Marco Beltrán


Marco Antonio Beltrán García is a Mexican mixed martial artist who competes mainly in the bantamweight division. A professional mixed martial artist since 2008, Beltrán has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Early life

Beltrán was born in Mexico City. At age of 3, he moved to Morelia, Michoacán, where he lived until begin to compete for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. During the phase of middle school, he was a practitioner of boxing. Later on his life, Marco Beltrán began his mixed martial arts training at the Top Brother México in Morelia.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Beltrán became a professional mixed martial arts fighter in 2008. He won his MMA debut fight by submitting Christian Martínez on August 16, 2008.
After this victory, he entered in a five-fight winning streak which finished in 2012 when Beltrán was submitted by Israel Girón in the Xtreme Kombat 15 event.
On his following bout, Beltrán faced up Rodolfo Rubio. He lost the fight via first-round submission.
He lost his third fight in a row when Diego Huerto beat him by technical knockout in a World Best Gladiators event held in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Following that fight, he tried out for The Ultimate Fighter in 2014.

The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America

In May 2014, it was revealed that Beltrán was a cast member of, competing for Team Velasquez.
In his first bout on the show, Beltrán defeated Guido Cannetti via majority decision.
In the semi-finals, Beltrán was defeated by José Alberto Quiñonez via unanimous decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Beltrán made his official debut against fellow castmate Marlon Vera on November 15, 2014 at UFC 180. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Beltrán next faced Ning Guangyou on November 28, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 79. He won the fight via split decision.
Beltrán faced Reginaldo Vieira on July 7, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 90. He won the fight via submission in the second round.
Beltrán was expected to face former TUF: Latin America opponent Guido Cannetti on November 5, 2016 at. However on October 29, Cannetti was pulled from the bout after USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 15. Beltrán instead faced Joe Soto. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.
Beltrán faced promotional newcomer Deiveson Alcântara in a flyweight bout on June 3, 2017 at UFC 212. He lost the fight via TKO at the end of the second round.
Beltran faced Matt Schnell on October 7, 2017 at UFC 216. He lost the fight by unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Mixed martial arts record