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Eric McConico
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Pro record11-5-1
Current streak1 loss
Last 5 (UFC)L W L W L
DivisionMiddleweight
Age36
Height6' 0"
StanceSouthpaw

Eric McConico is 2-2 in the UFC through four fights since his debut on Feb. 22, 2025.

That debut ended in a second-round TKO loss to Nursulton Ruziboev in a middleweight bout.

He answered in August 2025 by moving up to light heavyweight and taking a split decision from Cody Brundage over three rounds. Back at middleweight in November, Baisangur Susurkaev stopped him by TKO in the third round.

McConico's most recent fight came on April 25, 2026, when he beat Rodolfo Vieira by unanimous decision over three rounds at middleweight.

His four UFC results split evenly by method as well as outcome: both wins came on the scorecards, and both losses came by TKO. All four fights fell inside a stretch of about 14 months.

Written 2026-08-15 · ahead of UFC 330 — Makhachev vs Machado Garry. News (#18) — checked against the fight record before publication. The figures above the story are recomputed every build from the official fight record.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

Nicknamepending
NationalityUnited States
HometownCorvallis, Oregon
Fighting out ofMMA Lab
Height6' 0"
Reach77.0"
StanceSouthpaw
Age36
Date of birthMay 09, 1990
Weight185 lbs.
Pro record11-5-1
Finish split2 UFC wins — 2 decision

Career rates facts

Career averages over Eric McConico’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.

Striking
Strikes landed / min2.92
Striking accuracy46%
Strikes absorbed / min3.05
Striking defence45%
Grappling
Takedowns / 15 min0.64
Takedown accuracy100%
Takedown defence68%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.00

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Middleweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within Middleweight.
Striking56
Defence40
Grappling / TD58
Cardio78
Chin2
Fight IQ47

Our calls on Eric McConico’s fights

Every fight of Eric McConico’s that we called in the live 2026 season — whichever corner we called it for. Posted before the fight, graded after it.

FightIQ has called 2 of Eric McConico’s fights in 2026: 1 correct (1–1 — 50% right). Each call was posted before the fight and graded after it. The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentWe called it forConfidenceResult
2026-08-15Donte JohnsonDonte Johnson (against McConico)77.4%Correct
2026-04-25Rodolfo VieiraRodolfo Vieira (against McConico)57.5%Missed
back-tested

Across our full back-tested history we called 3 of Eric McConico’s fights, 2 correct. Back-tested, not part of the public timestamped record: these were computed after the fact, so they show the model working on old cards — they were never published ahead of those fights.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Eric McConico

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD64.5%ACC 38%BODY18.8%ACC 69%LEGS16.7%ACC 92%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 64% head / 19% body / 17% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
64.5% acc 38%+0.9 vs field
BODY
18.8% acc 69%−1.8 vs field
LEGS
16.7% acc 92%+0.8 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 77%CLINCH 23%GROUND 0%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

5 UFC fights · 144 landed

Takedowns

Takedowns

Eric McConico

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

0.64takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Mixed grappling 0.64 takedowns and 0.00 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS17
0.64 / 15m−1.63 vs field
ATTEMPTS5
0.64 / 15m−4.68 vs field
ACCURACY100
100%+53pp vs field
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m−1.56 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (6.86 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked in Middleweight

Recent form

Pro record: 11-5-1. In the UFC: 2-3. Eric McConico’s last 5 UFC bouts, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.

Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.

Full UFC career — 5 bouts every fight on the official record, newest first
DateOpponentMethodRdEvent
2026-08-15LDonte JohnsonKO/TKOR1UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry
2026-04-25WRodolfo VieiraDecision (unanimous)R3UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
2025-11-15LBaisangur SusurkaevKO/TKOR3UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
2025-08-09WCody BrundageDecision (split)R3UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez
2025-02-22LNursulton RuziboevKO/TKOR2UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song

Every date links to that bout’s own page. Card names come from the official event record; where the UFC ran two cards on one date, or that record has no row for it, the Event column is left empty rather than filled with a guess.

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