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United States
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Emmanuel Sanchez
"
El Matador
"
AGE
35
/
Aug 11, 1990
HEIGHT
5'9"
/
175.26 cm
WEIGHT
155 lbs
/
70.31 kg
ASSOCIATION
Roufusport
CLASS
Lightweight
Wins
24
KO
/
TKO
1
4%
SUBMISSIONS
10
42%
DECISIONS
13
54%
Losses
11
KO
/
TKO
1
9%
SUBMISSIONS
1
9%
DECISIONS
9
82%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Zach Zane
Anthony Pettis FC 17 - Milwaukee Fight Night 8
Jun / 15 / 2025
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Tom Develice
2
2:40
win
John Simon
Borroka Promotions 2 - Where Legends Rise
Mar / 28 / 2025
Decision (Unanimous)
Mark Smith
3
5:00
loss
Kenneth Cross
Xtreme Fighting Championships - XFC 51: Evolution
Sep / 27 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Chris Klavetter
3
5:00
loss
Yuji Ephoevi-Ga
Tribe Tokyo Fight - TTF Challenge 10
Aug / 16 / 2024
KO (Punches)
Kosuke Umeda
1
3:40
win
Peter Petties
Anthony Pettis FC 11 - Fight Fiesta
May / 25 / 2024
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Tom Develice
2
1:08
win
Daniel Salas
Xtreme Fighting Championships - XFC 50: Johnson vs. Abbey
Apr / 12 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Archie Colgan
Bellator 297 - Nemkov vs. Romero
Jun / 16 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Mike Cimmarusti
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3
5:00
loss
Yancy Medeiros
Bellator 279 - Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2
Apr / 23 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Mike Beltran
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Jeremy Kennedy
Bellator 272 - Pettis vs. Horiguchi
Dec / 03 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Mads Burnell
Bellator 263 - Pitbull vs. McKee
Jul / 31 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Jason Herzog
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Patricio Freire
Bellator 255 - Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2
Apr / 02 / 2021
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Todd Anderson
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:35
win
Daniel Weichel
Bellator 252 - Pitbull vs. Carvalho
Nov / 12 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Todd Anderson
5
5:00
win
Tywan Claxton
Bellator 226 - Bader vs. Kongo
Sep / 07 / 2019
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Rob Madrigal
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
4:11
win
Georgi Karakhanyan
Bellator 218 - Sanchez vs. Karakhanyan
Mar / 22 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Jason Herzog
3
5:00
loss
Patricio Freire
Bellator 209 - Pitbull vs. Sanchez
Nov / 15 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
Kevin MacDonald
5
5:00
win
Sam Sicilia
Bellator 198 - Fedor vs. Mir
Apr / 28 / 2018
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Rob Madrigal
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:52
win
Daniel Straus
Bellator 184 - Dantas vs. Caldwell
Oct / 06 / 2017
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Kerry Hatley
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
1:36
win
Marcos Galvao
Bellator 175 - Rampage vs. King Mo 2
Mar / 31 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Mike Beltran
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Georgi Karakhanyan
Bellator 170 - Sonnen vs. Ortiz
Jan / 21 / 2017
Decision (Majority)
Blake Grice
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Daniel Weichel
Bellator 159 - Caldwell vs. Taimanglo
Jul / 22 / 2016
Decision (Split)
Rob Hinds
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Daniel Pineda
Bellator 149 - Shamrock vs. Gracie
Feb / 19 / 2016
Decision (Split)
Jacob Montalvo
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Justin Lawrence
Bellator 145 - Vengeance
Nov / 06 / 2015
Decision (Split)
John McCarthy
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Henry Corrales
Bellator 143 - Warren vs. Davis
Sep / 25 / 2015
Decision (Split)
Jacob Montalvo
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Pat Curran
Bellator 139 - Kongo vs. Volkov
Jun / 26 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
John McCarthy
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Alejandro Villalobos
Bellator 135 - Warren vs. Galvao
Mar / 27 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
John McCarthy
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Stephen Banaszak
Bellator MMA - Bellator 128
Oct / 10 / 2014
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Kerry Hatley
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
2:18
win
Brady Hovermale
NAFC - Summer Slam
Jul / 26 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
Al Wichgers
1
1:53
win
Jose Pacheco
NAFC - Mega Brawl
May / 31 / 2014
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Otto Torriero
1
2:44
win
Gustavo Rodriguez
NAFC - Super Brawl 2
Jan / 31 / 2014
KO (Punch)
Al Wichgers
1
3:53
win
Michael McBride
RFA 10 - Rhodes vs. Jouban
Oct / 25 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Thomas Mastin
3
5:00
loss
Lewis Gonzalez
WFC 5 - Andrews vs. Griffin
May / 03 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Dan Stell
3
5:00
win
Brandon Dudley
CS - CageSport 21
Sep / 29 / 2012
Decision (Split)
Steve Newport
3
5:00
win
Travis Johnson
UCS - Caged Combat 6
Jul / 14 / 2012
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Kelly Whitlock
2
2:51
win
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Northwest Fighting - Young Guns 1
Apr / 28 / 2012
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Chris Charnos
1
3:24
win
Matt Church
FNE - Round 17: Clash at the College
Nov / 19 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Randy Corley
3
5:00
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