Damian Pinas
Damian Pinas, “The Baba Yaga”, is a Middleweight from Aruba with an official record of 10-1. The 10 wins came 9 by knockout and 1 by submission. The most recent bout on file is a first-round knockout win over Cesar Almeida at UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 on 11 July 2026, the sixth win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | Andrey Pulyaev | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:15 | UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang |
| Jul 11, 2026 | Cesar Almeida | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 4:44 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | Wes Schultz | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 2:30 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Vitor Costa | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R1 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 9, Week 8 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Wesley da Silva Marques | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:59 | Shooto Brazil 127: Magon vs. Santos |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Jhony Gregory | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 4:01 | Shooto Brazil 125: Gadelha vs. Soares |
| Jun 29, 2024 | Carlos MatosTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 2:38 | Victory Extreme Fighting Championship: Night 2 Remember |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Italo Gomes | LOSS | DQDQ (Illegal Kick) | R1 · 2:44 | Shooto Brazil 121: Perea vs. Honorato |
| Nov 26, 2023 | Leonardo Ruiz | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Aruba Fighting Championship: Never Back Down |
| Apr 1, 2023 | Sebastian Villalobos | WIN | SUBSubmission (D'Arce Choke) | R1 | Madness Fighting Competition 4 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Julio Cesar | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Aruba Fighting Championship 11 |
| Aug 6, 2022 | Jeandrick Croes | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Caribbean FC 8: Wester vs. Otalora |
Wins, losses and draws are Damian Pinas’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 12 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.
Damian Pinas’s record, in numbers
Damian Pinas’s record is 10-1, and Cage Brothers holds a full result for all 11 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
The 10 wins break down as 9 by knockout and 1 by submission — 10 of 10 inside the distance, a finish rate of 100%. Across all 11 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 2 minutes 36 seconds.
Damian Pinas has never been stopped in the 11 bouts on file; no loss on file came by knockout or submission. The last 6 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 11 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Five of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 396 Middleweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Damian Pinas has a finish rate above 87% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 88% of them and a two-year bout count above 93% 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.
Damian Pinas is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 79in, fights orthodox and is 24, born 12 March 2002.
These figures are recomputed from Damian Pinas’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.