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Daron Cruickshank

23–14 · 40 recorded bouts · 2009–2021

MMA record

23–14

Daron Cruickshank finished 70% of 23 wins inside the distance — the 50th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Ricky Stettner, 2009, kowin v Anthony Smith, 2010, koloss v Bobby Green, 2010, submissionwin v Jason Holmes, 2010, decisionwin v Raul Mandez, 2010, kowin v Dominic Deshazor, 2010, kowin v Brett Biederman, 2010, submissionwin v Jesse Gross, 2011, kowin v Mike Ricci, 2011, decisionwin v Brad Cardinal, 2011, kowin v Tiawan Howard, 2011, decisionloss v Luis Palomino, 2011, kowin v Henry Martinez, 2012, kowin v Chris Tickle, 2012, decisionloss v James Vick, 2012, koloss v Adriano Martins, 2013, submissionwin v Yves Edwards, 2013, decisionloss v John Makdessi, 2013, decisionnc v K. J. Noons, 2014win v Anthony Njokuani, 2014, decisionloss v Jorge Masvidal, 2014, decisionwin v Erik Koch, 2014, kowin v Mike Rio, 2014, koloss v James Krause, 2015, submissionloss v Beneil Dariush, 2015, submissionloss v Satoru Kitaoka, 2016, submissionwin v Andy Souwer, 2016, submissionwin v Shinji Sasaki, 2016, koloss v Paul Felder, 2016, submissionwin v Alexander Trevino, 2017, koloss v Yusuke Yachi, 2017, koloss v Damien Brown, 2018, submissionwin v Diego Brandão, 2018, kowin v Tom Santos, 2018, submissionwin v Koshi Matsumoto, 2018, koloss v Goiti Yamauchi, 2019, submissionloss v Tofiq Musayev, 2019, decisionwin v Deivison Ribeiro, 2020, decisionloss v Guilherme Faria, 2021, decisionwin v Drew Dober, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2009–2021 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Daron Cruickshank — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-11-14

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2025-11-14. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2021 L Guilherme Faria Decision3
2020 W Deivison Ribeiro Decision3
2019 L Goiti Yamauchi Submission1
2019 L Tofiq Musayev Decision3
2018 L Damien Brown Submission1
2018 W Diego Brandão KO/TKO2
2018 W Tom Santos Submission3
2018 W Koshi Matsumoto KO/TKO1
2017 W Alexander Trevino KO/TKO1
2017 L Yusuke Yachi KO/TKO1
2016 L Satoru Kitaoka Submission1
2016 W Andy Souwer Submission1
2016 W Shinji Sasaki KO/TKO1
2016 L Paul Felder Submission3
2015 L James Krause Submission1
2015 L Beneil Dariush Submission2
2014 N K. J. Noons —2
2014 W Anthony Njokuani Decision3
2014 L Jorge Masvidal Decision3
2014 W Erik Koch KO/TKO1
2014 W Mike Rio KO/TKO2
2013 L Adriano Martins Submission2
2013 W Yves Edwards Decision3
2013 L John Makdessi Decision3
2012 W Henry Martinez KO/TKO2
2012 W Chris Tickle Decision3
2012 L James Vick KO/TKO1
2011 W Jesse Gross KO/TKO1
2011 W Mike Ricci Decision5
2011 W Brad Cardinal KO/TKO1
2011 W Tiawan Howard Decision3
2011 L Luis Palomino KO/TKO1
2010 W Anthony Smith KO/TKO1
2010 L Bobby Green Submission2
2010 W Jason Holmes Decision3
2010 W Raul Mandez KO/TKO1
2010 W Dominic Deshazor KO/TKO1
2010 W Brett Biederman Submission2
2009 W Ricky Stettner KO/TKO1
undated W Drew Dober Decision5

22 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Daron Cruickshank — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-11-14

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
Stance—
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 36 of 39 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Daron Cruickshank, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Ricky Stettner (2009)win vs Anthony Smith (2010)loss vs Bobby Green (2010)win vs Jason Holmes (2010)win vs Raul Mandez (2010)win vs Dominic Deshazor (2010)win vs Brett Biederman (2010)win vs Jesse Gross (2011)win vs Mike Ricci (2011)win vs Brad Cardinal (2011)win vs Tiawan Howard (2011)loss vs Luis Palomino (2011)win vs Henry Martinez (2012)win vs Chris Tickle (2012)loss vs James Vick (2012)loss vs Adriano Martins (2013)win vs Yves Edwards (2013)loss vs John Makdessi (2013)nc vs K. J. Noons (2014)win vs Anthony Njokuani (2014)loss vs Jorge Masvidal (2014)win vs Erik Koch (2014)win vs Mike Rio (2014)loss vs James Krause (2015)loss vs Beneil Dariush (2015)loss vs Satoru Kitaoka (2016)win vs Andy Souwer (2016)win vs Shinji Sasaki (2016)loss vs Paul Felder (2016)win vs Alexander Trevino (2017)loss vs Yusuke Yachi (2017)loss vs Damien Brown (2018)win vs Diego Brandão (2018)win vs Tom Santos (2018)win vs Koshi Matsumoto (2018)loss vs Goiti Yamauchi (2019)loss vs Tofiq Musayev (2019)win vs Deivison Ribeiro (2020)loss vs Guilherme Faria (2021)
winlossdraw / NC2009–2021

Record

MMA record

23–14

37 bouts on record

Finish rate

70%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 50th percentile

KO/TKO: 14 (61%)Submission: 2 (9%)Decision: 7 (30%)
  • KO/TKO 61%
  • Submission 9%
  • Decision 30%

The career, bout by bout

40 recorded bouts from 2009 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

13y

2009–2021

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2010

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

40

39 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Daron Cruickshank's record?
23–14 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 40 bouts individually.
How many of Daron Cruickshank's bouts have no date?
1 of 40. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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