Angel Cruz
UFC DebutNickname“Tito”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rio Piedras
- Born
- Puerto Rico
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Angel Cruz 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
94-89-1
.514 win rate
Winning-record opponents
6 of 11
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
13
11 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 13 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 subXplode Fight Series · Combate Americas · Fury FC 76 · Fury FC 71 · VFL 9 +3
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Marcelo Rojo17-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:16 | Fury FC 76 | Mar 24, 2023 |
| W | Colin Wright9-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:46 | Fury FC 71 | Nov 6, 2022 |
| W | Randy McCullough | KO/TKO | Strikes | R1 | 3:32 | VFL 9 | Oct 22, 2021 |
| W | Ariel Juarez3-5 | Submission | Keylock | R1 | 0:49 | Combate Americas | Nov 1, 2019 |
| L | Austin Lingo9-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:25 | LFA | Mar 22, 2019 |
| L | John Castaneda21-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:25 | Combate Americas | Aug 11, 2016 |
| L | Emilio Chavez12-12 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:21 | Combate Americas | Apr 18, 2016 |
| W | Mike Ortiz | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:19 | Xplode Fight Series | Jul 11, 2015 |
| W | Deondre Gibbs0-15 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:37 | Xplode Fight Series | May 16, 2015 |
| L | Martin Bravo13-4 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:03 | Baja Cage Fighting | Sep 20, 2014 |
| W | Toby O'Neil0-6 | KO/TKO | Elbows | R1 | 1:04 | Xplode Fight Series | Jul 19, 2014 |
| W | Phelan Fleming0-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:07 | Xplode Fight Series | Mar 22, 2014 |
| W | Andrew Lazo10-8 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:49 | NFC | Feb 22, 2013 |
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.
In the news
All news →- Watch ‘Dark Side of the Cage’ Season 2 video trailer feat. Chael Sonnen, Tito Ortiz, and moremmamania · Jul 23, 2026
- ‘Tito was absolutely, 100% terrified of Chuck Liddell’: Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz reflect on epic rivalry in UFCmmafighting · Jun 25, 2026
- ‘I was tempted’ — Michael Bisping claims Real American Freestyle offered up $500K for Tito Ortiz supermatch | Videommamania · Jun 6, 2026
- Tito Ortiz reveals near-death boating incident: ‘I hit the water going 55 miles per hour’mmamania · Jun 2, 2026
- UFC legend Tito Ortiz dealing with memory loss, headaches after boating accidentsherdog · Jun 2, 2026