Jose Daniel Medina
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Durability, Wrestling, Control · stats alone on Striking D, TD Defense.
Built on 23 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Ryan Gandra coinflip UFC Fight Night Moreno vs Kavanagh Full Card Preview & Predictions · February 22, 2026
Says the favorite should win on paper, but then explicitly tells viewers twice to avoid betting the fight at its heavy price, after extensively building the case for why the durable underdog could win. This is the stay-off-the-fight pairing the confidence-bar rule maps to coinflip, not a plain hedge.
Doesn't offer much beyond durability - a decent-enough striker because he can take a punch, with serviceable boxing combinations and decent ground-and-pound elbows. The analyst frames this specific matchup as one of his more live chances in the UFC, since Gandra's wild, exposed striking style could play directly into Medina's one real asset.
vs Dusko Todorovic coinflip UFC Fight Night Lopes vs Silva Full Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · September 9, 2025 · 1 read since
Names Todorovic as the pick only because a pick is required, and separately tells viewers outright to stay away from betting this fight -- an explicit instruction to avoid betting combined with an acknowledged real knockout risk is a textbook coinflip, not a reasoned lean.
Decent striking by a generous read, with decent boxing combinations that are not bad for a regional-level fighter, and he is durable. Not much of a grappler beyond elbows from top position. Competition level is described as thin -- his only two career wins came pre-UFC/pre-Contender Series.
vs Ateba Gautier coinflip UFC Fight Night Moreno vs Erceg Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · March 23, 2025 · 2 reads since
resolved only by internal naming -- he says 'take Atier to win' -- since the chapter's focus tag never once reads 'a' across all 60 segments.; round three is flagged, more than once, as the dangerous stretch where this could slip away -- a genuine qualifier on whether Gautier actually closes it out, not just on method.
Decent striker, extremely durable with real cardio and decent boxing combinations. If he gets on top, decent ground-and-pound with quick elbows. Described as someone who absorbs heavy shots and keeps coming, which gives him a live chance even against a skills deficit.
vs Zach Reese clear UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Borralho Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · August 22, 2024 · 3 reads since
Plain, unhedged commitment: he says Reese 'should win' comfortably and states flatly 'we're taking Zach' -- reasoned on power, wrestling and finishing ability against a durable but outmatched opponent.
An 11-3 middleweight he frames almost entirely by what carried him through a brutal Contender Series survival: he is decent on the feet by regional, not UFC, standards, with decent boxing combos and decent grappling built more on aggression than skill, but his one real trump card is that he is extremely durable. He is explicit that picking Medina here means betting that Reese tires himself out landing shots, which he does not expect to happen.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Ryan Gandra 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:41 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh · February 28, 2026
L Dusko Todorovic 12-6 walk-in Submission · R1 4:21 — Noche UFC: Lopes vs. Silva · September 13, 2025
L Ateba Gautier 6-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:32 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · March 29, 2025
L Zach Reese 7-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho · August 24, 2024
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Headshot of Jose Daniel Medina by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized