13 things about UFC fighter Zach Reese from Shiner, Texas

Zachary Patrick “Zach” Reese is an American professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas, United States. His fight name is Savage.

BIOGRAPHY

Reese is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He trains at WAR Training Center in Tomball, Harris County, Texas.
2. While pursuing an MMA career, he works as a well tester in the oil field.
3. He was born in Houston, Texas.
4. He finished all of his first six professional MMA bouts in the first round.
5. He is 6’3″ tall and he competes in the middleweight division.
6. He and Meloni Berger Reese have two daughters namely River Reese and Roan Reese.
7. He holds a professional MMA record of 9 wins and 2 losses.
8. As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Steven Gainville on May 5, 2012 but lost to Kevin Holland on October 6, 2012.
9. On November 18, 2017, he defeated John Wageman in an amateur MMA bout.
10. On November 7, 2020, he married Meloni.
11. On April 10, 2021, he made his professional MMA debut.
12. On December 2, 2023, he made his UFC debut.
13. On March 24, 2025, he turned 31.

TIMELINE

From 2021 to 2025, Reese fought 11 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2021

• On April 10, 2021, he knocked out Fred Zamora at “Peak Fighting 10” in Springdale, Arkansas, USA.
• On August 21, 2021, he knocked out Malik Jahmaz at “Peak Fighting 15” in Texarkana, Arkansas.

2022

• On November 6, 2022, he defeated Shahriar Zolfaghari at “Fury Fighting Championship 71” via technical knockout in Houston, Texas.

2023

• On February 5, 2023, he defeated Aaron Phillips via technical submission at “Fury FC 74” in Houston.
• On March 24, 2023, he defeated Tommie Britton via technical knockout at “Fury FC 76” in San Antonio, Texas.
• On August 22, 2023, he submitted Eli Aronov at Dana White’s Contender Series 2023 Week 3 in Enterprise, Nevada.
• On December 2, 2023, he was knocked out by Cody Brundage at “UFC on ESPN 52” in Austin, Texas.

2024

• On June 8, 2024, he defeated Julian Marquez via technical knockout at “UFC on ESPN 57” in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
• On August 24, 2024, he defeated Jose Medina via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 62” in Enterprise.

2025

• On January 18, 2025, he was knocked out by Azamat Bekoev at “UFC 311” in Inglewood, California, USA.
• On May 31, 2025, he defeated Dusko Todorovic via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 68” in Enterprise.