Fighter profile

Don'Tale Mayes

“Lord Kong”

Heavyweight · UFC record 4-7 (1 NC) · 12 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 3 May 2025

Balanced / Hybrid

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)65

Power68

Striking defense66

Takedown defense58

WrestlingProvisional measure72

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (12 detailed fights; as of Sat 3 May 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED81.7

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED69.7

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 198 cm (6'6")
Reach: 206 cm (6'9")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 34

Last 3: W L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

12 detailed UFC fights · 32 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 3 May 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed13.2significant, per round

Strikes absorbed16.7per round

Striking differential-3.6per round

Takedown attempts0.47per round

Takedown defense31.2%of attempts stopped

Finish rate50.0%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 13.2
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 16.7
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): -3.6
Striking accuracy: 41.1%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 47.6%
Knockdowns per round: 0.06
Target: head / body / leg: 54.9% / 28.7% / 16.4%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 85.5% / 11.9% / 2.6%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.47
Takedowns landed per round: 0.22
Takedown accuracy: 46.7%
Takedown defense: 31.2%
Control time per round: 0:37
Submission attempts per round: 0.00
Reversals per round: 0.00

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 4-7-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 50.0%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 2 · 0 · 2
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 0 · 3 · 4
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 2 / 2
Average fight time: 12:33 (over 9 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Don'Tale Mayes — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 3 May 2025	Thomas Petersen	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
Sat 15 Feb 2025	Valter Walker	L	SUB Heel Hook	R1 1:17	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
Sat 3 Aug 2024	Shamil Gaziev	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
Sat 27 Apr 2024	Caio Machado	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez
Sat 4 Nov 2023	Rodrigo Nascimento	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis

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Don'Tale Mayes — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 3 Jun 2023	Andrei Arlovski	W	KO/TKO Punch	R2 3:17	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
Sat 25 Feb 2023	Augusto Sakai	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen
Sat 30 Jul 2022	Hamdy Abdelwahab	NC	Overturned	R3 5:00	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2
Sat 18 Dec 2021	Josh Parisian	W	KO/TKO Elbows	R3 3:26	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
Sat 14 Nov 2020	Roque Martinez	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos
Sat 16 May 2020	Rodrigo Nascimento	L	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R2 2:05	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris
Sat 26 Oct 2019	Ciryl Gane	L	SUB Heel Hook	R3 4:46	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren

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