Michael Chiesa
22 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (60%)
Michael Chiesa UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Michael Chiesa is 15-7 in the UFC across 22 fights, with 9 wins by submission and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-7, 5-0 of it outside the UFC. Chiesa competes at lightweight as a southpaw submission artist, standing 6'1" with a 75" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a win over Niko Price by submission in Mar 2026.
Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 92nd percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (1.7/min).
Michael Chiesa's UFC win rate is 68% (15 of 22 fights), and 60% of those wins came by finish. Chiesa averages 1.9 takedowns per fight at 48% accuracy and stops 66% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 20-7
- UFC Record
- 15-7
- Height
- 6'1"
- Reach
- 75"
- Age
- 38
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- W vs Niko Price · Submission · Mar 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Michael Chiesa's Last 5 Fights
Chiesa is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Niko Price · Submission · R1 1:03 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · Mar 2026
- Win vs Court McGee · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
- Win vs Max Griffin · Submission · R3 1:56 · UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 2024
- Win vs Tony Ferguson · Submission · R1 3:44 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024
- Loss vs Kevin Holland · Submission · R1 2:39 · UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Jul 2023
Striking
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Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Michael Chiesa vs Average
Michael Chiesa lands 8.4 strikes in R1 but 10.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Michael Chiesa's UFC Fight History
22 UFC fights on record (15-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Niko Price | Submission | R1 · 1:03 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer | 2026-03-28 |
| W | Court McGee | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley | 2025-06-14 |
| W | Max Griffin | Submission | R3 · 1:56 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura | 2024-12-07 |
| W | Tony Ferguson | Submission | R1 · 3:44 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov | 2024-08-03 |
| L | Kevin Holland | Submission | R1 · 2:39 | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 | 2023-07-29 |
| L | Sean Brady | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate | 2021-11-20 |
| L | Vicente Luque | Submission | R1 · 3:25 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane | 2021-08-07 |
| W | Neil Magny | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny | 2021-01-20 |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos | 2020-01-25 |
| W | Diego Sanchez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | 2019-07-06 |
| W | Carlos Condit | Submission | R2 · 0:56 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 2018-12-29 |
| L | Anthony Pettis | Submission | R2 · 0:52 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier | 2018-07-07 |
| L | Kevin Lee | Submission | R1 · 4:37 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee | 2017-06-25 |
| W | Beneil Dariush | Submission | R2 · 1:20 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | 2016-04-16 |
| W | Jim Miller | Submission | R2 · 2:57 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | 2015-12-10 |
| W | Mitch Clarke | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas | 2015-04-04 |
| L | Joe Lauzon | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:14 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi | 2014-09-05 |
| W | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw | 2014-05-24 |
| W | Colton Smith | Submission | R2 · 1:41 | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 | 2013-11-06 |
| L | Jorge Masvidal | Submission | R2 · 4:59 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Moraga | 2013-07-27 |
| W | Anton Kuivanen | Submission | R2 · 2:29 | UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche | 2013-02-23 |
| W★ | Al Iaquinta | Submission | R1 · 2:47 | The Ultimate Fighter: Live Finale | 2012-06-01 |
How Chiesa Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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