24 Facts About Jason MacDonald

Jason Anthony MacDonald was born on June 3,1975 and is a Canadian former mixed martial artist.

Jason MacDonald made his UFC debut on October 10,2006, at Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter against the favored The Ultimate Fighter 3 finalist Ed Herman.

Jason MacDonald followed up the performance with a win over The Ultimate Fighter 1 veteran Chris Leben via modified guillotine choke in the second round.

Jason MacDonald lost in competition at UFC 68 with a match-up against Rich Franklin in his first appearance since losing the UFC Middleweight Championship to Anderson Silva.

At UFC 72, Jason MacDonald rebounded from his loss to Franklin with a second-round TKO victory over Rory Singer.

At UFC 77, Jason MacDonald faced Yushin Okami, who was coming off a loss to Franklin in a title contention elimination bout.

Jason MacDonald lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Jason MacDonald fell back from the defeat at UFC 83, defeating Joe Doerksen via TKO in the second round and earning a $75,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night in the process.

Jason MacDonald won against Jason Lambert at 1:20 of round two by rear-naked choke, earning his third Submission of the Night bonus.

Jason MacDonald followed up with a bout at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale against Wilson Gouveia.

Jason MacDonald lost the fight via submission due to elbows after being dropped with a glancing left jab by Gouveia and pounded on for the stoppage.

At UFC 97, Jason MacDonald suffered a first-round TKO loss to Nate Quarry due to elbows from a mounted position.

At the MFC 21 event on May 15,2009, Jason MacDonald announced that he was returning to the Canadian promotion Maximum Fighting Championship.

Jason MacDonald fought Travis Lutter in the main event of MFC 22 on October 2,2009, losing a unanimous decision.

Jason MacDonald faced TUF 3 competitor and fellow UFC veteran Solomon Hutcherson at MFC 23 defeating him by split decision giving MacDonald his fifth victory over a TUF competitor.

On March 20,2010, Jason MacDonald replaced Denis Kang in the main event of W1 Bad Blood.

Jason MacDonald defeated Vernon White in the 3rd round via triangle choke.

Jason MacDonald returned to the UFC and faced up and coming wrestler John Salter on May 8,2010, at UFC 113, replacing an injured Nick Catone.

Jason MacDonald was scheduled to face Rafael Natal on December 11,2010, at UFC 124, but pulled out of the fight after suffering an injury in training.

Jason MacDonald faced Alan Belcher on September 17,2011 at UFC Fight Night 25, losing via verbal submission due to strikes in the first round.

Jason MacDonald faced Tom Lawlor on May 15,2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier.

Jason MacDonald lost the fight via KO in the first round.

Jason MacDonald manages a number of Canadian professional MMA fighters, including Ryan Machan, Evan Sanguin, George Belanger and Derek Clark.

Jason MacDonald is a CrossFit Trainer, and works for CrossFit HQ co-teaching the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certification course.