13 things about UFC fighter Joe Pyfer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joseph Oliver “Joe” Pyfer is an American professional mixed martial artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He is Sharon Pyfer‘s son.

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BIOGRAPHY

Currently, Joe is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His fight name is Bodybagz.

Joe was born in Vineland, New Jersey, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He competes in the middleweight division.
2. He grew up in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey.
3. Aside from Philadelphia, he has lived in other parts of Pennsylvania including Aston.
4. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Art of Cage Fighting, Classic Entertainment and Sports, Ring of Combat and Cage Fury Fighting Championships.
5. In 10th grade, he started competing on the wrestling team of Arthur P. Schalick High School in Pittsgrove Township.
6. He is 6’1″ tall.
7. He holds a professional MMA record of 14 wins and 3 losses.
8. In 2004, he started training for fighting.
9. From 2012 to 2015, he attended Penncrest High School in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania.
10. As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Christopher Alan in 2016, Rashaun Day and Adam Atiyeh in 2017 and Sheldon Neighoff in 2018.
11. On May 18, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut.
12. On September 17, 2022, he made his UFC debut.
13. On September 17, 2024, he turned 28.

TIMELINE

From 2018 to 2025, Joe fought 17 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2018

• On May 18, 2018, he defeated Steven Covington via technical knockout at “Art of War Cage Fighting 7” in Philadelphia.
• On August 17, 2018, he defeated Derek Wilson via unanimous decision at “CES MMA 52” in Philadelphia.
• On October 5, 2018, he defeated Lorenzo Hunt via technical submission at “Art of War Cage Fighting 8” in Philadelphia.

2019

• On February 16, 2019, he submitted Eric Roncoroni at “Art of War Cage Fighting 11” in Philadelphia.
• On May 31, 2019, he knocked out Elijah Gbollie at “Ring of Combat 68” in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• On September 13, 2019, he defeated Matt Foster via TKO at “Ring of Combat 69” in Atlantic City.
• On November 23, 2019, he was submitted by Jhonoven Pati at “Ring of Combat 70” in Atlantic City.

2020

• On February 21, 2020, he defeated Chase Gamble via TKO at “Ring of Combat 71” in Atlantic City.
• On August 11, 2020, he lost to Dustin Stoltzfus via TKO at “Dana White’s Contender Series 28” in Enterprise, Nevada.

2021

• On December 17, 2021, he knocked out Austin Trotman at “Cage Fury Fighting Championships 104” in Atlantic City.

2022

• On July 26, 2022, he defeated Osman Diaz at “Dana White’s Contender Series 47” in Enterprise and after the fight, he told UFC president Dana White he had nowhere to live so White gave him enough money to pay for a year’s worth of rent.
• On September 17, 2022, he made his UFC debut at “UFC Fight Night 210” in Enterprise where he defeated Alen Amedovski via TKO.

2023

• On April 8, 2023, he defeated Gerald Meerschaert via TKO at “UFC 287” in Miami, Florida, USA.
• On October 7, 2023, he defeated Abdul Razak Alhassan via technical submission at “UFC Fight Night 129” in Enterprise.

2024

• On February 10, 2024, he lost to Jack Hermansson via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 236” in Enterprise.
• On June 29, 2024, he knocked out Marc-Andre Barriault at “UFC 303” in Las Vegas.

2025

• On June 7, 2025, he defeated Kelvin Gastelum via unanimous decision at “UFC 316” in Newark, New Jersey.