Hector Fajardo
UFC DebutNickname“El Matador”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- East Palo Alto, California
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Hector Fajardo 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
85-53
.616 win rate
Winning-record opponents
6 of 10
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
14
10 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 14 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 1 sub · 7 decCombate Global · Combate Americas · Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 33 · Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 27 · Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 25 +7
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Joe Murphy12-6 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 3:14 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 33 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| L | Bruno Souza15-4 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R3 | 4:59 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 27 | May 2, 2025 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 25 | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| W | Steve Mora | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 22 | Jul 20, 2024 |
| L | Arnold Jimenez12-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Urijah Faber A1 Combat 17 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| W | Joseph Dorado3-2 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 13 | Aug 4, 2023 |
| W | Ty Costa5-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 11 | May 27, 2023 |
| L | Payton Talbott11-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:51 | Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 2 | May 28, 2022 |
| L | Leo Muniz | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Global | Aug 13, 2021 |
| L | Leo Muniz | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 5:00 | Combate Global | May 29, 2021 |
| W | Shane Torres8-12 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Americas | Feb 28, 2020 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Combate Americas | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| W | Jose Alejandro Avalos9-6 | Submission | Triangle Armbar | R2 | 2:04 | Combate 31 | Feb 22, 2019 |
| W | Philip Schwartz | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | TTC 20 | Oct 6, 2018 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsCentral Coast Throwdown · WCS 18
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Josiah McHale1-0 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 2:00 | Central Coast Throwdown | May 5, 2017 |
| W | Ali Amin0-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 2:00 | WCS 18 | Jan 23, 2015 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.