Martin Buday is a Slovakian professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Trnava, Slovakia. The city is home to the University of Trnava and the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.
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BIOGRAPHY
Currently, Buday is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He is a brown belt in jiujitsu.
- He is a high school graduate.
- His fight name is Badys.
- He competes in the heavyweight division.
- Before joining the UFC, he competed in Fight of Gladiators, Federacion Canaria de Luchas y Modalidades Asociadas, X Fight Nights, Oktagon MMA and Spartakus Fight Gym.
- He is 6’5″ tall.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 15 wins and 2 losses.
- In 2010, he weighed 375 pounds.
- In 2014, he submitted Juraj Struhar and Kontina Jakub in amateur MMA bouts.
- On October 23, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On October 12, 2021, he defeated Lorenzo Hood via technical knockout at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2021” Week 7 in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On April 16, 2022, he made his UFC debut.
- On November 11, 2024, he turned 33.
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TIMELINE
From 2022 to 2025, Martin Buday fought seven UFC opponents. Here are the results:
2022
- On April 16, 2022, he defeated Chris Barnett via technical unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 34” in Enterprise.
- On August 13, 2022, he defeated Lukasz Brzeski via split decision at “UFC on ESPN 41” in San Diego, California, USA.
2023
- On April 29, 2023, he defeated Jake Collier via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 45” in Enterprise.
- On August 12, 2023, he submitted Josh Parisian at “UFC on ESPN 51” in Enterprise.
- On December 16, 2023, he lost to Shamil Gaziev via TKO at “UFC 296” in Paradise, Nevada.
2024
- On June 29, 2024, he defeated Andrei Arlovski via split decision at “UFC 303” in Paradise.
2025
- On April 5, 2025, he defeated Uran Satybaldiev via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 65” in Paradise.
