Chris Padilla
“Taco”
Lightweight
United StatesUFC
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18WINS
6LOSSES
1DRAWS
9KO/TKO
6SUB
3DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 30 · born Sep 14, 1995 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′9″ 175 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 74″ 188 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 39″ 99 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Team / gym
- California Mixed Martial Arts UFC.com
- Born
- Lynwood, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Apr. 27, 2024 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 10 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
54%Striking accuracy455 of 836 landed
18%Takedown accuracy3 of 17 landed
6.67Sig. strikes landedper min
4.85Sig. strikes absorbedper min
51%Striking defense
1.1Takedownsper 15 min
83%Takedown defense
0.44Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.22Knockdownsper 15 min
11:23Average fight time
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 6 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Nasrat Haqparast | Submission | 3 | Aug 22, 2026 | ↗ |
| D | MarQuel Mederos | Decision - Majority | 3 | Apr 11, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Ismael Bonfim | KO/TKO | 2 | Nov 8, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Jai Herbert | Decision - Split | 3 | Mar 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Rongzhu | TKO - Doctor's Stoppage | 2 | Sep 7, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | James Llontop | Submission | 1 | Apr 27, 2024 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.