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Michael Chiesa
20-7tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Michael Chiesa’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'1" southpaw wrestle-grinder with a 14-7 record, age 38. Standout metric: hits 48% of takedown attempts; averages 230s of control time per fight. Form: last 5: LLWWW · on a 3-fight win streak · 287 days off · Elo 1582.

Wrestle-grinderCounter-striker
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2026-03-28. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

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.

NicknameMaverick
NationalityUnited States
HometownSpokane, Washington
Fighting out ofSikjitsu
Height6' 1"
Reach75.0"
StanceSouthpaw
Age38
Date of birthDec 07, 1987
Weight170 lbs.
Pro record20-7
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking34
Defence80
Grappling / TD69
Cardio47
Chin99
Fight IQ66

Our record on Michael Chiesa

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Michael Chiesa 4×, 4 correct (4-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-03-28Niko PriceUFC Fight Night: Tybura vs Fortune65.3%Correct
2025-06-14Court McGeeUFC Fight Night: Rowe vs Loosa73.6%Correct
2024-12-07Max GriffinUFC: Pantoja vs Asakura60.2%Correct
2024-08-03Tony FergusonUFC Fight Night: Dudakova vs Hughes74.2%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Michael Chiesa

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

HEAD73.1%ACC 35%BODY21.5%ACC 72%LEGS5.4%ACC 92%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 73.1% upstairs — +10.2 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
73.1% acc 35%+10.2 vs field
BODY
21.5% acc 72%+0.7 vs field
LEGS
5.4% acc 92%−10.9 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 61%CLINCH 16%GROUND 23%

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.

22 UFC fights · 409 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 20-7. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Niko PriceUFC Fight Night: Tybura vs Fortune2026-03-28
W · vs Court McGeeUFC Fight Night: Rowe vs Loosa2025-06-14
W · vs Max GriffinUFC: Pantoja vs Asakura2024-12-07
W · vs Tony FergusonUFC Fight Night: Dudakova vs Hughes2024-08-03
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