Demetrious Johnson vs Ian McCall
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall met once (2012). Demetrious Johnson won in 2012 by decision.
SOURCE·Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall (fighter) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Demetrious Johnson | Ian McCall | |
|---|---|---|
| 66″ (167.6 cm) | Reach | — |
| 63″ (160 cm) | Height | 65″ (165.1 cm) |
| +4.75% | Reach advantage | — |
| 25–4 | Record | 13–7 |
| 52% | Finish rate | 54% |
| 15 | Longest unbeaten run | 4 |
| 39 | Recorded bouts | 20 |
| Orthodox | Stance | — |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Demetrious Johnson | Ian McCall |
|---|---|---|
| Kyoji Horiguchi | W | L |
| Brad Pickett | L | W |
| Joseph Benavidez | W | L |
| Dominick Cruz | L | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Demetrious Johnson
Ian McCall
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 39 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
25–4 Ian McCallThe same, from the other corner — 20 bouts and the cohort McCall is ranked inside.
13–7 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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