Roosevelt Roberts (12-5, 9) was born in Miami, Florida, United States on February 11, 1994. At the age of 22 years on October 22, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut against Michael Thomas, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On April 27, 2019, 25-year old Roosevelt Roberts made his UFC debut on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson against Thomas Gifford, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Roberts' last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Ľudovít Klein at UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis at age 30 on September 28, 2024. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought nine times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins, 5 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Roosevelt Roberts' best fights have been against Brok Weaver, Alexander Yakovlev, Thomas Gifford, Darrell Horcher, Tommy Aaron and Andrew Kauppila. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Roosevelt Roberts".
Roberts has 5 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Roosevelt Roberts Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18  | Sep 28, 2024 30 years, 7 months 12-5 (9) | 29 years, 7 months 22-4-1 (17) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
17  | Nov 11, 2023 29 years, 9 months 12-4 (9) | 31 years, 1 month 18-1 (15) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Loss Armbar |
16 | May 20, 2022 28 years, 3 months 12-3 (9) | Alexandre de Almeida | LT | 3 | UD | Win | |
15 | Dec 10, 2021 27 years, 9 months 11-3 (9) | Darren Smith Jr. | WL | 1 | KO | Win Punch | |
14  | Aug 21, 2021 27 years, 6 months 10-3 (8) | 23 years, 11 months 11-4 (8) | UFC | LT | 3 | KO | Loss Spinning wheel kick |
13  | Sep 12, 2020 26 years, 7 months 10-2 (8) | 33 years, 1 month 21-12 (16) | UFC | LT | 1 | NC | NC Overturned |
12  | Jun 20, 2020 26 years, 4 months 10-2 (8) | 36 years, 9 months 31-14 (19) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Loss Armbar |
11  | May 30, 2020 26 years, 3 months 10-1 (8) | 28 years, 5 months 15-4 (5) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
10  | Nov 9, 2019 25 years, 8 months 9-1 (7) | 35 years, 3 months 25-9-1 (18) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
9  | Jun 29, 2019 25 years, 4 months 8-1 (7) | 36 years, 7 months 11-2 (8) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
8 | Apr 27, 2019 25 years, 2 months 8-0 (7) | Thomas Gifford | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
7  | Nov 30, 2018 24 years, 9 months 7-0 (7) | 31 years, 4 months 13-3 (7) | TUF | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
6 | Jul 31, 2018 24 years, 5 months 6-0 (6) | Garrett Gross | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
5 | Jan 20, 2018 23 years, 11 months 5-0 (5) | Tommy Aaron | Bellator | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
4 | Aug 19, 2017 23 years, 6 months 4-0 (4) | Shohei Yamamoto | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches Interim | |
3 | Jun 17, 2017 23 years, 4 months 3-0 (3) | Dominic Clark | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
2 | May 6, 2017 23 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Andrew Kauppila | KOTC | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
1 | Oct 22, 2016 22 years, 8 months 1-0 (1) | Michael Thomas | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
