John Castaneda
“Sexi Mexi”
Bantamweight
United StatesUFC
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21WINS
9LOSSES
1DRAWS
8KO/TKO
6SUB
7DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 34 · born Dec 18, 1991 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′6″ 168 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 71″ 180 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 37″ 94 cm UFC.com
- Stance
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- Weight class
- Bantamweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- The Academy UFC.com
- Born
- Dallas, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Aug. 1, 2017 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 7 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
51%Striking accuracy702 of 1365 landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 35⚑ landed
4.81Sig. strikes landedper min
4.74Sig. strikes absorbedper min
56%Striking defense
1.34Takedownsper 15 min
73%Takedown defense
0.31Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.41Knockdownsper 15 min
13:15Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 10 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alatengheili | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 26, 2026 | ↗ |
| D | Mark Vologdin | Decision - Majority | 3 | Apr 18, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Chris Gutierrez | Decision - Split | 3 | Apr 26, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Daniel Marcos | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 8, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Kyung Ho Kang | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 11, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Muin Gafurov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 3, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Daniel Santos | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 1, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Miles Johns | Submission | 3 | Feb 5, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Eddie Wineland | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 20, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Nathaniel Wood | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 25, 2020 | ↗ |
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.