13 things about UFC fighter MarQuel Mederos from Englewood, Colorado

MarQuel Tevan Mederos is an American professional mixed martial artist born in Texas, United States. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

From Texas, Mederos moved to Colorado, USA to reunite with his biological father. In Colorado, retired MMA fighter Brian Camozzi found out Mederos was living out of his car to the former offered the latter a place to stay.

Mederos trains at Factory X in Englewood, Colorado. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Fury Fighting Championship and Fighting Alliance Championship.
2. He is 5’10” tall.
3. He competes in the lightweight division.
4. He holds a professional MMA record of 11 wins and 1 loss.
5. From 2015 to 2016, he studied nursing at Collin College in McKinney, Texas.
6. On October 14, 2017, he defeated Jeff Poston in amateur MMA bout.
7. In 2018, he joined Pappas Restaurant in Englewood, Colorado as a sales associate and defeated Dakota Brown, Donovan Logan and Jesse Moorhouse in amateur MMA bouts.
8. In 2019, he lost to Roy Garza, Jacobi Jones and Namir Singleton in amateur MMA bouts.
9. On February 29, 2020, he defeated Jon Nelson in an amateur MMA bout.
10. On June 20, 2021, he made his professional MMA debut.
11. On October 10, 2023, he defeated Issa Isakov at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2023” Week 10.
12. On February 3, 2024, he made his UFC debut.
13. On November 30, 2024, he turned 28.

TIMELINE

From 2024 to 2025, Mederos fought three UFC opponents. Here are the results:

2024

• On February 3, 2024, he defeated Landon Quinones via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 235” in Enterprise, Nevada.

2025

• On March 29, 2025, he defeated Austin Hubbard via split decision at “UFC on ESPN 64” in Mexico City, Mexico.
• On June 7, 2025, he defeated Mark Choinski via unanimous decision at “UFC 316” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.