Michael McDonald (kickboxer)

Michael McDonald
Born	Michael Anthony McDonald (1965-02-06) February 6, 1965 Birmingham, England
Other names	The Black Sniper
Nationality	Canadian
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	211 lb (95.7 kg; 15.1 st)
Division	Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Team	Team Sniper
Years active	1986–2008
Kickboxing record
Total	77
Wins	52
By knockout	20
Losses	24
By knockout	10
Draws	1
Mixed martial arts record
Total	2
Wins	1
By decision	1
Losses	1
By submission	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: February 1, 2010

Michael McDonald (born February 6, 1965) is a retired Canadian heavyweight kickboxer. Nicknamed "The Black Sniper", he is the former three-time K-1 USA Grand Prix Champion.

Early life

Michael McDonald was born in Birmingham, England. By the age of two his family had moved to Mandeville, Jamaica and then eight years later to Edmonton, Alberta, where he remained through 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

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.^[1]

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

Michael has had two mixed martial arts fights: first against Lyoto Machida where he lost by forearm choke and next fight against fellow kickboxer Rick Roufus where he won by decision.

Titles

• 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Runner Up
• 2004 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas I Champion
• 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II Runner Up
• 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas Champion
• 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA Champion
• 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA Runner Up
• W.K.C. World Cruiser Weight Champion
• W.K.A. North American Heavyweight Champion
• Canadian Heavyweight Champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

52 wins (20 (T)KOs, 32 Decisions), 24 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2008-09-12 Win Roman Kupcak K-1 Slovakia 2008 Bratislava, Slovakia KO (Body Shot) 4 1:53 2008-06-25 Loss Alain Ngalani Planet Battle I Hong Kong Decision 3 3:00 2007-04-21 Loss James McSweeney Cage Rage 21 London, England, UK Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2007-03-10 Loss Petar Majstorovic K-1 Fighting Network Croatia 2007 Split, Croatia TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 5 2006-12-16 Loss Zabit Samedov K-1 Fighting Network Prague Round '07 Prague, Czech Republic TKO 2 3:00 2006-08-12 Loss Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 2 2:45 Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round. 2006-08-12 Win Imani Lee K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-08-12 Win Ariel Mastov K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-05-20 Loss Magomed Magomedov K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 Quarter Finals Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-04-29 Win Ante Varnica Confrontation in the Ring IV Split, Croatia Decision (Split) 3 3:00 2005-08-13 Loss Azem Maksutaj K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-05-21 Win Azem Maksutaj K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2005 Quarter Finals Stockholm, Sweden Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00 Despite victory would have to withdraw from tournament due to injury. 2004-11-06 Loss Noboru Uchida Titans 1st Kitakyushu, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2004-09-25 Loss 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 Takeru K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan KO 2 1:15 2004-04-30 Win 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 Kelly Leo K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO 1 2:09 2004-04-30 Win Marvin Eastman K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (2 Knockdowns) 2 1:25 2004-02-14 Draw Larry Lindwall K-1 Scandinavia 2004 World Qualification Stockholm, Sweden Decision Draw 3 3:00 2003-12-31 Win Hiromi Amada Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 Kobe, Japan KO 2 0:46 2003-10-11 Loss Bjorn Bregy K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Super Fight Osaka, Japan TKO (Knee Strike, 3 Knockdowns) 1 2:50 2003-08-15 Loss 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 although he will be invited to take part in a Super Fight. 2003-08-15 Win George Randolph K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA KO (Left Hook) 1 0:55 2003-08-15 Win Jefferson Silva K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (Right Punch, 2 Knockdowns) 2 2:22 2003-07-13 Win Gordan Jukić K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 3:00 2003-05-02 Loss Carter Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Split) 3 3:00 2002-12-07 Loss Martin Holm K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2002-10-05 Loss 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 he will be invited to take part as a reservist. 2002-08-17 Win Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO 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 Gregory Tony K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2002-08-17 Win Ricardo Duenas K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA KO 1 1:25 2002-05-03 Win Rick Roufus K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Final Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Ext.R TKO (Corner Stoppage) 4 3:00 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 Jeff Ford K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (Injury, Twisted Ankle) 2 2:00 2002-05-03 Win Giuseppe DeNatale K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO 3 2:00 2001-10-08 Win Glaube Feitosa K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2001-06-16 Loss Matt Skelton K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne Semi Finals Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2001-06-16 Win Mirko Filipović K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne Quarter Finals Melbourne, Australia TKO (Referee Stoppage, Right Hook) 1 1:24 2001-05-05 Loss 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 Jeff Roufus K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA Semi Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2001-05-05 Win Jean-Claude Leuyer K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Split) 3 3:00 2001-03-17 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 1:56 2000-10-09 Win Nicholas Pettas K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2000-08-20 Win Phil Fagan K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO 2 1:05 1999-07-18 Loss Zijad Poljo K-1 Dream '99 Quarter Finals Nagoya, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1999-06-05 Win Michael Thompson K-1 Fight Night '99 Zürich, Switzerland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1999-02-03 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 Rising Sun '99 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Low Kick) 2 2:40 1998-08-28 Win Carl Bernardo K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 0:34 Makes K-1 debut. 1995-08-25 Loss Ray Sefo Auckland, New Zealand KO (Right Hook) 3 Fight was for I.S.K.A. World Light Heavyweight title. 1994-01-22 Loss Rick Roufus Tahoe, Nevada, USA KO 1 0:43 Fight was for IKF International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules Light Heavyweight World Title. Fight was for vacant first ever I.K.F. Full Contact Light Heavyweight title. 1993-06-22 Loss Marek Piotrowski P.K.A. Karatemania 6 Montreal, Canada TKO 11 Fight was for W.A.K.O. Pro Full Contact Light Heavyweight World title. 1989-02-19 Loss Thorne Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 1 1988-02-27 Win Coswal Superfights I Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 1988 Loss Milton Felter Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 1986 Win Darryl Weinberger Regina, Canada KO 1 0:30 Makes professional kickboxing debut. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

1. ↑ The Black Sniper joins The Crossfire (see image)

External links

• Profile at K-1