Cody Donovan (8-5, 7) was born in Waterloo, Iowa, United States on February 20, 1981. At the age of 27 years on October 11, 2008, he made his professional MMA debut against Wade Drake, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On December 15, 2012, 31-year old Cody Donovan made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson against Nick Penner, winning the fight in the 1st round via KO.
Donovan's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao at age 33 on July 19, 2014. 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 Cody Donovan's best fights were against Nick Penner and Brian Albin. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Cody Donovan".
Donovan has 5 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Cody Donovan Losses".
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Jul 19, 2014 33 years, 4 months 8-5 (7) | 22 years, 4 months 16-4 (16) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
Nov 16, 2013 32 years, 8 months 8-4 (7) | 28 years, 2 months 10-4 (8) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
Aug 17, 2013 32 years, 5 months 8-3 (7) | 30 years, 4 months 13-5 (9) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | Loss Punches | |
10 | Dec 15, 2012 31 years, 9 months 8-2 (7) | Nick Penner | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
9 | Jun 29, 2012 31 years, 4 months 7-2 (6) | Peter Nolan | LHW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
8 | Mar 26, 2011 30 years, 1 months 6-2 (5) | Brian Albin | Bellator | LHW | 3 | UD | Win |
7 | Jan 29, 2011 29 years, 11 months 5-2 (5) | Xavier Saccomanno | LHW | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
6 | Aug 7, 2010 29 years, 5 months 4-2 (4) | Cortez Coleman | 1 | TKO | Loss Corner stoppage | ||
5 | Apr 3, 2010 29 years, 1 months 4-1 (4) | Isaac Villanueva | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | ||
4 | Dec 4, 2009 28 years, 9 months 3-1 (3) | Eric Smith | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | ||
3 | Oct 24, 2009 28 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | Joe Stripling | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
2 | Feb 21, 2009 28 years 2-0 (2) | John Doyle | 1 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows | ||
1 | Oct 11, 2008 27 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Wade Drake | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |