Don'Tale Mayes

HeavyweightOutfighter
4 - 71 NC

12 UFC Fights | 33% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (50%)

Height
6' 6"
Reach
81"
Weight
260 lbs.
Age
34
Orthodox

Don'Tale Mayes UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Don'Tale Mayes is 4-7 in the UFC across 12 fights (1 no contest), with 2 wins by knockout and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 11-9 (1 NC), 7-2 of it outside the UFC. Mayes competes at heavyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'6" with a 81" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Thomas Petersen by decision in May 2025.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 62nd percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (0.6/fight).

Don'Tale Mayes's UFC win rate is 33% (4 of 12 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Mayes averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 47% accuracy and stops 32% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
11-9 (1 NC)
UFC Record
4-7 (1 NC)
Height
6'6"
Reach
81"
Age
34
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Thomas Petersen · Decision · May 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Don'Tale Mayes's Last 5 Fights

Mayes is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Thomas Petersen · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · May 2025
  2. Loss vs Valter Walker · Submission · R1 1:17 · UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Feb 2025
  3. Loss vs Shamil Gaziev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024
  4. Win vs Caio Machado · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · Apr 2024
  5. Loss vs Rodrigo Nascimento · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · Nov 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.8
Accuracy
41%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.18

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.5
1.0x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
52%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
47%
Takedown Defense
32%
Control Time / Fight
1:47
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
9% KO
0% Sub
R3+
9% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Don'Tale Mayes vs Average

Don'Tale Mayes's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (4-7 (1 NC)), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LThomas PetersenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo2025-05-03
LValter WalkerSubmissionR1 · 1:17UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues2025-02-15
LShamil GazievDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov2024-08-03
WCaio MachadoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez2024-04-27
LRodrigo NascimentoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis2023-11-04
WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKOR2 · 3:17UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi2023-06-03
LAugusto SakaiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen2023-02-25
D/NCHamdy AbdelwahabOtherR3 · 5:00UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 22022-07-30
WJosh ParisianKO/TKOR3 · 3:26UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18
WRoque MartinezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos2020-11-14
LRodrigo NascimentoSubmissionR2 · 2:05UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris2020-05-16
LCiryl GaneSubmissionR3 · 4:46UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren2019-10-26

How Mayes Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.8 sig. strikes/min
40th percentile
Striking accuracy41%
24th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.5/min
39th percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
62nd percentile
Takedown defense32%
12th percentile
Knockdown power0.18/fight
52nd percentile

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