Alvaro Vacacela
UFC DebutNickname“Paton”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Machala, El Oro
- Born
- Ecuador
- Camp
- Team FFC
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'11" · 180 cm
Before the UFC
Alvaro Vacacela makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
173-91-2
.655 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 13
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
33
13 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 33 bouts · 32 promotions · wins by 12 KO · 2 sub · 6 decStriker Machala · FFC 102 · FFC 97 · FFC 94 · FFC 90 +27
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Bruno Cannetti11-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:34 | FFC 102 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| L | Ronal Padilla | KO/TKO | Spinning Back Elbow | R1 | 2:57 | FFC 97 | Oct 23, 2025 |
| W | Laertes de Paula | KO/TKO | Slam and Punches | R1 | 1:00 | FFC 94 | Aug 21, 2025 |
| L | Jose Lucas Alves Ribeiro | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:18 | FFC 90 | May 23, 2025 |
| W | Pedro Henrique Finger | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:12 | FFC 87 | Feb 20, 2025 |
| W | Humberto Bandenay27-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:49 | FFC 85 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| L | Javier Reyes23-5 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R3 | 2:20 | FFC 82 / Matchmaker MMA 6 | Oct 4, 2024 |
| W | Bruno Cannetti11-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:59 | FFC 79 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| W | Diego Santos | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:20 | FFC 76 | May 23, 2024 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 73 | Mar 14, 2024 | |
| W | Paulo Ricardo Rodrigues16-18-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:55 | FFC 71 | Jan 25, 2024 |
| W | Shamil Mutalimov10-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 69 | Nov 30, 2023 |
| W | Luciano Otavio Almeida Pereira | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:00 | Reto de Campeones 5 | Oct 5, 2023 |
| W | Jesus Aviles | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 64 | Jul 20, 2023 |
| L | Alberto Jarrin9-2-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 4:53 | FFC 61 | May 18, 2023 |
| W | Roy Quispe5-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Reto de Campeones 4 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R4 | 1:22 | Troncal Fight League 3 | Nov 26, 2022 | |
| W | Jorge Calderon | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:57 | Reto de Campeones 2 | Aug 11, 2022 |
| L | Roger Garcia | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:28 | FFC 49 | Mar 10, 2022 |
| W | Miguel Labrador | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pasaje Underground Combat 3 | Nov 20, 2021 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 45 | May 1, 2021 | |
| D | Luis Castro | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Pasaje Underground Combat 2 | Nov 14, 2020 |
| W | Jordy Cortez | KO/TKO | Doctor's Stoppage | R1 | 2:47 | EC 2 | Sep 14, 2019 |
| L | Cristian Lopez | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:26 | OFC 7 | Nov 10, 2018 |
| W | Bryan Ortiz | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:45 | Striker Machala | Oct 27, 2018 |
| L | Cristian Lopez | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 4:40 | TFC 1 | Aug 4, 2018 |
| L | Michael Morales19-0 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | OFC 5 | Mar 24, 2018 |
| NC | Marco Scamarone | No Contest | — | R3 | 2:00 | DFC 7 | Dec 1, 2017 |
| W | Angel Bravo | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:38 | Striker Machala | Sep 16, 2017 |
| L | Michael Morales19-0 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:15 | OFC 4 | Aug 19, 2017 |
| L | Abner Alexander Cueva Cardenas | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | OFC 3 | May 6, 2017 |
| W | Miguel Alberto Aguilar Torrez | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:14 | OFC 2 | Dec 16, 2016 |
| L | Bryan Guarnizo | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:27 | EFC | Nov 27, 2016 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.