Austin Vanderford (13-2, 8) was born in Santa Rosa, California, U.S. on March 21, 1990. At the age of 26 years on March 11, 2017, he made his professional MMA debut against Sol Renato, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On February 22, 2025, 34-year old Austin Vanderford made his UFC debut on his 15th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song against Nikolay Veretennikov, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
Vanderford's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO win against Nikolay Veretennikov at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song at age 34 on February 22, 2025. He is on a 2-fight winning streak.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 0 losses in the promotion.
Some of Austin Vanderford's best fights have been against Nikolay Veretennikov, Fabian Edwards, Cody Jones, Joseph Creer, Grachik Bozinyan and Vinicius de Jesus.
Vanderford has 2 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | Feb 22, 2025 34 years, 11 months 13-2 (8) | Nikolay Veretennikov | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
14 | Oct 18, 2024 34 years, 6 months 12-2 (7) | Victor Romero | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punch and elbows | |
13 | Aug 12, 2022 32 years, 4 months 11-2 (6) | Aaron Jeffery | Bellator | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
12  | Feb 25, 2022 31 years, 11 months 11-1 (6) | 36 years, 6 months 48-7-2 (39) | Bellator | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches For Bellator World middleweight title |
11  | May 21, 2021 31 years, 2 months 11-0 (6) | 28 years, 1 months 9-1 (6) | Bellator | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
10 | Nov 5, 2020 30 years, 7 months 10-0 (6) | Vinicius de Jesus | Bellator | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
9 | Nov 15, 2019 29 years, 7 months 9-0 (6) | Grachik Bozinyan | Bellator | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
8 | Aug 24, 2019 29 years, 5 months 8-0 (6) | Joseph Creer | Bellator | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
7 | Feb 15, 2019 28 years, 10 months 7-0 (5) | Cody Jones | Bellator | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke |
6 | Oct 19, 2018 28 years, 6 months 6-0 (4) | Edmilson Freitas | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
5 | Jul 17, 2018 28 years, 3 months 5-0 (3) | Angelo Trevino | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Dec 16, 2017 27 years, 8 months 4-0 (2) | Kenny Licea | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Oct 14, 2017 27 years, 6 months 3-0 (1) | Ben Fodor | WL | 5 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Jul 8, 2017 27 years, 3 months 2-0 (1) | Adam Fugitt | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Mar 11, 2017 26 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Sol Renato | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
