Carlos Vera
EcuadorCarlos Vera, “Pequeno”, is a Bantamweight from Ecuador with an official record of 12-4. Cage Brothers holds 14 of those bouts: 11 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 6 by submission and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round submission win over Josias Musasa at UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 on 15 March 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2025 | Josias Musasa | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 3:16 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Rinya Nakamura | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Isaiah Gutierrez | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 1:41 | Fury Fighting Championship 69 |
| Apr 24, 2022 | Kale Moniz | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 · 3:18 | Fury Fighting Championship 60 |
| Dec 19, 2021 | Peter Caballero | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Fury Fighting Championship 55 |
| Sep 5, 2021 | Cody Freeman | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Fury Fighting Championship 50 |
| Jan 25, 2020 | Levi Mowles | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 · 2:50 | AF 51 - Atlas Fights 51 |
| Jul 20, 2019 | Calvin Martin | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R1 | Bayou FC 39 - Battle of New Orleans |
| Apr 6, 2019 | Greg Fischer | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | SF: Shogun Fights 21 |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Mike Otwell | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | SF: Shogun Fights 20 |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Joel Scott | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 3: Giles vs. Spann |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Martin Castro | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | MCF Productions: MCFP 1 |
| Feb 19, 2016 | Josh Carter | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | RMMA - Renaissance MMA 36 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Brandon McMahan | WIN | SUBSubmission (Ankle Lock) | R3 | RMMA - Renaissance MMA 35 |
Wins, losses and draws are Carlos Vera’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 14 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Carlos Vera’s record, in numbers
Carlos Vera’s official record is 12-4. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 14 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 11 wins, 3 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 11 wins break down as 6 by submission and 5 by decision — 6 of 11 inside the distance, a finish rate of 55%. Across all 14 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 10 minutes 5 seconds.
Carlos Vera has been stopped once in the 14 bouts on file, by submission — 7% of them.
Of the 14 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were the main event of the card. One of them has come since October 2024.
Set against the 450 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Carlos Vera has a finish rate above 32% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 72% of them and a two-year bout count above 57% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Carlos Vera is listed at 5ft 6in with a reach of 69in, fights orthodox and is 38, born 4 November 1987.
These figures are recomputed from Carlos Vera’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.