Clayton Carpenter biography: 13 things about UFC fighter from Glendale, Arizona

Who is Clayton Carpenter?

Clayton James Carpenter is a professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. His fight name is Concrete.

Carpenter 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 The MMA Lab in Glendale.
2. He competes in the flyweight division.
3. Before joining the UFC, he competed in the Iron Boy Promotions, the World Fighting Federation and the Legacy Fighting Alliance.
4. He is 5’5″ tall.
5. He holds a professional MMA record of 8 wins and 1 loss.
6. In November 2012, he visited Athens, Greece.
7. In 2014, he entered Chandler–Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Maricopa County.
8. In 2015, he defeated Thomas Castaneda, Joshua Madrigal, Talon Glasser, Daniel Byers and Mark Ballocanog in amateur MMA fights.
9. On October 1, 2016, he lost to Junior Cortez via split decision in an amateur MMA fight at “Iron Boy MMA 3” in Phoenix, Arizona.
10. On November 17, 2018, he defeated Humberto Duarte via unanimous decision in an amateur MMA fight at “Iron Boy MMA 13” in Phoenix.
11. On August 24, 2019, he made his professional MMA debut.
12. On February 18, 2023, he made his UFC debut.
13. On June 4, 2024, he turned 28.

Clayton Carpenter’s professional MMA career timeline

From 2019 to 2025, Clayton Carpenter fought nine professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2019

• On August 24, 2019, he submitted Efren Ramirez via rear-naked choke at “Iron Boy MMA 16” in Phoenix.

2020

• On February 22, 2020, he knocked out Maui Acantilado via head kick “WFF 42” in Phoenix.
• On August 28, 2020, he defeated Manuel Medina via unanimous decision at “LFA 89” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.

2021

• On May 21, 2021, he submitted Nick Clem via kneebar at “LFA 1108” in Sioux Falls.
• On December 3, 2021, he knocked out Rodney Kealohi via head kick at “LFA 119” in Phoenix.

2022

• On August 9, 2022, he defeated Edgar Chairez via unanimous decision at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2022” Week 3 in Enterprise, Nevada.

2023

• On February 18, 2023, he submitted Juancamilo Ronderos via rear-naked choke at “UFC Vegas 69” in Enterprise.

2024

• On October 12, 2024, he defeated Lucas Rocha via technical submission via rear-naked choke at “UFC Vegas 98” in Enterprise.

2025

• On January 18, 2025, he lost to Tagir Ulanbekov via unanimous decision at “UFC 311” in Inglewood, California, USA.