Vince Morales
USAVince Morales, “Vandetta”, is a Bantamweight from the United States with an official record of 16-11. Cage Brothers holds 26 of those bouts: 15 wins and 11 losses, the wins coming 6 by knockout, 5 by submission and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Colby Thicknesse at UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates on 2 May 2026, the fourth defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | Colby Thicknesse | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Raul Rosas Jr. | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Elijah Smith | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Taylor Lapilus | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Hunter AzureTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission | R3 · 4:06 | UFL 5: United Fight League - Phoenix vs. Las Vegas |
| May 24, 2024 | Luis Guerrero | WIN | SUBSubmission | R2 · 4:09 | Tuff-N-Uff 137 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | Yuki Motoya | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 45 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Joe Penafiel | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 2:19 | Front Street Fights 26 |
| May 3, 2023 | Teruto Ishihara | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R3 · 1:17 | XMMA 6: Bash At The Beach |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Miles Johns | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba |
| May 21, 2022 | Jonathan Martinez | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira |
| Dec 5, 2021 | Louis Smolka | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 2:02 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo |
| Aug 7, 2021 | Drako Rodriguez | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane |
| May 30, 2020 | Chris Gutierrez | LOSS | KOKick | R2 · 4:27 | UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns |
| Jul 13, 2019 | Benito Lopez | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd |
| May 4, 2019 | Aiemann Zahabi | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy |
| Nov 24, 2018 | Song Yadong | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Justin Williams-Hugo | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 205: McKee vs. Teixeira |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Domingo Pilarte | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:52 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 2, Week 5 |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Brandon Hempleman | WIN | KOTKO | R2 | FSF: Front Street Fights 15 |
| Jun 17, 2017 | Rowdy Akers | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R1 · 1:58 | KOTC: Quick Draw |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Andrew CruzTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R3 · 3:07 | FSF: Front Street Fights 10 |
| May 20, 2016 | Hamilton Ash | WIN | KOKO | R3 · 2:32 | Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef |
| Feb 13, 2016 | Patrick Trey Smith | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | FSF: Front Street Fights 8 |
| May 15, 2015 | Joseph Cleveland | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 1:51 | FSF: Front Street Fights 5 |
| — | Hunter Azure | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Luis Guerrero | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Joe Penafiel | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Vince Morales’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 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.
Vince Morales’s record, in numbers
Vince Morales’s official record is 16-11. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 15 wins, 11 losses — because 1 bout from the official record is not in the history we hold.
The 15 wins break down as 6 by knockout, 5 by submission and 4 by decision — 11 of 15 inside the distance, a finish rate of 73%. Across all 26 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 10 minutes 34 seconds.
Vince Morales has been stopped 3 times in the 26 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 2 by submission — which is 12% of them. The last 4 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 6 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 448 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Vince Morales has a finish rate above 68% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 55% of them and a two-year bout count above 86% 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.
Vince Morales is listed at 5ft 7in with a reach of 70in, fights orthodox and is 35, born 11 November 1990.
These figures are recomputed from Vince Morales’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.