Michael McDonald (kickboxer)
Michael McDonald | |
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Born | Michael Anthony McDonald February 6, 1965 Birmingham, England |
Other names | The Black Sniper |
Nationality | Canadian |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 211 lb (95.7 kg; 15.1 st) |
Division | Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
Fighting out of | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Team | Team Sniper |
Years active | 1986–2008 (Kickboxing) 2004, 2008 (MMA) |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 77 |
Wins | 52 |
By knockout | 20 |
Losses | 24 |
By knockout | 10 |
Draws | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 2 |
Wins | 1 |
By decision | 1 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
last updated on: February 1, 2010 |
Michael Anthony McDonald[1] (born February 6, 1965) is a Canadian retired heavyweight kickboxer. Nicknamed "The Black Sniper", he is the former three-time K-1 USA Grand Prix Champion.
Early life[]
Michael was born in Birmingham to a Jamaican family, he was raised in Mandeville, Jamaica until age eight when his family later immigrated to Canada, he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta during his school years. While growing up Michael was active in a variety of sports including track and field, football, soccer, baseball and wrestling. At the age of 17 a friend introduced him to Muay Thai.
K-1 career[]
In 1996 Michael entered the K-1 fighting network and started to train with the 1992 Karate World Cup Champion, Andy Hug. He stayed with "Team Andy" for 3 years fighting in the K-1 Grand Prix throughout the world.
In 2000 Michael stunned a crowd of 35,000 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka by winning a unanimous decision over the heavily favored Nicholas Pettas. In 2002, Michael won both K-1 tournaments held in that year in United States, K-1 USA Grand Prix 2002 and K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas. On December 7, 2002 he was selected for K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Finals first reserve fight against Martin Holm.
In 2004 he re-claimed the K-1 USA 2004 North American Grand Prix Championship. He was knocked down by Marvin Eastman in the first round of the quarter finals, but got up and dispatched his opponent with a KO in the second round. Scoring another second-round KO in the semi-final against Kelly Leo, McDonald advanced to the final. In front of a packed house of 6,000 fans at The Bellagio in Las Vegas, Michael dispatched Dewey Cooper to win the title for the third time in three years. The award was presented to McDonald by Muhammad Ali accompanied by Mike Tyson.[2]
On August 12, 2006 he returned to Las Vegas for fifth time to re-claim the title. He won first two fights over Ariel Mastov and Imani Lee and reached the tournament finals once again but lost the title fight against Stefan Leko.
Mixed martial arts career[]
Michael has had two mixed martial arts fights, first against Lyoto Machida where he lost by submission (forearm choke) and next fight against fellow kickboxer Rick Roufus where he won by unanimous decision.
Titles[]
- 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Runner Up
- 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas I Champion
- 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Runner Up
- 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas Champion
- 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA Champion
- 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA Runner Up
- W.K.C. World Cruiser Weight Champion
- W.K.A. North American Heavyweight Champion
- Canadian Heavyweight Champion
Kickboxing record (Incomplete)[]
52 wins (20 (T)KOs, 32 Decisions), 24 Losses, 1 Draw | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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2008-09-12 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 Slovakia 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia | KO (Body Shot) | 4 | 1:53 | |
2008-06-25 | Loss | ![]() |
Planet Battle I | Hong Kong | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
2007-04-21 | Loss | ![]() |
Cage Rage 21 | London, England, UK | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2007-03-10 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 | Split, Croatia | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 5 | N/A | |
2006-12-16 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Fighting Network Prague Round '07 | Prague, Czech Republic | TKO | 3 | N/A | |
2006-08-12 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 2 | 2:45 | |
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round. | ||||||||
2006-08-12 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2006-08-12 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2006-05-20 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 Quarter Finals | Stockholm, Sweden | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2006-04-29 | Win | ![]() |
Confrontation in the Ring IV [3] | Split, Croatia | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2005-08-13 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2005-05-21 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2005 Quarter Finals | Stockholm, Sweden | Ext.R Decision (Majority) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Despite victory would have to withdraw from tournament due to injury. | ||||||||
2004-11-06 | Loss | ![]() |
Titans 1st | Kitakyushu, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2004-09-25 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final Elimination | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final. | ||||||||
2004-06-06 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | KO | 2 | 1:15 | |
2004-04-30 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final Elimination. | ||||||||
2004-04-30 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO | 1 | 2:09 | |
2004-04-30 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 2 | 1:25 | |
2004-02-14 | Draw | ![]() |
K-1 Scandinavia 2004 World Qualification | Stockholm, Sweden | Draw | 3 | 3:00 | |
2003-12-31 | Win | ![]() |
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | Kobe, Japan | KO | 2 | 0:46 | |
2003-10-11 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Super Fight | Osaka, Japan | TKO (3 Knockdowns) | 1 | 2:50 | |
2003-08-15 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination although he will be invited to take part in a Super Fight. | ||||||||
2003-08-15 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | KO (Left Hook) | 1 | 0:55 | |
2003-08-15 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 2 | 2:22 | |
2003-07-13 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2003-05-02 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2002-12-07 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Reserve Fight | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2002-10-05 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Final | Saitama, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 although he will be invited to take part as a reservist. | ||||||||
2002-08-17 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO | 2 | 1:01 | |
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final Elimination. | ||||||||
2002-08-17 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2002-08-17 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | KO | 1 | 1:25 | |
2002-05-03 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Ext.R TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas. | ||||||||
2002-05-03 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO (Injury) | 2 | 2:00 | |
2002-05-03 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | TKO | 3 | 2:00 | |
2001-10-08 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2001-06-16 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne Semi Finals | Melbourne, Australia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2001-06-16 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne Quarter Finals | Melbourne, Australia | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 1 | 1:24 | |
2001-05-05 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA Final | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Despite defeat qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne. | ||||||||
2001-05-05 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA Semi Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2001-05-05 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA Quarter Finals | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
2001-03-17 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Gladiators 2001 | Yokohama, Japan | KO (Right Hook) | 1 | 1:56 | |
2000-10-09 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
2000-08-20 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | TKO | 2 | 1:05 | |
1999-07-18 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Dream '99 Quarter Finals | Nagoya, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
1999-06-05 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 Fight Night '99 | Zürich, Switzerland | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
1999-02-03 | Loss | ![]() |
K-1 Rising Sun '99 | Tokyo, Japan | KO (Left Low Kick) | 2 | 2:40 | |
1998-08-28 | Win | ![]() |
K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 | Tokyo, Japan | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 1 | 0:34 | |
Makes K-1 debut. | ||||||||
1995-08-25 | Loss | ![]() |
N/A | Auckland, New Zealand | KO (Right Hook) | 3 | N/A | |
Fight was for I.S.K.A. World Light Heavyweight title. | ||||||||
1994-01-22 | Loss | ![]() |
N/A | Tahoe, Nevada, USA | KO | 1 | 0:43 | |
Fight was for IKF International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules Light Heavyweight World Title. | ||||||||
Fight was for vacant first ever I.K.F. Full Contact Light Heavyweight title. | ||||||||
1993-06-22 | Loss | ![]() |
P.K.A. Karatemania 6 | Montreal, Canada | TKO | 11 | N/A | |
Fight was for W.A.K.O. Pro Full Contact Light Heavyweight World title. | ||||||||
1989-02-19 | Loss | ![]() |
N/A | Amsterdam, Netherlands | KO | 1 | N/A | |
1988-02-27 | Win | ![]() |
Superfights I | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision | 5 | 2:00 | |
1988 | Loss | ![]() |
N/A | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision | 5 | N/A | |
1986 | Win | ![]() |
N/A | Regina, Canada | KO | 1 | 0:30 | |
Makes professional kickboxing debut. | ||||||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA
- ^ The Black Sniper joins The Crossfire Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (see image)
- ^ Obračun u ringu 4: Varnica nije uspio(in Croatian)
External links[]
- Living people
- 1965 births
- Canadian male kickboxers
- Light heavyweight kickboxers
- Cruiserweight kickboxers
- Heavyweight kickboxers
- Canadian Muay Thai practitioners
- Black Canadian mixed martial artists
- Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- Canadian people of English descent