Daniel James (15-8-1, 14) was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on December 31, 1981. At the age of 32 years on March 14, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Erick Correa, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
James' last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Marek Samociuk at Rizin: Otoko Matsuri at age 43 on May 4, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Daniel James' best fights have been against Raphael Pessoa, Erick Correa and Marcelo Golm.
James has 8 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | May 4, 2025 43 years, 4 months 15-8-1 (14) | Marek Samociuk | Rizin | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
24 | Apr 4, 2024 42 years, 3 months 15-7-1 (14) | Marcelo Golm | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
23 | Jun 16, 2023 41 years, 5 months 14-7-1 (13) | Gökhan Saricam | Bellator | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
22 | Mar 31, 2023 41 years, 3 months 14-6-1 (13) | Marcelo Golm | Bellator | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
21 | Nov 18, 2022 40 years, 10 months 13-6-1 (12) | Tyrell Fortune | Bellator | HW | 2 | NC | NC Overturned |
20 | Feb 26, 2022 40 years, 1 months 13-6-1 (12) | Denis Smoldarev | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
19  | Nov 18, 2021 39 years, 10 months 12-6-1 (11) | 32 years, 8 months 10-3 (7) | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
18 | Sep 11, 2021 39 years, 8 months 11-6-1 (10) | Tomas Pakutinskas | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punch | |
17  | Apr 23, 2021 39 years, 3 months 10-6-1 (9) | 38 years, 7 months 24-10-1 (16) | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
16 | Nov 26, 2020 38 years, 10 months 10-5-1 (9) | Michal Martínek | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbows and punches | |
15  | Nov 15, 2019 37 years, 10 months 9-5-1 (8) | 32 years, 11 months 14-1 (6) | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
14 | Sep 27, 2019 37 years, 8 months 9-4-1 (8) | Brett Martin | HW | 5 | DQ | LOSS Illegal knees For LFA heavyweight title | |
13 | May 24, 2019 37 years, 4 months 9-3-1 (8) | Patrick Martin | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12 | Sep 21, 2018 36 years, 8 months 8-3-1 (7) | Calyn Hull | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches | |
11 | Nov 22, 2017 35 years, 10 months 7-3-1 (6) | Zach Rosol | HW | 3 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
10  | May 5, 2017 35 years, 4 months 6-3-1 (5) | 31 years, 10 months 6-3 (6) | HW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
9 | Mar 11, 2017 35 years, 2 months 6-2-1 (5) | Chris Beal | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
8 | Nov 19, 2016 34 years, 10 months 5-2-1 (4) | John Hawk | HW | 3 | UD | DRAW Majority | |
7  | Feb 6, 2016 34 years, 1 months 5-2 (4) | 30 years, 6 months 6-9 (4) | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
6 | Sep 25, 2015 33 years, 8 months 5-1 (4) | Pat Harman | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
5 | Jan 30, 2015 33 years 4-1 (3) | Jason Walraven | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
4 | Nov 22, 2014 32 years, 10 months 3-1 (2) | Aaron Ware | HW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Oct 11, 2014 32 years, 9 months 2-1 (2) | Ryan Pokryfky | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Jun 7, 2014 32 years, 5 months 1-1 (1) | Leroy Johnson | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
1 | Mar 14, 2014 32 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | Erick Correa | Bellator | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Retirement |
