Jonathan Pearce (14-7, 11) was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. on May 1, 1992. At the age of 22 years on November 8, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Noe Quintanilla, winning the fight via 3rd-round KO.
On October 18, 2019, 27-year old Jonathan Pearce made his UFC debut on his 13th professional MMA fight at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman against a 35-year old Joe Lauzon but lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round.
Pearce's last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Pat Sabatini at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira at age 32 on October 12, 2024. He is on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought nine times in the UFC, and has a record of 5 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Jonathan Pearce's best fights have been against Makwan Amirkhani, Kai Kamaka III, Omar Morales, Christian Rodriguez, Darren Elkins, Damir Ferhatbegović and Omar Johnson.
Pearce has 7 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21  | Oct 12, 2024 32 years, 5 months 14-7 (11) | 33 years, 11 months 18-5 (13) | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
20 | Apr 27, 2024 31 years, 11 months 14-6 (11) | David Onama | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
19 | Nov 18, 2023 31 years, 6 months 14-5 (11) | Joanderson Brito | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Ninja choke |
18  | Dec 3, 2022 30 years, 7 months 14-4 (11) | 38 years, 6 months 27-10 (14) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
17  | Jul 23, 2022 30 years, 2 months 13-4 (11) | 33 years, 8 months 17-7 (10) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
16 | Feb 19, 2022 29 years, 9 months 12-4 (10) | Christian Rodriguez | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
15  | Sep 25, 2021 29 years, 4 months 11-4 (10) | 35 years, 11 months 11-1 (7) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
14  | Nov 28, 2020 28 years, 6 months 10-4 (9) | 25 years, 10 months 8-2 (1) | UFC | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
13  | Oct 18, 2019 27 years, 5 months 9-4 (8) | 35 years, 4 months 27-15 (24) | UFC | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
12 | Jul 9, 2019 27 years, 2 months 9-3 (8) | Jacob Rosales | LT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punch | |
11 | Sep 21, 2018 26 years, 4 months 8-3 (7) | Dedrek Sanders | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
10 | Dec 16, 2017 25 years, 7 months 7-3 (6) | Nick Baker | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
9 | Oct 13, 2017 25 years, 5 months 6-3 (5) | Omar Johnson | Bellator | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
8 | Aug 19, 2017 25 years, 3 months 5-3 (4) | Damir Ferhatbegović | Bellator | LT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
7 | Apr 8, 2017 24 years, 11 months 4-3 (3) | Peter Petties | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
6 | Aug 27, 2016 24 years, 3 months 4-2 (3) | Quinten Culpepper | FT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Toe hold | |
5 | Jun 25, 2016 24 years, 1 months 4-1 (3) | Lance Lawrence | FT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Mar 19, 2016 23 years, 10 months 4-0 (3) | Nickalas Martino | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbows | |
3 | Sep 12, 2015 23 years, 4 months 3-0 (2) | Chris Wright | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Jun 6, 2015 23 years, 1 months 2-0 (1) | Anthony Morgan | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Nov 8, 2014 22 years, 6 months 1-0 (1) | Noe Quintanilla | FT | 3 | KO | WIN Knee |
