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The Clinch

United States of America “Sexi Mexi” 2017-2026 · 27 rounds on file

John Castaneda

5-5-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 647/1,264
Takedown accuracy 13/35
Sig. strikes / round 24.0
Control / round 0:42
Inside the distance 40% 2 of 5 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Switch
Age
3418 DEC 1991
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 3.9 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 4 2-1-1 vs 1503 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-1-1
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 4 1-3-0 vs 1553 avg
Well-Rounded 4 1-3-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1559 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

01 AUG 2017 - beat Cheyden Leialoha · Decision (Unanimous) 25 JUL 2020 - lost to Nathaniel Wood · Decision (Unanimous) 20 FEB 2021 - beat Eddie Wineland · Technical Knockout 05 FEB 2022 - beat Miles Johns · Submission 01 OCT 2022 - lost to Daniel Santos · Technical Knockout 03 JUN 2023 - beat Muin Gafurov · Decision (Unanimous) 11 NOV 2023 - beat Kyung Ho Kang · Decision (Unanimous) 08 JUN 2024 - lost to Daniel Marcos · Decision (Unanimous) 26 APR 2025 - lost to Chris Gutierrez · Decision (Split) 18 APR 2026 - drew with Mark Vologdin · Decision (Majority) 26 SEP 2026 - lost to Alatengheili Heili · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 27 rounds across 10 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 24.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 24.6
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:42 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 51% 647/1,264
Takedowns 37% 13/35
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 663/1,447

Where the strikes land

Head 57% 370
Body 15% 100
Leg 27% 177

And from where

At distance 88% 572
In the clinch 7% 46
On the ground 4% 29

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 3 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-2 Decision (Split) · 0-2 Decision (Majority) · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
26 SEP 2026 Alatengheili Heili Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 -- -- UFC Fight Night 289
18 APR 2026 Mark Vologdin No decision Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 135 91 UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott
26 APR 2025 Chris Gutierrez Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 41 46 UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates
08 JUN 2024 Daniel Marcos Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 60 98 UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov
11 NOV 2023 Kyung Ho Kang Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 111 88 UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira
03 JUN 2023 Muin Gafurov Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 61 UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
01 OCT 2022 Daniel Santos Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:28 57 69 UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan
05 FEB 2022 Miles Johns Won Submission R3 1:38 58 34 UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
20 FEB 2021 Eddie Wineland Won Technical Knockout R1 4:44 42 17 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
25 JUL 2020 Nathaniel Wood Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 55 131 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till
01 AUG 2017 Cheyden Leialoha Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 28 DWCS 1.4