Michael Chiesa
Michael Chiesa, “Maverick”, is a Welterweight from the United States with an official record of 20-7. Cage Brothers holds 23 of those bouts: 16 wins and 7 losses, the wins coming 10 by submission and 6 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round submission win over Niko Price at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer on 28 March 2026, the fourth win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | Niko Price | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 1:03 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Court McGee | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Max Griffin | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R3 · 1:56 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Tony Ferguson | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 3:44 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Kevin Holland | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R1 · 2:39 | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 |
| Nov 20, 2021 | Sean Brady | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate |
| Aug 7, 2021 | Vicente Luque | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R1 · 3:25 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Neil Magny | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny |
| Jan 25, 2020 | Rafael Dos Anjos | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos |
| Jul 6, 2019 | Diego Sanchez | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos |
| Dec 30, 2018 | Carlos Condit | WIN | SUBKimura | R2 · 0:56 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Anthony Pettis | LOSS | SUBTriangle Choke | R2 · 0:52 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| Jun 26, 2017 | Kevin Lee | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:37 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee |
| Apr 17, 2016 | Beneil Dariush | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:20 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Evans |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Jim Miller | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:57 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant |
| Apr 4, 2015 | Mitch Clarke | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas |
| Sep 5, 2014 | Joe Lauzon | LOSS | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 · 2:14 | UFC Fight Night: Souza vs. Mousasi |
| May 24, 2014 | Francisco Trinaldo | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw |
| Nov 7, 2013 | Colton Smith | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:41 | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 |
| Jul 28, 2013 | Jorge Masvidal | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R2 · 4:59 | UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga |
| Feb 24, 2013 | Anton Kuivanen | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:29 | UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche |
| Jun 2, 2012 | Al IaquintaTitle | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:47 | The Ultimate Fighter LIVE Finale |
| Oct 1, 2011 | Darrell Fenner | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | CS: Cagesport 16 |
Wins, losses and draws are Michael Chiesa’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 23 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Michael Chiesa’s record, in numbers
Michael Chiesa’s official record is 20-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 16 wins, 7 losses — because 4 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 16 wins break down as 10 by submission and 6 by decision — 10 of 16 inside the distance, a finish rate of 63%. Across all 23 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 49 seconds.
Michael Chiesa has been stopped 6 times in the 23 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 5 by submission — which is 26% of them. The last 4 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 2 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 568 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Michael Chiesa has a finish rate above 39% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 25% of them and a two-year bout count above 83% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Michael Chiesa is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 75in, fights southpaw and is 38, born 6 December 1987.
These figures are recomputed from Michael Chiesa’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















