List of Mexican UFC fighters

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations). [1] Since its inception, and through its current Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters. [2]

Contents

This list provides an up-to-date roster of all fighters that represent Mexico competing or have previously competed under the UFC promotional banner. [note 1] [note 2] Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of appearances inside the UFC. Fighter record and notable wins, achievements. Tournament participation and overall Mexican UFC/MMA records [note 3]

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). [3] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Edgar García
MEX Augusto Montaño Dodger
MEX Erick Montaño(es)Perry
MEX Héctor Urbina El Toro
MEX Hector Aldana El Charro

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Efraín Escudero Hecho en México
MEX Rafa García Jr. Gifted
MEX Polo Reyes Torito
MEX Manuel Torres Loco
MEX Daniel Zellhuber Golden Boy
MEX Álvaro Herrera El Chango
MEX Akbarh Arreola El Caballero
MEX Rodrigo Vargas Kazula
MEX Francisco Treviño Frank
MEX Genaro Valdez(es)Rayadito
MEX Roberto Romero(es)El Charro Negro

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Yair Rodríguez Pantera
MEX Gabriel Benítez Moggly
MEX Fernando Padilla(es)El Valiente
MEX Martin Bravo El Toro
MEX Masio FullenLobo
MEX Horacio Gutiérrez(es)The Punisher
MEX Juan Puig(es)Fenix
MEX Rodolfo Rubio(es)

Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Alejandro Pérez Turbo
MEX Erik Pérez Goyito
MEX José Alberto Quiñónez Teco
MEX Raul Rosas Jr. Niño Problema
  • Youngest fighter to win a UFC bout (18 years, 2 months)
MEX Marco Beltrán Psycho
MEX Henry Briones Bure
MEX Will Campuzano
MEX Cristian Quiñónez(es)Problema
MEX Irwin Rivera The Beast
MEX Alex Soto(es)Extremo
MEX David Martínez(es)Black Spartan

Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Brandon Moreno Assassin Baby
MEX Víctor Altamirano(es)El Magnífico
MEX Jesús Santos Aguilar(es)
MEX Edgar Chairez(es)Puro Chicali
MEX Hector Sandoval Kid Alex
MEX Ronaldo Rodríguez(es)Lazy Boy
MEX Víctor Rodríguez(es)Vicious

Woman's Bantamweight (135 lb, 61 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Irene Aldana
  • Second most significant strikes landed in UFC Women's Bantamweight division history (1028)
MEX Montserrat Rendón(es)Montser

Woman's Flyweight (125 lb, 56 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Alexa Grasso
  • First Mexican woman UFC Champion

Women's strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg)

ISO NameNicknameUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotes
MEX Lupita Godínez Loopy
  • First and only woman to win four fights in a calendar year in UFC history
MEX Yazmin Jauregui
MEX Jessica Aguilar JAG
  • First Mexican woman to fight in the promotion
MEX Montserrat Ruiz Conejo
MEX Melissa Martínez(es)Super Mely

Notes

  1. Unless otherwise cited, all fighters listed are retrieved from ufc.com.
  2. All names presented are in accordance with UFC.com profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.
  3. Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.

References

  1. Cliff Montgomery. "The History of the UFC - Part 1". ExtremeProSports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  2. MMAjunkie.com Staff (December 23, 2010). "Sports-industry executives choose UFC as best positioned property for 2011". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
  3. Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.