Mario Bautista | |
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Born | Mario Alberto Bautista [1] July 1, 1993 Winnemucca, Nevada, U.S. [2] |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) |
Division | Bantamweight |
Reach | 72 [2] in (183 cm) |
Fighting out of | Glendale, Arizona, U.S. [3] |
Team | MMA Lab [3] |
Teacher(s) | Head coach - John Crouch [3] |
Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under John Crouch [4] |
Years active | 2017–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 16 |
Wins | 14 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 5 |
Losses | 2 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Mario Alberto Bautista (born July 1, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of April 30, 2024, he is #13 in the UFC bantamweight rankings. [5]
Bautista was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, United States. He started wrestling at the age of 14 and competed throughout his high school years prior started training in jiu-jitsu. Bautista moved from Nevada to Arizona and joined MMA Lab and trained under John Crouch where he started his professional MMA career in 2012. [3]
Bautista fought in various promotions such as Tachi Palace Fights, and Combate Americas, in regional Arizona and California circuit and amassed a record of 6–0 prior signed by UFC. [3]
In his UFC debut, Bautista faced Cory Sandhagen, replacing injured John Lineker, on January 19, 2019, at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw. [6] He lost the bout via first round submission. [7]
Bautista faced Jin Soo Son on July 20, 2019, at UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards. [8] He won the fight via unanimous decision. [9]
On February 8, 2020, Bautista faced Miles Johns at UFC 247. [10] He won the fight via technical knockout in round two. [11] This win earned him the Performance of the Night award. [12]
Bautista faced Trevin Jones, replacing Randy Costa, on March 6, 2021, at UFC 259. [13] [14] He lost the fight via technical knockout in round two. [15]
Bautista was scheduled to face Guido Cannetti on August 28, 2021, at UFC on ESPN 30. [16] However, Bautista tested positive for COVID-19 and was pulled from the card. [17]
Bautista was scheduled to face Khalid Taha on February 19, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 201. [18] However, Taha had to pull out off the bout due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by newcomer Jay Perrin. [19] Bautista won the fight via unanimous decision. [20]
Bautista faced Brian Kelleher on June 25, 2022, at UFC on ESPN 38. [21] He won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the first round. [22]
Bautista faced Benito Lopez on November 5, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 214. [23] At the weigh-ins, Lopez weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. Lopez will be fined 20% of this individual purse which will go to Bautista. [24] He won the fight via a reverse triangle armbar submission in the first round. [25] This win earned him the Performance of the Night award. [26]
The match between Bautista and Guido Cannetti was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night 221 on March 11, 2023. [27] He won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the first round. [28]
Bautista was scheduled to face Cody Garbrandt August 19, 2023, at UFC 292. [29] However, Garbrandt withdrew a week before the event due to injury, and was replaced by Da'Mon Blackshear, who last fought a week before at UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos. [30] Bautista won the fight by unanimous decision. [31] 10 out of 15 media outlets scored it for Blackshear. [32]
Bautista faced Ricky Simón on January 13, 2024, at UFC Fight Night 234. [33] He won by unanimous decision. [34]
16 matches | 14 wins | 2 losses |
By knockout | 3 | 1 |
By submission | 6 | 1 |
By decision | 5 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 14–2 | Ricky Simón | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | January 13, 2024 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 13–2 | Da'Mon Blackshear | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 292 | August 19, 2023 | 3 | 5:00 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
Win | 12–2 | Guido Cannetti | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili | March 11, 2023 | 1 | 3:18 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 11–2 | Benito Lopez | Submission (reverse triangle armbar) | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos | November 5, 2022 | 1 | 4:54 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Catchweight (138.5 lb) bout; Lopez missed weight. Performance of the Night. |
Win | 10–2 | Brian Kelleher | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot | June 25, 2022 | 1 | 2:27 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 9–2 | Jay Perrin | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill | February 19, 2022 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Loss | 8–2 | Trevin Jones | TKO (punches) | UFC 259 | March 6, 2021 | 2 | 0:40 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 8–1 | Miles Johns | TKO (flying knee and punches) | UFC 247 | February 8, 2020 | 2 | 1:41 | Houston, Texas, United States | Performance of the Night. |
Win | 7–1 | Son Jin-soo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards | July 20, 2019 | 3 | 5:00 | San Antonio, Texas, United States | Fight of the Night. |
Loss | 6–1 | Cory Sandhagen | Submission (armbar) | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw | January 19, 2019 | 1 | 3:31 | Brooklyn, New York, United States | |
Win | 6–0 | Juan Pablo Gonzalez | Decision (unanimous) | Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA | October 13, 2018 | 3 | 5:00 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | |
Win | 5–0 | A.J. Robb | Submission (guillotine choke) | LFA 44 | June 29, 2018 | 2 | 3:30 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |
Win | 4–0 | Raphael Montini de Lima | TKO (doctor stoppage) | LFA 31 | January 19, 2018 | 2 | 5:00 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Return to Bantamweight. |
Win | 3–0 | DeMarcus Brown | Submission (rear-naked choke) | SMASH Global 6 | September 28, 2017 | 1 | 4:46 | Los Angeles, United States | Featherweight debut. |
Win | 2–0 | Devon Chavez | Submission (D'Arce choke) | Tachi Palace Fights 32 | August 3, 2017 | 2 | 0:59 | Lemoore, California, United States | |
Win | 1–0 | Jesse Orta | TKO (punches) | Iron Boy MMA 6 | May 15, 2017 | 1 | 1:28 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Bantamweight debut. |
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