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Michael McDonald (kickboxer)

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Michael McDonald
BornMichael Anthony McDonald
(1965-02-06) February 6, 1965 (age 59)
Birmingham, England
Other namesThe Black Sniper
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
DivisionLight Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
StyleKickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out ofVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TeamTeam Sniper (2000-2008)
Team Wolves (2004)
Team Andy (1996-2000)
Years active1986–2008 (Kickboxing)
2004, 2008 (MMA)
1991-1992, 1996 (Boxing)
Professional boxing record
Total3
Wins2
Losses1
Kickboxing record
Total77
Wins52
By knockout20
Losses24
By knockout10
Draws1
Mixed martial arts record
Total2
Wins1
By decision1
Losses1
By submission1
Other information
OccupationPersonal trainer
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: January 10, 2024

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

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Michael was born in Birmingham to a Jamaican family, he was raised in Mandeville, Jamaica until age ten 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

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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

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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

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Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

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Kickboxing record (Incomplete)
52 wins (20 (T)KOs, 32 decisions), 24 losses, 1 draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2008-09-12 Win Slovakia Roman Kupcak K-1 Slovakia 2008 Bratislava, Slovakia Ext.R KO (side kick) 4 1:53
2008-06-25 Loss Hong Kong Alain Ngalani Planet Battle I Hong Kong Decision 3 3:00
2007-04-21 Loss England James McSweeney Cage Rage 21 London, England, UK Decision (majority) 3 3:00
2007-03-10 Loss Croatia Petar Majstorovic K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 Split, Croatia TKO (doctor stoppage) 5 N/A
2006-12-16 Loss Azerbaijan Zabit Samedov K-1 Fighting Network Prague Round '07 Prague, Czech Republic TKO 3 N/A
2006-08-12 Loss Germany Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (gave up) 2 2:45
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka opening round.
2006-08-12 Win United States Imani Lee K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-08-12 Win Israel Ariel Mastov K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-05-20 Loss Russia Magomed Magomedov K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 quarterfinals Stockholm, Sweden Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-04-29 Win Croatia Ante Varnica Confrontation in the Ring IV [3] Split, Croatia Decision (split) 3 3:00
2005-08-13 Loss Albania Azem Maksutaj K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-05-21 Win Albania Azem Maksutaj K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2005 quarterfinals Stockholm, Sweden Ext.R decision (majority) 4 3:00
Despite victory would have to withdraw from tournament due to injury.
2004-11-06 Loss Japan Noboru Uchida Titans 1st Kitakyushu, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-09-25 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts 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 Japan Takeru K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:15
2004-04-30 Win United States Dewey Cooper 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 United States Kelly Leo K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (2 Knockdowns) 1 2:09
2004-04-30 Win United States Marvin Eastman K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (2 Knockdowns) 2 1:25
2004-02-14 Draw Sweden Larry Lindwall K-1 Scandinavia 2004 World Qualification Stockholm, Sweden Draw 3 3:00
2003-12-31 Win Japan Hiromi Amada Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 Kobe, Japan KO (left hook) 2 0:46
2003-10-11 Loss Switzerland Bjorn Bregy K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Super Fight Osaka, Japan TKO (3 Knockdowns) 1 2:50
2003-08-15 Loss Netherlands Remy Bonjasky 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 but will be invited to take part in a Super Fight.
2003-08-15 Win United States George Randolph K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA KO (left hook) 1 0:55
2003-08-15 Win Brazil Jefferson Silva K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (2 Knockdowns) 2 2:22
2003-07-13 Win Croatia Gordan Jukić K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan TKO (referee stoppage) 3 3:00
2003-05-02 Loss United States Carter Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (split) 3 3:00
2002-12-07 Loss Sweden Martin Holm K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (majority) 3 3:00
2002-10-05 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt 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 will be invited to take part as a reservist.
2002-08-17 Win Czech Republic Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (referee stoppage) 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 France Gregory Tony K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-08-17 Win Spain Ricardo Duenas K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA KO (body shot) 1 1:25
2002-05-03 Win United States Rick Roufus K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Ext.R TKO (corner stoppage) 4 0:00
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 United States Jeff Ford K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (Injury) 2 2:00
2002-05-03 Win Canada Giuseppe DeNatale K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO 3 2:00
2001-10-08 Win Brazil Glaube Feitosa K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-06-16 Loss England Matt Skelton K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne semifinals Melbourne, Australia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-06-16 Win Croatia Mirko Cro Cop K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne quarterfinals Melbourne, Australia TKO (referee stoppage) 1 1:24
2001-05-05 Loss United States Maurice Smith 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 United States Jeff Roufus K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA semifinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-05-05 Win United States Jean-Claude Leuyer K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (split) 3 3:00
2001-03-17 Loss New Zealand Ray Sefo K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (right hook) 1 1:56
2000-10-09 Win Denmark Nicholas Pettas K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
2000-08-20 Win Australia Phil Fagan K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO 2 1:05
1999-07-18 Loss Bosnia and Herzegovina Zijad Poljo K-1 Dream '99 quarterfinals Nagoya, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
1999-06-05 Win England Michael Thompson K-1 Fight Night '99 Zürich, Switzerland Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
1999-02-03 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 Rising Sun '99 Tokyo, Japan KO (left knee) 2 2:40
1998-08-28 Win South Africa Carl Bernardo K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Tokyo, Japan TKO (referee stoppage) 1 0:34
Makes K-1 debut.
1995-08-25 Loss New Zealand Ray Sefo N/A Auckland, New Zealand KO (left knee) 3 N/A
Fight was for ISKA World Light Heavyweight title.
1994-01-22 Loss United States Rick Roufus N/A Tahoe, Nevada, USA KO (left hook & head kick) 1 0:43
Fight was for inaugural IKF Pro Light Heavyweight World title.
1993-06-22 Loss Poland Marek Piotrowski PKA Karatemania 6 Montreal, Canada TKO 11 N/A
Fight was for WAKO Pro Light Heavyweight World title.
1989-02-19 Loss Thorne N/A Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 1 N/A
1988-02-27 Win Netherlands Coswal Superfights I Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00
1988 Loss Netherlands Milton Felter N/A Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 N/A
1986 Win Canada Darryl Weinberger N/A Regina, Canada KO 1 0:30
Makes professional kickboxing debut.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

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Professional record breakdown
2 matches 1 win 1 loss
By submission 0 1
By decision 1 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 1–1 Rick Roufus Decision (unanimous) Strike FC - Night of Gladiators April 18, 2008 2 5:00 Ploiesti, Romania
Loss 0–1 Lyoto Machida Submission (forearm choke) K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata March 14, 2004 1 2:30 Niigata, Japan

Professional boxing record

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2 Wins (2 Decisions), 1 Loss (1 (T)KO)[4]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 2-1 United States Kip Triplet UD 4 17/08/1996 United States Hoquiam, Washington, United States
Loss 1-1 Canada Cecil Gray TKO 1 20/02/1992 Canada New Westminster, Canada
Win 1-0 Canada Cecil Gray UD 4 10/05/1991 Canada Vancouver, Canada

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA
  2. ^ The Black Sniper joins The Crossfire Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (see image)
  3. ^ Obračun u ringu 4: Varnica nije uspio(in Croatian)
  4. ^ "Michael McDonald". BoxRec.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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