Charles Byrd (10-7, 7) was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. on October 11, 1983. At the age of 25 years on April 25, 2009, he made his professional MMA debut against Donyiell Winrow, losing the fight via 1-round disqualification.
On March 17, 2018, 34-year old Charles Byrd made his UFC debut on his 14th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov against a 32-year old John Phillips, winning the fight in the 1st round via submission.
Byrd's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Maki Pitolo at UFC 250 at age 36 on June 6, 2020. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought four times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Charles Byrd's best fights have been against John Phillips, Jamie Pickett, Chris Trammel and Mike Jasper. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Charles Byrd".
Byrd has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Charles Byrd Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17  | Jun 6, 2020 36 years, 7 months 10-7 (7) | 29 years, 6 months 12-5 (9) | UFC | MD | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches |
16  | Mar 2, 2019 35 years, 4 months 10-6 (7) | 21 years, 3 months 8-0 (7) | UFC | MD | 1 | TKO | Loss Elbows and punches |
15  | Sep 8, 2018 34 years, 10 months 10-5 (7) | 27 years, 8 months 8-3 (6) | UFC | MD | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches and elbows |
14  | Mar 17, 2018 34 years, 5 months 10-4 (7) | 32 years, 9 months 21-6 (21) | UFC | MD | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
13 | Aug 15, 2017 33 years, 10 months 9-4 (6) | Randall Wallace | MD | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
12  | Jul 11, 2017 33 years, 9 months 8-4 (5) | 28 years, 10 months 7-2 (6) | MD | 1 | CKO | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
11 | Jul 1, 2016 32 years, 8 months 7-4 (5) | Quentin Henry | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
10 | Feb 13, 2015 31 years, 4 months 6-4 (4) | Bojan Veličković | MD | 3 | UD | Loss | |
9 | Feb 13, 2015 31 years, 4 months 6-3 (4) | Evan Thompson | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
8 | Oct 11, 2013 30 years 5-3 (3) | Mike Jasper | WL | 3 | SD | Win | |
7  | Dec 14, 2012 29 years, 2 months 4-3 (3) | 24 years, 11 months 13-6 (12) | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | ||
6 | Apr 28, 2012 28 years, 6 months 4-2 (3) | Ira Boyd | 1 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | ||
5 | Dec 2, 2011 28 years, 1 months 3-2 (2) | Robert Agee | 3 | UD | Win | ||
4 | Jun 10, 2011 27 years, 7 months 2-2 (2) | Gabriel Vasquez | 1 | SUB | Win Neck crank | ||
3 | Mar 20, 2010 26 years, 5 months 1-2 (1) | Marcelo Azevedo | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | ||
2 | Aug 29, 2009 25 years, 10 months 1-1 (1) | Chris Trammel | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
1 | Apr 25, 2009 25 years, 6 months 0-1 (0) | Donyiell Winrow | 1 | DQ | Loss Knee to downed opponent |
