Martin Buday (16-2, 9) was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia on November 11, 1991. At the age of 23 years on October 23, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut against Uroš Stefanović, winning the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On April 16, 2022, 30-year old Martin Buday made his UFC debut on his 11th professional MMA fight at UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 against a 35-year old Chris Barnett, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Buday's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision win against Marcus Buchecha at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder at age 33 on July 26, 2025. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 1 loss in the promotion.
Some of Martin Buday's best fights have been against Josh Parisian, Łukasz Brzeski, Uran Satybaldiev, Chris Barnett, Jake Collier, Marcus Buchecha and Andrei Arlovski. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Martin Buday".
Buday has 2 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Martin Buday Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18  | Jul 26, 2025 33 years, 8 months 16-2 (9) | 35 years, 6 months 5-1 (5) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
17 | Apr 5, 2025 33 years, 4 months 15-2 (9) | Uran Satybaldiev | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
16  | Jun 29, 2024 32 years, 7 months 14-2 (9) | 45 years, 4 months 34-23 (20) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | WIN |
15  | Dec 16, 2023 32 years, 1 months 13-2 (9) | 33 years, 10 months 11-0 (10) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
14  | Aug 12, 2023 31 years, 9 months 13-1 (9) | 34 years, 1 months 15-6 (13) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura |
13  | Apr 29, 2023 31 years, 5 months 12-1 (8) | 34 years, 6 months 13-8 (9) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
12 | Aug 13, 2022 30 years, 9 months 11-1 (8) | Łukasz Brzeski | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | WIN |
11  | Apr 16, 2022 30 years, 5 months 10-1 (8) | 35 years, 10 months 22-7 (17) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
10 | Oct 12, 2021 29 years, 11 months 9-1 (8) | Lorenzo Hood | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knee | |
9 | Jun 19, 2021 29 years, 7 months 8-1 (7) | Kamil Minda | Oktagon | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches Won Oktagon heavyweight title |
8 | Sep 14, 2019 27 years, 10 months 7-1 (6) | Daniel Dittrich | Oktagon | HW | 2 | SUB | WIN Kimura |
7 | Apr 26, 2019 27 years, 5 months 6-1 (5) | Yevhenii Orlov | Oktagon | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
6 | Oct 26, 2018 26 years, 11 months 5-1 (4) | José Rodrigo Guelke | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Retirement | |
5 | Sep 15, 2018 26 years, 10 months 4-1 (3) | Łukasz Łysoniewski | Oktagon | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
4 | May 26, 2018 26 years, 6 months 3-1 (2) | Dzhangir Nasibov | Oktagon | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Retirement |
3 | Apr 21, 2018 26 years, 5 months 2-1 (1) | Milan Vrbić | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Submission to punchea | |
2  | Oct 14, 2017 25 years, 11 months 1-1 (0) | 37 years 7-1 (6) | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
1 | Oct 23, 2015 23 years, 11 months 1-0 (0) | Uroš Stefanović | HW | 2 | UD | WIN |
