Roberto Sanchez (8-2, 7) was born in Houston, Texas, U.S. on March 5, 1986. At the age of 28 years on February 27, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut against Jacob Silva, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On August 5, 2017, 31-year old Roberto Sanchez made his UFC debut on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno against a 22-year old Joseph Morales but lost the fight via submission in the 1st round.
Sanchez' last fight was a 3-round split decision loss to Jarred Brooks at UFC 228 at age 32 on September 8, 2018. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought three times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Roberto Sanchez' best fights have been against Joby Sanchez and Jerome Rivera.
Sanchez has 2 losses on his MMA record.
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Sep 8, 2018 32 years, 6 months 8-2 (7) | 25 years, 4 months 13-2 (7) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | LOSS | |
9 | Feb 18, 2018 31 years, 11 months 8-1 (7) | Joby Sanchez | UFC | FL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
Aug 5, 2017 31 years, 5 months 7-1 (6) | 22 years, 11 months 8-0 (6) | UFC | FL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
Jun 23, 2017 31 years, 3 months 7-0 (6) | 22 years, 2 months 7-0 (5) | FL | 3 | SUB | WIN Armbar Won LFA flyweight title | ||
6 | Mar 24, 2017 31 years 6-0 (5) | Klayton Mai | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
5 | May 13, 2016 30 years, 2 months 5-0 (4) | David Waters | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
4 | Jan 22, 2016 29 years, 10 months 4-0 (3) | David Acosta | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
3 | Aug 26, 2015 29 years, 5 months 3-0 (2) | Mike DeLeon | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
2 | Jun 15, 2015 29 years, 3 months 2-0 (1) | Trent Meaux | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
1 | Feb 27, 2015 28 years, 11 months 1-0 (0) | Jacob Silva | 3 | UD | WIN |