Mike Shipman
EnglandMike Shipman, “Seabass”, is a Middleweight from England with an official record of 17-5. Cage Brothers holds 16 of those bouts: 12 wins and 4 losses, the wins coming 6 by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Josh Silveira at 2025 PFL First Round: Middleweights & Lightweights on 18 April 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2025 | Josh Silveira | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2025 PFL First Round: Middleweights & Lightweights |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Eslam Abdul Baset | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 2:32 | Bellator Champions Series London: McCourt vs. Collins |
| May 17, 2024 | Steven Hill | WIN | KOTKO - Retirement | R1 · 5:00 | Bellator Champions Series Paris: Mix vs. Magomedov 2 |
| Feb 25, 2023 | Charlie Ward | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 291: Amosov vs. Storley 2 |
| May 6, 2022 | Gregory Babene | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 2:11 | Bellator 280: Bader vs. Kongo 2 |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Pietro Penini | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator Europe: Edwards vs. van Steenis |
| Nov 23, 2019 | Fabian Edwards | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator London: MVP vs. Melillo |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Costello van Steenis | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 1:34 | Bellator 223: Mousasi vs. Lovato Jr. |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Scott Futrell | WIN | SUBSubmission (D'Arce Choke) | R1 · 2:58 | Bellator 210: Njokuani vs. Salter |
| May 25, 2018 | Carl Noon | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:10 | Bellator 200: Carvalho vs. Mousasi |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Yannick BahatiTitle | WIN | KOKO | R3 | BAMMA 31: Lewis-Parry vs. Jackson |
| May 19, 2017 | Marcin Prostko | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:39 | Bellator 179: Daley vs. MacDonald |
| Jul 16, 2016 | Dom Clark | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 · 1:33 | Bellator 158: Daley vs. Lima |
| Apr 23, 2016 | Craig White | WIN | KOKO | R1 | ROC: Rise of Champions 2 |
| Nov 7, 2015 | Jimmy Miller | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 | UCMMA 45: Ultimate Challenge MMA 45 |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Makunga Bunduku | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 · 2:11 | UCMMA 44: Ultimate Challenge MMA 44 |
Wins, losses and draws are Mike Shipman’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 16 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.
Mike Shipman’s record, in numbers
Mike Shipman’s official record is 17-5. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 12 wins, 4 losses — because 6 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 12 wins break down as 6 by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision — 10 of 12 inside the distance, a finish rate of 83%. Across all 16 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 6 minutes 18 seconds.
Mike Shipman has been stopped twice in the 16 bouts on file — 2 by knockout — which is 13% of them.
Of the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title. One of them has come since October 2024.
Set against the 395 Middleweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Mike Shipman has a finish rate above 68% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 63% of them and a two-year bout count above 59% 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.
Mike Shipman is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 74in and is 36, born 16 June 1990.
These figures are recomputed from Mike Shipman’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.