C.J. Vergara (12-7-1, 7) was born in Laredo, Texas, United States on June 18, 1991. At the age of 21 years on November 17, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against LeRoy Martinez, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On November 6, 2021, 30-year old C.J. Vergara made his UFC debut on his 13th professional MMA fight at UFC 268 against a 29-year old Ode' Osbourne but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Vergara's last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Édgar Cháirez at UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg at age 33 on March 29, 2025. He is on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of C.J. Vergara's best fights have been against Kleydson Rodrigues, Vinicius Salvador, Daniel da Silva and Asu Almabayev. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of C.J. Vergara".
Vergara has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "C.J. Vergara Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | Mar 29, 2025 33 years, 9 months 12-7-1 (7) | Édgar Cháirez | UFC | FL | 1 | SUB | Loss Face crank |
19 | Oct 12, 2024 33 years, 3 months 12-6-1 (7) | Ramazan Temirov | UFC | FL | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
18  | Mar 9, 2024 32 years, 8 months 12-5-1 (7) | 30 years, 1 month 18-2 (12) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
17 | Jul 29, 2023 32 years, 1 months 12-4-1 (7) | Vinicius Salvador | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
16 | Mar 25, 2023 31 years, 9 months 11-4-1 (7) | Daniel da Silva | UFC | FL | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
15  | Oct 15, 2022 31 years, 3 months 10-4-1 (6) | 22 years, 8 months 11-0 (7) | UFC | FL | 2 | SUB | Loss Armbar |
14 | May 7, 2022 30 years, 10 months 10-3-1 (6) | Kleydson Rodrigues | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Win |
13  | Nov 6, 2021 30 years, 4 months 9-3-1 (6) | 29 years, 9 months 9-4 (8) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
12 | Sep 7, 2021 30 years, 2 months 9-2-1 (6) | Bruno Korea | FL | 1 | KO | Win Knee to the body | |
11 | Mar 6, 2021 29 years, 8 months 8-2-1 (5) | Jacob Silva | FL | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | |
10 | Oct 27, 2019 28 years, 4 months 7-2-1 (4) | Shawn Solis | FL | 3 | KO | Win Flying knee | |
9 | Jun 21, 2019 28 years 6-2-1 (3) | Emerson Garcia | BT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
8 | Mar 3, 2019 27 years, 8 months 5-2-1 (2) | Ramiro Ruiz Castillo | BT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
7 | May 25, 2018 26 years, 11 months 4-2-1 (1) | Devin Miller | BT | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
6 | Nov 19, 2016 25 years, 5 months 4-1-1 (1) | Emerson Garcia | FL | 3 | UD | Draw Majority | |
5 | Jul 29, 2016 25 years, 1 months 4-1 (1) | Jose Soto Jr. | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
4  | Jan 24, 2015 23 years, 7 months 3-1 (1) | 20 years, 9 months 5-0 (5) | FL | 1 | SD | Loss | |
3 | Sep 13, 2013 22 years, 2 months 3-0 (1) | Jonathan Ramirez | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
2 | Jun 28, 2013 22 years 2-0 (0) | Akira Smith | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
1 | Nov 17, 2012 21 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | LeRoy Martinez | BT | 3 | UD | Win |
