. With the victory, he improved his professional record to 7-0. The Kansas native is now also 2-0 on Bellator undercards. He previously defeated Julian Marquez at Bellator 150.

Welterweight
Mike Perry #107 (101)
On May 14, Perry scored a second-round knockout over David Mundell in the main event of a Battleground show. The Team Sparta member holds a 6-0 record with all of his wins coming via knockout.
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Current MMA Rankings Updated (07-24-2016)

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Jason

TUF 24: How They Stack Up

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Oleg

Another season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality series looms on the horizon. This will be season 24, not counting the various unnumbered international spin-offs like TUF: Brazil and TUF: Latin America. In my opinion, this show is long past its expiration date and I stopped watching many years ago. However, this season will be a little different than most: coached by top UFC flyweights Joe Benavidez and Henry Cejudo, the cast features 16 flyweights who hold a title in one of various minor MMA leagues throughout the world. The winner will get a shot at the dominant reigning champion Demetrious Johnson, who is currently not only #1 in the world in his weight class, but also #1 on our Division Point Dominance list, #2 Pound for Pound (likely soon to be promoted to #1 with the pending suspension of Jon Jones), as well as the #1 flyweight fighter of all time. The coaches, who both already had their chance at DJ’s gold, will also square off at the conclusion of the season and the winner could likely be the next in line for another go-round at the title. This will be the first season of TUF in many years that I will be watching, even though I still hope that the new UFC ownership axes the incredibly stale series.

So how do the TUF 24 flyweight contenders stack up in the FightMatrix rankings? Keep reading to find out.

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Fight Matrix Program: UFC on FOX 20 – Holm vs. Shevchenko (07-23-2016)

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jason

Women Bantamweight (135)
[#4/#7DD/#8P4P] Holly Holm (10-1-0, -305) vs. [#17] Valentina Shevchenko (12-2-0, +242)
Holly Holm is the All-Time #19 ranked Women’s fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Holly Holm (2-1-0)
2016-03-05: L vs. [#3BW/#6DD/#6P4P] Miesha Tate (18-6-0) via Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:30 of round 5
2015-11-14: W vs. [#2BW/#4DD/#4P4P] Ronda Rousey (12-1-0) via KO (Head Kick and Punches) in 0:59 of round 2
2015-07-15: W vs. [#25BW] Marion Reneau (6-3-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)

Last 3 Fights: Valentina Shevchenko (2-1-0)
2016-03-05: L vs. [#1BW/#2DD/#2P4P] Amanda Nunes (13-4-0) via UD (29-27, 29-28, 29-27)
2015-12-19: W vs. [#18BW] Sarah Kaufman (17-4-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
2015-02-27: W vs. [#74BW] Jan Finney (9-12-0) via UD ()

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Holly Holm 140, Valentina Shevchenko 140
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Lightweight (155)
[#5] Edson Barboza (17-4-0, -216) vs. [#11] Gilbert Melendez (22-5-0, +175)
Gilbert Melendez is the All-Time #9 ranked Lightweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Edson Barboza (2-1-0)
2016-04-23: W vs. [#7LW] Anthony Pettis (18-5-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
2015-12-11: L vs. [#6LW] Tony Ferguson (21-3-0) via Submission (Brabo Choke) in 2:54 of round 2
2015-07-25: W vs. [#25LW] Paul Felder (12-2-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Last 3 Fights: Gilbert Melendez (1-2-0)
2015-06-13: L vs. [#1LW/#2DD/#9P4P] Eddie Alvarez (28-4-0) via SD (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
2014-12-06: L vs. [#7LW] Anthony Pettis (18-5-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 1:53 of round 2
2013-10-19: W vs. [#34LW] Diego Sanchez (26-9-0) via UD (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Edson Barboza 91, Gilbert Melendez 406
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Edson Barboza leads 1-0
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Heavyweight (265)
[#65] Francis Ngannou (7-1-0, -633) vs. [#118] Bojan Mihajlovic (10-3-0, +449)

Last 3 Fights: Francis Ngannou (3-0-0)
2016-04-10: W vs. [#179HW+] Curtis Blaydes (5-1-0) via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) in 5:00 of round 2
2015-12-19: W vs. [#274HW+] Luis Henrique Barbosa de (8-2-0) via KO (Punch) in 2:53 of round 2
2015-05-28: W vs. [#199HW+] William Baldutti (7-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in ? of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Bojan Mihajlovic (3-0-0)
2015-11-29: W vs. [NA] Muhamad Mahmic (0-4-0) via in of round 1
2014-12-06: W vs. [#547HW+] Marko Igrc (9-7-1) via UD ()
2014-10-25: W vs. [#571HW+] Dragoljub Joksovic (5-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:45 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Francis Ngannou 104, Bojan Mihajlovic 237
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Biggest Risers in Current MMA Rankings Update (07-17-2016)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Richard Mann

Heavyweight
Michal Andryszak #76 (48)
Andryszak finds himself with his highest ranking ever after defeating UFC veteran Tim Hague at ACB 41. “Longer” sports a 17-6 record and has won three-fights in a row since falling to Salimgirey Rasulov last year. The entire ACB 41 event is available for free on YouTube.

Light Heavyweight
Cassio Lisboa #143 (20)
Light Heavyweight always seems to be the most stagnant division. This week’s biggest mover is a 3-0 fighter from Brazil. In his last outing, Lisboa scored a third-round toe-hold-submission victory over Hugo Lezama Inurreta at Xtreme Kombat 32.

Middleweight
Nills van Noord #168 (111)
In his last fight, Van Noord scored a submission victory over Janis Novicks last May. The Bob Schrijber protege has gone undefeated in five bouts since falling to Lee Chadwick in 2014. Van Noord is 15-6-2 since making his MMA debut in 2007.

Welterweight
Luiz Cado Simon #214 (218)
Simon moved up 218 spots in the rankings after receiving credit for his victory over Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia last month. His previous high ranking was #302 in 2014. Early in his career, Simon faced off against current Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho but he failed to make the final bell and was knocked out.
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Current MMA Rankings Updated (07-17-2016)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Jason

Fight Matrix Program: Bellator 158 (07-16-2016)

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jason

Welterweight (170)
[#34] Douglas Lima (26-6-0, 170.8lb) vs. [#47] Paul Daley (38-13-2, 170.8lb)

Last 3 Fights: Douglas Lima (2-1-0)
2015-07-17: L vs. [#8WW] Andrey Koreshkov (19-1-0) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 48-47)
2014-04-18: W vs. [*] Rick Hawn (21-4-0) via TKO (Corner Stoppage) in 3:19 of round 2
2013-09-20: W vs. [#49WW] Ben Saunders (19-7-2) via KO (Head Kick) in 4:33 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Paul Daley (3-0-0)
2016-01-29: W vs. [#242WW] Andy Uhrich (11-6-0) via in of round 1
2015-07-17: W vs. [#356MW] Dennis Olson (14-11-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:12 of round 2
2015-02-27: W vs. [#62WW] Andre Santos (38-10-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Douglas Lima 365, Paul Daley 169
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Heavyweight (256)
[#25] Matt Mitrione (10-5-0, 256.5lb) vs. [#35] Oli Thompson (17-8-0, 234.8lb)

Last 3 Fights: Matt Mitrione (1-2-0)
2016-06-24: W vs. [#95HW+] Carl Seumanutafa (10-7-0) via KO (Punch) in 3:22 of round 1
2016-01-17: L vs. [#9HW+] Travis Browne (18-4-1) via TKO (Punches) in 4:09 of round 3
2015-06-06: L vs. [#10HW+] Ben Rothwell (36-10-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 1:54 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Oli Thompson (3-0-0)
2015-12-31: W vs. [#92HW+] Fernando Rodrigues Jr. (9-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:08 of round 1
2015-10-31: W vs. [#113HW+] Michal Wlodarek (7-1-0) via DQ (Knee to Head of Grounded Fighter) in 1:42 of round 3
2015-08-29: W vs. [#100HW+] Chris Barnett (14-3-0) via UD ()

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Matt Mitrione 22, Oli Thompson 198
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Matt Mitrione leads 2-0
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Welterweight (170)
[#84] Michael Page (10-0-0, 169.8lb) vs. [#98] Evangelista Santos (21-17-0, 170.0lb)

Last 3 Fights: Michael Page (3-0-0)
2016-04-22: W vs. [#688WW] Jeremie Holloway (7-2-0) via Submission (Achilles Lock) in 2:15 of round 1
2015-10-23: W vs. [#473WW] Charlie Ontiveros (8-4-0) via TKO (Elbows) in 3:20 of round 1
2015-07-17: W vs. [#409WW] Rudy Bears (16-14-0) via KO (Punch) in 1:05 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Evangelista Santos (2-1-0)
2016-05-14: L vs. [#59WW] Saad Awad (19-7-0) via TKO (Punches and Elbows) in 4:31 of round 1
2016-04-22: W vs. [#81WW] Brennan Ward (13-4-0) via Submission (Heel Hook) in 0:30 of round 1
2016-01-22: W vs. [#457MW] Artenas Young (10-11-0) via UD ()

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Michael Page 85, Evangelista Santos 63
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Fight Matrix Program: UFC Fight Night: McDonald/Lineker (07-13-2016)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Jason

Bantamweight (136)
[#9] John Lineker (27-7-0, 136.0lb, -165) vs. [#21] Michael McDonald (17-3-0, 135.0lb, +139)

Last 3 Fights: John Lineker (3-0-0)
2016-05-14: W vs. [#34BW] Rob Font (12-2-0) via UD (30-26, 29-28, 30-27)
2015-09-05: W vs. [#39BW] Francisco Rivera (11-6-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 2:08 of round 1
2015-01-31: W vs. [*] Ian McCall (13-5-1) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Last 3 Fights: Michael McDonald (2-1-0)
2016-01-02: W vs. [#46BW] Masanori Kanehara (25-13-5) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:09 of round 2
2013-12-14: L vs. [#3BW] Urijah Faber (33-9-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 3:22 of round 2
2013-08-17: W vs. [#38BW] Brad Pickett (25-11-0) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 3:43 of round 2

Days Since Last Pro Fight: John Lineker 60, Michael McDonald 193
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Lightweight (155)
[#6] Tony Ferguson (20-3-0, 155.0lb, -698) vs. [#232] Landon Vannata (8-0-0, 155.5lb, +490)

Last 3 Fights: Tony Ferguson (3-0-0)
2015-12-11: W vs. [#5LW] Edson Barboza (17-4-0) via Submission (Brabo Choke) in 2:54 of round 2
2015-07-15: W vs. [#20LW] Josh Thomson (22-8-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
2015-02-28: W vs. [#33LW] Gleison Tibau (32-11-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:37 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Landon Vannata (3-0-0)
2016-04-30: W vs. [#764LW] Ramico Blackmon (8-4-0) via in of round 1
2015-11-06: W vs. [#585LW] Chad Curry (7-1-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:29 of round 1
2014-12-06: W vs. [NA] Santana-Sol Martinez (5-17-0) via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 1:11 of round 1

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Tony Ferguson 215, Landon Vannata 74
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Middleweight (186)
[#35] Josh Samman (12-3-0, 186.0lb, -223) vs. [#48LHW] Tim Boetsch (18-10-0, 186.0lb, +182)

Last 3 Fights: Josh Samman (2-1-0)
2015-12-19: L vs. [#34MW] Tamdan McCrory (14-4-0) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 4:10 of round 3
2015-07-12: W vs. [#56MW] Caio Magalhaes (9-2-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:52 of round 1
2014-12-06: W vs. [#102MW] Eddie Gordon (7-4-0) via KO (Head Kick) in 3:08 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Tim Boetsch (0-3-0)
2016-01-17: L vs. [#18LHW] Ed Herman (23-11-0) via KO (Knee) in 1:39 of round 2
2015-06-06: L vs. [#11MW] Dan Henderson (32-14-0) via KO (Punches) in 0:28 of round 1
2015-01-31: L vs. [#15MW] Thales Leites (25-6-0) via Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 3:45 of round 2

Days Since Last Pro Fight: Josh Samman 207, Tim Boetsch 178
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Darren Stewart #82 (24)
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Tim Williams #82 (50)
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