Miguel Baeza
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 67 minutes of tracked cage time across 7 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 Punahele Soriano coinflip UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Louisville) · June 4, 2024
Explicit, repeated stay-away-from-betting language -- he tells viewers directly not to wager on this one and calls it too risky -- combined with genuine outcome doubt stated directly (he says he doesn't know if it's a fight-IQ issue, and names the many unknowns in the matchup). This is the wager-caution-plus-outcome-doubt shape the confidence-bar rule treats as coinflip, not merely a capped-but-real lean.
A good striker with good combinations, strike-mixing (punches/kicks/elbows), good power, and a good leg kick, plus good grappling off the cage with pretty good ground-and-pound. Coming off a two-year layoff and two prior knockout losses, his durability is an open question the analyst repeatedly marks as uncertain rather than graded -- matching the board's own handwritten question mark on that item.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Punahele Soriano 9-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov · June 8, 2024
L Andre Fialho 12-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:39 — UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · April 16, 2022
L Khaos Williams 12-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:02 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · November 13, 2021
L Santiago Ponzinibbio 25-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · June 5, 2021
W Takashi Sato 16-3 walk-in Submission · R2 4:28 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark · November 28, 2020
W Matt Brown 22-16 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:18 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020
W Hector Aldana 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:32 — UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson · October 12, 2019
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
Full career — 14 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Punahele Soriano | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov
June 8, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | André Fialho | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
April 16, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 4:39 |
| L | Khaos Williams | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
November 13, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 1:02 |
| L | Santiago Ponzinibbio | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai
June 5, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Takashi Sato | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark
November 28, 2020 |
UFC | 2 | 4:28 |
| W | Matt Brown | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris
May 16, 2020 |
UFC | 2 | 0:18 |
| W | Hector Aldana | TKO (leg kick and elbows) | UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
October 12, 2019 |
UFC | 2 | 2:32 |
| W | Victor Reyna | Decision (unanimous) | Dana White's Contender Series 18
June 25, 2019 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Matthew Colquhoun | KO (punches) | XFN 22
December 15, 2018 |
XFN | 1 | 3:31 |
| W | Leo Valdivia | Decision (split) | Fight Time 37
September 1, 2017 |
Fight Time | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Augustus D'Angelo | TKO (pucnhes) | Fight Time 36
April 7, 2017 |
Fight Time | 2 | 1:14 |
| W | Mike D'Angelo | KO (punches) | Fight Time 33
October 21, 2016 |
Fight Time | 1 | 3:48 |
| W | Emre Orun | KO (punch) | Titan FC 40
August 5, 2016 |
Titan FC | 1 | 1:45 |
| W | John McDonald | TKO (punches) | Rings of Dreams: Fight Night 17
August 22, 2015 |
Rings of Dreams | 1 | 1:21 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Miguel Baeza) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Miguel Baeza by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized