Vince Morales
12 UFC Fights | 25% Win Rate | 1 Finishes (33%)
Vince Morales UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Vince Morales is 3-9 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 1 win by knockout and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-11, 13-2 of it outside the UFC. Morales competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'7" with a 70" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Colby Thicknesse by unanimous decision in May 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 48th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (3.4 sig. strikes/min).
Vince Morales's UFC win rate is 25% (3 of 12 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Morales averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 40% accuracy and stops 59% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 16-11
- UFC Record
- 3-9
- Height
- 5'7"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Colby Thicknesse · Decision - Unanimous · May 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Vince Morales's Last 5 Fights
Morales is 0-5 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Colby Thicknesse · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · May 2026
- Loss vs Raul Rosas Jr. · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · Mar 2025
- Loss vs Elijah Smith · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Feb 2025
- Loss vs Taylor Lapilus · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 2024
- Loss vs Miles Johns · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · Nov 2022
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Vince Morales vs Average
Vince Morales lands 13.9 strikes in R1 but 22.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Vince Morales's UFC Fight History
12 UFC fights on record (3-9), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Colby Thicknesse | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates | 2026-05-02 |
| L | Raul Rosas Jr. | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg | 2025-03-29 |
| L | Elijah Smith | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues | 2025-02-15 |
| L | Taylor Lapilus | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis | 2024-09-28 |
| L | Miles Johns | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba | 2022-11-19 |
| L | Jonathan Martinez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira | 2022-05-21 |
| W | Louis Smolka | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:02 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo | 2021-12-04 |
| W | Drako Rodriguez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane | 2021-08-07 |
| L | Chris Gutierrez | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:27 | UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns | 2020-05-30 |
| L | Benito Lopez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd | 2019-07-13 |
| W | Aiemann Zahabi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy | 2019-05-04 |
| L | Song Yadong | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 | 2018-11-24 |
How Morales Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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