Nestor Machado
UFC DebutNickname“El Charrua”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rivera
- Born
- Uruguay
- Camp
- Leon de Juda
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Nestor Machado 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
184-115
.615 win rate
Winning-record opponents
16 of 19
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
36
19 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 36 bouts · 31 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 10 sub · 5 decUDC Internacional · IDC · FF · SFH 26 · SFH 24 +26
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Omar Arteaga | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFH 26 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| W | Miguel Grijalva | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 4:22 | SFH 24 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| L | Claudir Dutkevis | Decision | Split | R5 | 5:00 | Jorge Velho Team | Nov 23, 2024 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFH 18 / RyskCombat MMA 12 | Oct 27, 2024 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:59 | SFH 17 | Jul 14, 2024 | |
| L | Nicolas Barna10-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | IDC | Nov 18, 2023 |
| W | Fabricio Sosa | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | UPL 3 | Aug 5, 2023 |
| W | Pablo Pucci | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:41 | SFH 11 | May 13, 2023 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 59 | Mar 16, 2023 | |
| L | Kevin Vallejos18-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFH 8 | Dec 16, 2022 |
| L | Heber Pereyra17-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FFC 53 | Sep 22, 2022 |
| W | Josmar Rodriguez | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | UDC Internacional | Jun 11, 2022 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:30 | IDC | May 21, 2022 | |
| L | Jose Trindade16-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | CFU 15 | Apr 9, 2022 |
| W | Brandon Sanchez | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 0:00 | DGIC | Aug 7, 2021 |
| L | Ilya Freymanov13-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:05 | OFC 6 | Jul 4, 2021 |
| W | Jesus Ru14-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Parana Strike | Dec 7, 2019 |
| W | Yuri Mendez | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:20 | LUMMAAP 8 | Oct 19, 2019 |
| W | Juan Campos2-19 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:00 | UDC Internacional | May 18, 2019 |
| W | Jesus Alberto Ramos | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | UDC Internacional | Nov 10, 2018 |
| W | Alan Rafael Marques | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:20 | RXC 4 | Sep 16, 2018 |
| W | Rodrigo Bruzzone | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:02 | LUMMAAP 3 | Dec 22, 2017 |
| L | Sergio Martinez8-1 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 1:15 | LUMMAAP 1 | Aug 12, 2017 |
| W | Fabricio Arevalo8-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Ragnarok 7 | Apr 8, 2017 |
| W | Submission | — | R2 | 3:23 | PHF 1 | Mar 4, 2017 | |
| W | Willian Cuadros Mendonca6-10 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:39 | Revolution 2 | Feb 12, 2017 |
| L | Douglas Abreu Santos7-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFQ MMA | Jan 14, 2017 |
| L | Sanatiel Alves | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:37 | AFP | Mar 12, 2016 |
| L | Sanatiel Alves | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:18 | UDC Internacional | Jan 30, 2016 |
| L | Alexis Vera8-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:32 | FCC | Nov 7, 2015 |
| W | Michel Moreno1-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:00 | RFC 2 | Oct 20, 2015 |
| W | Antonio Marcos Colaco | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:55 | FF | Jul 25, 2015 |
| L | Yuri Maia | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R2 | 3:04 | X-Fest 8 | Jun 13, 2015 |
| W | Jose Ivanei Barbosa | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:36 | FF | Mar 21, 2015 |
| W | Cristian Tenroler | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | — | SC | Jan 31, 2015 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:27 | DDT | Sep 27, 2014 |
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.