John Castañeda (21-8, 13) was born in Dallas, Texas, U.S. on December 18, 1991. At the age of 20 years on September 22, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Brandon Abrego, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On July 26, 2020, 28-year old John Castañeda made his UFC debut on his 22nd professional MMA fight at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till against a 27-year old Nathaniel Wood but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Castañeda's last fight was a 3-round split decision loss to Chris Gutiérrez at UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates at age 33 on April 26, 2025. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 4 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of John Castañeda's best fights have been against Eddie Wineland, Muin Gafurov, Kang Kyung-ho, Miles Johns and Chris Beal.
Castañeda has 8 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29  | Apr 26, 2025 33 years, 4 months 21-8 (13) | 34 years 21-6-2 (10) | UFC | FT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
28  | Jun 8, 2024 32 years, 5 months 21-7 (13) | 31 years, 3 months 15-0 (8) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
27  | Nov 11, 2023 31 years, 10 months 21-6 (13) | 36 years, 2 months 19-9 (13) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
26 | Jun 3, 2023 31 years, 5 months 20-6 (13) | Muin Gafurov | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
25 | Oct 1, 2022 30 years, 9 months 19-6 (13) | Daniel Santos | UFC | BT | 2 | KO | LOSS Punches and knee |
24  | Feb 5, 2022 30 years, 1 months 19-5 (13) | 27 years, 10 months 12-1 (6) | UFC | BT | 3 | CKO | WIN Arm-triangle choke |
23  | Feb 20, 2021 29 years, 2 months 18-5 (13) | 36 years, 7 months 24-14-1 (19) | UFC | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
22  | Jul 26, 2020 28 years, 7 months 17-5 (12) | 27 years, 2 months 15-4 (13) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
21 | Apr 12, 2019 27 years, 3 months 17-4 (12) | Marcelo Rojo | BT | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
20 | Apr 13, 2018 26 years, 3 months 16-4 (11) | José Alday | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS | |
19 | Nov 11, 2017 25 years, 10 months 16-3 (11) | Levy Saúl Marroquín | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
18 | Nov 11, 2017 25 years, 10 months 16-2 (11) | Marc Gomez | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Nov 11, 2017 25 years, 10 months 15-2 (11) | Kevin Moreyra | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
16 | Aug 1, 2017 25 years, 7 months 14-2 (10) | Cheyden Leialoha | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
15  | May 5, 2017 25 years, 4 months 13-2 (10) | 31 years, 8 months 10-4 (3) | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
14  | Oct 14, 2016 24 years, 9 months 12-2 (9) | 27 years, 3 months 6-1 (5) | BT | 4 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
13 | Aug 11, 2016 24 years, 7 months 11-2 (8) | Angel Cruz | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12 | Apr 25, 2016 24 years, 4 months 10-2 (7) | Gabriel Solorio | FT | 3 | SD | WIN | |
11 | Dec 16, 2015 23 years, 11 months 9-2 (7) | Federico Lopez | BT | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
10 | Sep 17, 2015 23 years, 8 months 8-2 (6) | Justin Governale | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
9 | Aug 22, 2015 23 years, 8 months 7-2 (6) | Joe Pearson | KOTC | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
8 | May 16, 2015 23 years, 4 months 6-2 (5) | Pedro Velasco | KOTC | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
7 | Oct 10, 2014 22 years, 9 months 5-2 (4) | Matt Brown | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS | |
6 | Jul 26, 2014 22 years, 7 months 5-1 (4) | Ruddy Gray | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | May 31, 2014 22 years, 5 months 4-1 (3) | Matt Brown | BT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
4 | Feb 22, 2014 22 years, 2 months 4-0 (3) | Derrick Mandell | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Nov 2, 2013 21 years, 10 months 3-0 (3) | Adam Schumacher | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
2 | Jan 26, 2013 21 years, 1 months 2-0 (2) | Bruce Johnson | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
1 | Sep 22, 2012 20 years, 9 months 1-0 (1) | Brandon Abrego | LT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
