Jason MacDonald

Jason MacDonald
Born	(1975-06-03) June 3, 1975 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Other names	The Athlete
Nationality	Canadian
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division	185
Reach	80 in (203 cm)
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting out of	Edmonton, Alberta
Team	Xtreme Couture
Mixed martial arts record
Total	38
Wins	24
By knockout	3
By submission	18
Losses	14
Draws	0

Jason Anthony MacDonald (born June 3, 1975) is a Canadian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting with the Maximum Fighting Championship as a middleweight. He is also a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Born and raised in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, MacDonald currently resides in Red Deer, Alberta and fights out of Edmonton, Alberta.

MMA career

MacDonald began his career in local Canadian promotions, including the Maximum Fighting Championship, earning notable wins over UFC veterans Joe Doerksen, Gideon Ray, and Bill Mahood. After racking up a record of 16–7, he made his UFC debut on October 10, 2006 at Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter against the favored The Ultimate Fighter 3 finalist Ed Herman. In an upset, MacDonald won the bout via triangle choke in the first round. MacDonald followed up the performance with a win over The Ultimate Fighter 1 veteran Chris Leben via modified guillotine choke in the second round. Both victories earned Submission of the Night honors.

MacDonald stepped up considerably in competition at UFC 68 with a match-up against Rich Franklin in his first appearance since losing the UFC Middleweight Championship. Franklin mounted MacDonald in the final seconds of round two, causing enough injury to MacDonald's left eye area that his corner advised him to throw in the towel, and Franklin was declared the winner.

At UFC 72, MacDonald came back with a victory over Rory Singer via TKO (referee stoppage) in the second round. This marked his third victory over The Ultimate Fighter veterans. In UFC 77, MacDonald faced Yushin Okami, who was coming off a loss to Rich Franklin in a title contention elimination bout. MacDonald lost the fight via unanimous decision. MacDonald sprang back from the defeat at UFC 83, defeating Joe Doerksen via TKO (strikes) in the second round and earning a $75,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night in the process.. A small controversy erupted after MacDonald landed two hammerfists after it appeared the fight had been stopped. In an interview the day after the fight, MacDonald explained that the referee had instructed him to continue fighting and had even apologized to him for his error in judgment.

At UFC 87, MacDonald faced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu stand-out Demian Maia. Both fighters had earned back-to-back Submission of the Night honors in the UFC. The fight took place almost completely on the ground, with MacDonald escaping numerous submission attempts. Ultimately in the third round, Maia locked in a rear naked choke for the victory. Only a month later, MacDonald went on to fight as a replacement for Jason Day at UFC 88. He won against Jason Lambert at 1:20 of round two by rear naked choke, earning his third Submission of the Night.

MacDonald followed up with a bout at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale against Wilson Gouveia. Gouveia dropped MacDonald with a glancing left jab before raining elbows to finish the fight. At UFC 97, MacDonald suffered a TKO loss to Nate Quarry due to elbows from a mounted position.

Despite earlier suggestions from Dana White that MacDonald's position in the UFC roster was safe despite his recent lack of success, the UFC released MacDonald several weeks later. Matchmaker Joe Silva commented that the door would be left open for MacDonald to return should he earn a few more victories in smaller promotions. At the MFC 21 event on May 15, 2009, MacDonald announced that he was returning to the Canadian promotion Maximum Fighting Championship. He fought Travis Lutter in the main event of MFC 22 on October 2, 2009. in a losing effort.

Jason MacDonald faced TUF 3 competitor and fellow UFC veteran Solomon "King" Hutcherson at MFC 23 defeating him by Split decision giving "J-Mac" his fifth victory over a TUF competitor.

On March 20, 2010, MacDonald replaced fellow Canadian Denis Kang in the main event of W1 Bad Blood. He defeated Vernon White in the 3rd round via triangle choke.

On April 23, 2010, MacDonald defeated former UFC and IFL veteran Matt Horwich via Unanimous Decision in the main event of the very first Let's Get It On MMA tournament event.

UFC return

MacDonald returned to the UFC and faced John Salter on May 8, 2010 at UFC 113, replacing an injured Nick Catone. After 2:42 of the first round, MacDonald's leg was broken from a takedown attempt by Salter and the fight was stopped, declaring Salter the winner by TKO (injury).

MMA Business

MacDonalds owns and runs his own gym, Pure Fitness & MMA, located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada . He also runs his own fight promotion called Pure Fighting Championship. Jason manages a number of Canadian professional MMA fighters, including Ryan Machan, Evan Sanguin, George Belanger and Derek Clark.

Personal life

Jason and his wife Kelly have four children, sons Tristin and Keel and daughters Jett and True.

MMA record

Professional record breakdown

37 matches	23 wins	14 losses
By knockout	3	5
By submission	18	4
By decision	2	5

Record	Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time	Location	Notes
24-14	2010-05-08	Loss	John Salter	UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2	TKO (Broken Leg)	1	2:42	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
24–13	2010-04-23	Win	Matt Horwich	LGIO MMA 1: MacDonald vs Horwich	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
23–13	2010-03-20	Win	Vernon White	W1 Bad Blood	Submission (Triangle Choke)	3	2:12	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
22–13	2009-12-04	Win	Solomon Hutcherson	MFC 23: Unstoppable	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
21–13	2009-10-02	Loss	Travis Lutter	MFC 22: Payoff	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
21–12	2009-04-18	Loss	Nate Quarry	UFC 97: Redemption	TKO (Elbows)	1	2:27	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
21–11	2008-12-13	Loss	Wilson Gouveia	TUF 8 Finale	Submission (Elbows)	1	2:18	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
21–10	2008-09-06	Win	Jason Lambert	UFC 88: Breakthrough	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	1:20	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Won Submission of the Night honors
20–10	2008-08-09	Loss	Demian Maia	UFC 87: Seek and Destroy	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	3	2:44	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
20–9	2008-04-19	Win	Joe Doerksen	UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2	TKO (Elbows)	2	0:56	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Won Knockout of the Night honors
19–9	2007-10-20	Loss	Yushin Okami	UFC 77: Hostile Territory	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
19–8	2007-06-16	Win	Rory Singer	UFC 72: Victory	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	2	3:18	Belfast, Northern Ireland
18–8	2007-03-03	Loss	Rich Franklin	UFC 68: The Uprising	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
18–7	2006-12-30	Win	Chris Leben	UFC 66: Liddell vs Ortiz 2	Technical Submission (Modified Guillotine Choke)	2	4:03	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Won Submission of the Night honors
17–7	2006-10-10	Win	Ed Herman	Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:43	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	Won Submission of the Night honors
16–7	2006-09-08	Win	Neil Berry	MFC 10: Unfinished Business	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:39	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
15–7	2006-07-22	Win	Fritz Paul	ECC 3: East Coast Warriors	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	2:14	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
14–7	2006-06-30	Win	Jerry Spiegel	ECC 2: Collision Course	TKO (Punches)	2	0:33	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
13–7	2006-04-29	Win	Gideon Ray	Extreme Cage Combat 1	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
12–7	2006-03-10	Loss	Patrick Cote	MFC 9: No Excuses	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	5	3:35	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
12–6	2005-11-25	Loss	Kalib Starnes	National Fighting Challenge 5	TKO (Punches from Mount)	1	4:37	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12–5	2005-10-22	Win	Joe Doerksen	UCW 3: Caged Inferno	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	4	4:37	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
11–5	2005-09-09	Win	Chris Fontaine	MFC 8: Resurrection	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	?	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10–5	2005-07-15	Loss	Shonie Carter	TKO 21: Collision	Decision	3	5:00	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
10–4	2005-05-20	Loss	Marvin Eastman	WEF: Sin City	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
10–3	2005-04-16	Loss	Jason Brilz	KOTC: Edmonton	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10–2	2004-10-16	Loss	Matt Horwich	Extreme Fighting Challenge 3	Submission (Armbar)	1	N/A	Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
10–1	2004-05-01	Win	Antony Rea	AFC 8: Absolute Fighting Championships 8	Submission (Scarf Hold Armlock)	1	2:22	Fort Lauderdale, U.S., U.S.
9–1	2003-07-24	Win	Ulysses Castro	AFC 1: Adrenaline Fighting Championships 1	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	2:49	Langley, British Columbia, Canada
8–1	2003-02-22	Loss	Bill Mahood	MFC 7: Undisputed	TKO (Punches)	2	3:02	Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
8–0	2002-11-29	Win	Jeromie Sills	MFC 6: Road To Gold	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	N/A	Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
7–0	2002-09-21	Win	Yan Pellerin	MFC: Unplugged	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	N/A	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6–0	2002-06-01	Win	Cameron Brown	MFC 5: Sweet Redemption	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:09	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
5–0	2002-03-03	Win	Shannon Ritch	MFC 4: New Groundz	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:55	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4–0	2001-11-24	Win	Chris Peak	MFC 3: Canadian Pride	Submission (Keylock)	1	1:54	Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
3–0	2000-04-30	Win	Bill Mahood	MFC 2: Rumble at the Jungle	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)	3	1:17	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2–0	2000-11-12	Win	Shane Biever	NLO 2: Northern Lights Out	Submission (Choke)	1	N/A	Alberta, Canada
1–0	1999-12-18	Win	Ken Manderson	Punch n' Crunch	Submission (Armbar)	1	N/A	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

External links

• Professional MMA record for Jason MacDonald from Sherdog
• Jason MacDonald Blog