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Bryan Barberena

18–12 · 31 recorded bouts · 2009–2024

MMA record

18–12

Bryan Barberena finished 72% of 18 wins inside the distance — the 54th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

200020102020win v Dave Alvarez, 2009, kowin v Dirk Thiedeman, 2009, kowin v Brandon Rossbach, 2009, decisionwin v Garrett Olson, 2010, koloss v Tyler Klejeski, 2010, decisionwin v David Barnett, 2010, koloss v Derek Smith, 2010, submissionwin v Vernon Harrison, 2011, kowin v Dane Sayers, 2012, decisionwin v Marcos Marquez, 2013, kowin v Joe Ellenberger, 2014, kowin v Eric Moon, 2014, kowin v Damien Hill, 2014, submissionloss v Chad Laprise, 2015, decisionloss v Colby Covington, 2016, decisionwin v Warlley Alves, 2016, decisionwin v Sage Northcutt, 2016, submissionloss v Leon Edwards, 2017, decisionwin v Joe Proctor, 2017, kowin v Jake Ellenberger, 2018, koloss v Randy Brown, 2019, koloss v Vicente Luque, 2019, kowin v Anthony Ivy, 2020, decisionwin v Darian Weeks, 2021, decisionloss v Jason Witt, 2021, decisionloss v Rafael dos Anjos, 2022, submissionwin v Robbie Lawler, 2022, kowin v Matt Brown, 2022, decisionloss v Makhmud Muradov, 2023, decisionloss v Gunnar Nelson, 2023, submissionloss v Gerald Meerschaert, 2024, submission
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2009–2024

SOURCE·Bryan Barberena — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-03-11

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-03-11. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 304 lightweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2024 L Gerald Meerschaert Submission2
2023 L Makhmud Muradov Decision3
2023 L Gunnar Nelson Submission1
2022 L Rafael dos Anjos Submission2
2022 W Robbie Lawler KO/TKO2
2022 W Matt Brown Decision3
2021 W Darian Weeks Decision3
2021 L Jason Witt Decision3
2020 W Anthony Ivy Decision3
2019 L Randy Brown KO/TKO3
2019 L Vicente Luque KO/TKO3
2018 W Jake Ellenberger KO/TKO1
2017 L Leon Edwards Decision3
2017 W Joe Proctor KO/TKO1
2016 L Colby Covington Decision3
2016 W Warlley Alves Decision3
2016 W Sage Northcutt Submission2
2015 L Chad Laprise Decision3
2014 W Joe Ellenberger KO/TKO3
2014 W Eric Moon KO/TKO1
2014 W Damien Hill Submission3
2013 W Marcos Marquez KO/TKO3
2012 W Dane Sayers Decision5
2011 W Vernon Harrison KO/TKO2
2010 W Garrett Olson KO/TKO2
2010 L Tyler Klejeski Decision3
2010 W David Barnett KO/TKO1
2010 L Derek Smith Submission3
2009 W Dave Alvarez KO/TKO2
2009 W Dirk Thiedeman KO/TKO1
2009 W Brandon Rossbach Decision3

15 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Bryan Barberena — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-03-11

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height72″ (182.9 cm)
Stance—
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 3: middleweight, welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 19 of 31 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Bryan Barberena, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Dave Alvarez (2009)win vs Dirk Thiedeman (2009)win vs Brandon Rossbach (2009)win vs Garrett Olson (2010)loss vs Tyler Klejeski (2010)win vs David Barnett (2010)loss vs Derek Smith (2010)win vs Vernon Harrison (2011)win vs Dane Sayers (2012)win vs Marcos Marquez (2013)win vs Joe Ellenberger (2014)win vs Eric Moon (2014)win vs Damien Hill (2014)loss vs Chad Laprise (2015)loss vs Colby Covington (2016)win vs Warlley Alves (2016)win vs Sage Northcutt (2016)loss vs Leon Edwards (2017)win vs Joe Proctor (2017)win vs Jake Ellenberger (2018)loss vs Randy Brown (2019)loss vs Vicente Luque (2019)win vs Anthony Ivy (2020)win vs Darian Weeks (2021)loss vs Jason Witt (2021)loss vs Rafael dos Anjos (2022)win vs Robbie Lawler (2022)win vs Matt Brown (2022)loss vs Makhmud Muradov (2023)loss vs Gunnar Nelson (2023)loss vs Gerald Meerschaert (2024)
winlossdraw / NC2009–2024

Record

MMA record

18–12

30 bouts on record

Finish rate

72%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 54th percentile

KO/TKO: 11 (61%)Submission: 2 (11%)Decision: 5 (28%)
  • KO/TKO 61%
  • Submission 11%
  • Decision 28%

The career, bout by bout

31 recorded bouts from 2009 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

2009–2024

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2010

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

31

31 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Bryan Barberena's record?
18–12 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 31 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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