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Ruel Panales

“Bagsik”
Country
Philippines
Record
5-31 NC
Weight class
Flyweight
Height
5'5"
Reach
67"
Age
29
Stance
—
Career stats
Finish rate100%
5 of 5 wins inside the distance · 93rd percentile
Durability89%
Stopped in 11% of bouts — 1 of 9 · 50th percentile
Activity1
Bouts in the last 24 months · 59th percentile
5:44
Avg bout length
2L
Streak
1
Title fights
1
Main events
Percentiles vs 250 flyweights

Ruel Panales, “Bagsik”, is a Flyweight from the Philippines with an official record of 5-3 (1 NC). The 5 wins came 3 by knockout and 2 by submission. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Hadi Omar Al Hussaini at PFL Champions Series Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes on 25 January 2025, the second defeat in a row.

DateOpponentResultMethodRoundEvent
Jan 25, 2025Hadi Omar Al HussainiLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00PFL Champions Series Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes
Aug 23, 2024Kiru SahotaLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00Road to UFC: Season 3, Episode 5
Nov 25, 2023Mao JianbingWINKOKO/TKOR1 · 3:44Brave CF 76
Jun 19, 2023Maysara MohamedLOSSKOKO/TKOR1 · 1:25Brave CF 71
Nov 26, 2022Mohammed FarhadNCNCNo ContestR2 · 2:42Brave CF 66
Jul 2, 2022Magomed GadzhimuradovWINKOTKO - Doctor's StoppageR2 · 3:46UAE Warriors 30
Dec 28, 2021Edrion MacatangayTitleWINKOKO/TKOR1RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
Dec 28, 2021Florentino CoronelWINSUBSubmission (Von Flue Choke)R1RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
Dec 28, 2021Mark JalaronWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
Jan 25, 2025 · PFL Champions Series Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Kiru Sahota
Aug 23, 2024 · Road to UFC: Season 3, Episode 5
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Mao Jianbing
Nov 25, 2023 · Brave CF 76
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1 · 3:44
Maysara Mohamed
Jun 19, 2023 · Brave CF 71
LOSS
KOKO/TKOR1 · 1:25
Mohammed Farhad
Nov 26, 2022 · Brave CF 66
NC
NCNo ContestR2 · 2:42
Magomed Gadzhimuradov
Jul 2, 2022 · UAE Warriors 30
WIN
KOTKO - Doctor's StoppageR2 · 3:46
Edrion Macatangay
Dec 28, 2021 · RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1Title
Florentino Coronel
Dec 28, 2021 · RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
WIN
SUBSubmission (Von Flue Choke)R1
Mark Jalaron
Dec 28, 2021 · RSF 1: Last Man Standing Tournament
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1

Ruel Panales’s record, in numbers

Ruel Panales’s record is 5-3 (1 NC), and Cage Brothers holds a full result for all 9 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.

The 5 wins break down as 3 by knockout and 2 by submission — 5 of 5 inside the distance, a finish rate of 100%. Across all 9 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 44 seconds.

Ruel Panales has been stopped once in the 9 bouts on file, by knockout — 11% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.

Of the 9 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. One of them has come since October 2024.

Set against the 251 Flyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Ruel Panales has a finish rate above 93% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 50% of them and a two-year bout count above 59% 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.

Ruel Panales is listed at 5ft 5in with a reach of 67in and is 29, born 6 December 1996.

These figures are recomputed from Ruel Panales’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.