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Ecuador
Machala, El Oro
Michael Morales
AGE
26
/
Jun 24, 1999
HEIGHT
6'0"
/
182.88 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
Entram Gym
CLASS
Welterweight
STYLE
Striker
Wins
18
KO
/
TKO
13
72%
SUBMISSIONS
1
6%
DECISIONS
4
22%
Losses
0
KO
/
TKO
0
0%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
0
0%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Gilbert Burns
UFC Fight Night 256 - Burns vs. Morales
May / 17 / 2025
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:39
win
Neil Magny
UFC on ESPN 62 - Cannonier vs. Borralho
Aug / 24 / 2024
TKO (Punches)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:39
win
Jake Matthews
UFC Fight Night 232 - Allen vs. Craig
Nov / 18 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Max Griffin
UFC on ESPN 48 - Strickland vs. Magomedov
Jul / 01 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Kerry Hatley
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Adam Fugitt
UFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2
Jul / 30 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
1:09
win
Trevin Giles
UFC 270 - Ngannou vs. Gane
Jan / 22 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Mike Beltran
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:06
win
Nikolay Veretennikov
Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 4
Sep / 21 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Mark Smith
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Miguel Arizmendi
UWC Mexico 26 - There Can Be Only One
Apr / 30 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Edgard Lopez
2
4:02
win
Ricardo Centeno
EMMA 17 - Centeno vs Morales
Oct / 03 / 2020
KO (Punches)
Mauricio Naranjo
1
4:15
win
Daniel Luigy Bastidas
EMMA 16 - Extreme MMA
Aug / 01 / 2020
TKO (Doctor's Stoppage)
Mauricio Naranjo
1
2:01
win
Mario Navarrete
Barbarians 5 - BFL 5: Machala
Feb / 12 / 2020
TKO (Punches)
Juan Benavidez
2
2:45
win
Gregoris Cisneros
Barbarians 4 - BFL 4
Dec / 14 / 2019
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Juan Benavidez
1
1:58
win
Erick Zambrano
Pasaje Underground Combat 1 - Morales vs. Zambrano
Nov / 08 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Omar Noriega
1
1:55
win
Mathias Salazar
MTT 2 - Salazar vs. Morales
Sep / 06 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Diogenes Ruiz
1
1:40
win
Oscar Ravello
FFC 39 - Bananada vs. Zarauz 2
Jul / 17 / 2019
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Alan Nieto
2
5:00
win
Leonardo Blasco
TFC 2 - Troncal Fighting Championship 2
Dec / 08 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
Diogenes Ruiz
3
5:00
win
Alvaro Vacacela
OFC 5 - Oro Fighting Championship 5
Mar / 24 / 2018
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
David Chamaidan
1
5:00
win
Alvaro Vacacela
OFC 4 - Oro Fighting Championship 4
Aug / 19 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
David Chamaidan
2
3:15
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