Jesse Juarez Explained

Jesse Juarez
Birth Date:8 May 1981
Birth Place:Torrance, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in
Weight:171 lb
Weight Class:Welterweight
Middleweight
Reach:77 in[1]
Fighting Out Of:Torrance, California, U.S.
Team:Bodyshop Fitness Team
Wrestling:NAIA Wrestling
Years Active:2006–present
Mma Kowin:6
Mma Subwin:8
Mma Decwin:8
Mma Otherwin:1
Mma Koloss:3
Mma Subloss:6
Mma Decloss:2
University:Montana State University–Northern
Golden West College
School:North Torrance High School
Sherdog:22291

Jesse Juarez (born May 8, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut. A professional competitor since 2006, Juarez has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, Bellator MMA, the MFC, and Shark Fights. He holds a win at Welterweight over former UFC Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

Background

Originally from Torrance, California, Juarez is of French, Italian, and Tongan descent. Juarez attended North Torrance High School where he competed in wrestling, football, and track and field, earning High School All-American honors for wrestling after being the California state runner-up. Juarez later continued his wrestling career at Golden West College where he was a JUCO All-American and California JC state champion before transferring to Montana State University-Northern. Juarez was a two-time NAIA All-American and was a 2005 NAIA National Champion at Montana State University-Northern. Juarez had been introduced to mixed martial arts while wrestling in high school and later transitioned into mixed martial arts after college.[2]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Juarez started his professional career in 2006. He fought mainly for California-based promotions as Strikeforce, Gladiator Challenge and Invincible.

He faced Luke Stewart on September 20, 2008, at . He lost via submission due to an armbar in the first round.[3]

Bellator MMA

Juarez made his promotional debut against Mikey Gomez on April 10, 2009, at Bellator 2. He won via TKO in the first round.[4]

Juarez next faced Deray Davis on May 15, 2009, at Bellator 7–8. Once again he won via TKO in round one.[5]

Juarez did a rematch against Mikey Gomez on June 5, 2009, at Bellator 10. He won via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).[6]

Maximum Fighting Championship and Cage Fighting Championship

Juarez made his promotional debut in MFC against Joe Christopher on December 4, 2009, at MFC 23. He won via unanimous decision.[7]

Juarez faced Nathan Gunn on February 26, 2010, at MFC 24. He won via knockout with a head kick at 11 seconds of round one.[8]

Juarez made his promotional debut in Cage Fighting Championship against Justin Murray on April 16, 2010, at CFC 13 for the welterweight title. Juarez defeated Murray via majority decision (49–47, 48–48, 48–47) after five rounds and became the CFC welterweight title holder.[9]

Juarez faced Douglas Lima on November 12, 2010, at MFC 27 for the MFC Welterweight Championship. He lost via submission due to a triangle armbar in the third round.[10]

Juarez defended his CFC Welterweight Championship against Manuel Rodriguez on August 26, 2011, at CFC 18. He defeated Rodriguez via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–47) after five rounds to retain his belt.[11]

Juarez defended the CFC Championship against Robert Whittaker on May 18, 2012, at CFC 21. He defeated Whittaker via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) after five rounds to retain the title.[12]

Return to Bellator MMA

In 2013, Juarez returned to Bellator MMA.[13] He faced Jordan Smith on February 21, 2013, at Bellator 90. He won via split decision (30–27, 29–28, 28–29) after a hard-fought match.[14]

Juarez faced Joe Williams on November 2, 2013, at Bellator 106. He won via submission due to a guillotine choke in the very first round.[15]

Juarez was scheduled to face Andrey Koreshkov in the quarterfinal match of Bellator season ten welterweight tournament on March 14, 2014, at Bellator 112. However, after the removal of other tournament competitors citing injuries, the tournament line-up was shifted and Juarez instead faced Adam McDonough.[16] [17] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Juarez faced Ron Keslar on September 19, 2014, at Bellator 125.[18] He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Juarez was expected to face Brennan Ward at Bellator 134 on February 27, 2015.[19] However, Ward was moved up to the main card to face Curtis Millender after Millender's opponent, Michael Page, pulled out of the fight due to a cut over his left eye.[20] [21] Juarez was removed from the fight card as a result.[22]

Juarez faced Ricky Rainey at Bellator 137 on May 15, 2015.[23] He lost the fight via knockout in the second round.

In June 2015, it was revealed that Juarez and 7 other fighters were released from the promotion.[24]

Absolute Championship Berkut

Juarez faced Beslan Isaev on May 6, 2016, at ACB 35. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Championships and accomplishments

Amateur wrestling

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Loss| align=center | 23–13| Alexei Ivanov| TKO (punches)| League S-70: Plotforma 7th| | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:30| Sochi, Krasnodar krai, Russia|Catchweight (181 lbs) bout.|-| Loss| align=center | 23–12| Beslan Isaev| Submission (armbar)| |ACB 35: In Memory of Guram Gugenishvili| | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:44| Tbilisi, Georgia||-| Win| align=center | 23–11| Frank Schuman| Submission (arm triangle choke)| KOTC: Title At The Torch| | align=center | 1| align=center | 3:47| Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 22–11| Ricky Rainey| KO (knee)| Bellator 137| | align=center | 2| align=center | 1:13| Temecula, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 22–10| Khusein Khaliev| Submission (choke)| Battle in Grozny| | align=center | 1| align=center | N/A| Grozny, Russia||-| Win| align=center | 22–9| Ron Keslar| Decision (unanimous)| Bellator 125| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Fresno, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 21–9| Adam McDonough| Decision (unanimous)| Bellator 112| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Hammond, Indiana, United States| |-| Win| align=center | 21–8| Joe Williams| Submission (guillotine choke)| Bellator 106| | align=center | 1| align=center | 0:57| Long Beach, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 20–8| Daniel McWilliams| TKO (punches)| BAMMA USA: Badbeat 10| | align=center | 1| align=center | 2:24| Commerce, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 19–8| Jordan Smith| Decision (split)| Bellator 90| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Salt Lake City, Utah, United States||-| Win| align=center | 18–8| Robert Whittaker| Decision (unanimous)| Cage Fighting Championship 21| | align=center | 5| align=center | 5:00| Sydney, Australia| |-| Loss| align=center | 17–8| Leandro Silva| TKO (doctor stoppage)| EFWC: The Untamed 2| | align=center | 1| align=center | 5:00| Anaheim, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 17–7| Gadji Zaipulaev| Submission (rear-naked choke)| FEFoMP: Battle of Empires 1| | align=center | 2| align=center | 2:15| Khabarovsk, Russia||-| Win| align=center | 16–7| Manuel Rodriguez| Decision (unanimous)| CFC 18: Juarez vs. Rodriguez| | align=center | 5| align=center | 5:00| Sydney, Australia| |-| Loss| align=center | 15–7| Josh Neer| TKO (injury)| Shark Fights 16: Neer vs. Juarez| | align=center | 1| align=center | 5:00| Odessa, Texas, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 15–6| Douglas Lima| Submission (triangle armbar)| MFC 27| | align=center | 3| align=center | 2:37| Enoch, Alberta, Canada| |-| Win| align=center | 15–5| Justin Murray| Decision (majority)| Cage Fighting Championships 13| | align=center | 5| align=center | 5:00| Southport, Queensland, Australia| |-| Win| align=center | 14–5| Mauro Chimento Jr.| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Collision in the Cage| | align=center | 3| align=center | 1:42| Irvine, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 13–5| Nathan Gunn| KO (head kick)| MFC 24| | align=center | 1| align=center | 0:11| Enoch, Alberta, Canada||-| Win| align=center | 12–5| Joe Christopher| Decision (unanimous)| MFC 23| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Enoch, Alberta, Canada||-| Win| align=center | 11–5| Mikey Gomez| Decision (unanimous)| Bellator 10| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Ontario, California, United States| [31] |-| Win| align=center | 10–5| Deray Davis| TKO (punches)| Bellator 7–8| | align=center | 2| align=center | 4:47| Chicago, Illinois, United States||-| Win| align=center | 9–5| Mikey Gomez| TKO (punches)| Bellator 2| | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:23| Uncasville, Connecticut, United States||-| Win| align=center | 8–5| John Fleming| Submission (guillotine choke)| Colosseo Championship Fighting| | align=center | 1| align=center | 0:46| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada||-| Win| align=center | 7–5| Thomas Kenney| Submission (punches)| Long Beach Fight Night 3| | align=center | 2| align=center | 2:07| Long Beach, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 6–5| Luke Stewart| Submission (armbar)| | | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:55| Beverly Hills, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 6–4| John Walsh| TKO| Long Beach Fight Night 1| | align=center | 1| align=center | 2:14| Long Beach, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 5–4| Bret Bergmark| Decision (unanimous)| Iroquois MMA Championships 3| | align=center | 3| align=center | 5:00| Iroquois, Ontario, Canada||-| Win| align=center | 5–3| Erik Meaders| Submission (verbal)| Invincible MMA| | align=center | 4| align=center | 0:51| Ontario, California, United States| |-| Loss| align=center | 4–3| Casey Ryan| Submission (triangle choke)| TC 25: Fight Club| | align=center | 1| align=center | 2:27| San Diego, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 4–2| Fabio Nascimento| Submission (punches)| EFWC: The Untamed| | align=center | 1| align=center | 4:50| Anaheim, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 4–1| Robert Sarkozi| N/A| GC 69: Bad Intentions| | align=center | 1| align=center | N/A| Sacramento, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 3–1| Jaime Fletcher| Decision (unanimous)| Invincible 4: It's All About the Action| | align=center | 5| align=center | N/A| Ontario, California, United States| |-| Win| align=center | 2–1| Jacob Nudel| Submission (armbar)| Total Fighting Alliance 6| | align=center | 1| align=center | 1:02| Santa Monica, California, United States||-| Loss| align=center | 1–1| Bryan Baker| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Chaos in the Cage 2| | align=center | 3| align=center | 1:38| San Bernardino, California, United States||-| Win| align=center | 1–0| Guillermo Smith| KO| Extreme Full Contact 3| | align=center | 1| align=center | 0:43| Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico|

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jesse Juarez's profile . Tapology.com . March 14, 2014.
  2. Web site: Welterweight Scouting Report: #6 - Jesse Juarez. November 24, 2010.
  3. Web site: Strikeforce at the Mansion II round-by-round updates and official results . MMAjunkie.com . Staff . September 20, 2008 . March 14, 2014.
  4. Web site: Bellator II live results . Bleacherreport.com . Craig Jolicoeur . April 10, 2009 . March 14, 2014.
  5. Web site: Lyman Good and Omar de la Cruz advance to finals at "Bellator VII" . ProMMAnow.com . Jack Bratcher . May 15, 2009 . March 14, 2014.
  6. Web site: Soto submits Reyes, crowned first Bellator champion . Sherdog.com . Loretta Hunt and Zhanna Popova . June 6, 2009 . March 14, 2014.
  7. Web site: MFC 23 "Unstoppable" live play-by-play, results and commentary . Bloodyelbow.com . Chris Nelson . December 5, 2009 . March 14, 2014.
  8. Web site: Edwards stops Noble at MFC 24 . Sherdog.com . Rob King . February 27, 2010 . March 14, 2014.
  9. Web site: Cage Fighting Championship (Australia) official results . Mixedmartialarts.com . March 14, 2014.
  10. Web site: Lima claims MFC welterweight title . Sherdog.com . Rob King . November 23, 2010 . March 14, 2014.
  11. Web site: Juarez, McKee win; prospect Whittaker dominates again at CFC 18 . Sherdog.com . Chris Hester . August 26, 2011 . March 14, 2014.
  12. Web site: CFC 21 results: Juarez retains title; Sapp goes down in flames… again . MMAweekly.com . Andrew Potter . May 19, 2012 . March 14, 2014.
  13. Web site: Bellator 90 card complete with six prelims, including Chase Beebe-Travis Marx . MMAjunkie.com . Staff . February 14, 2013 . March 14, 2014.
  14. Web site: Shamhalaev knocks out Martinez, Newton upsets King Mo at Bellator 90 . Sherdog.com . Tristen Critchfield . February 21, 2013 . March 14, 2014.
  15. Web site: Eddie Alvarez edges Michael Chandler, regains lightweight title at Bellator 106 . Sherdog.com . Brian Knapp . November 2, 2013 . March 14, 2014.
  16. Web site: Bellator 112 update: War Machine, Riggs, Scanlon out; Bradley, Coy, Souza join tournament . Sherdog.com . Mike Whitman . March 8, 2014 . March 14, 2014.
  17. Web site: War Machine and Riggs out, three in for welterweight tourney at Friday's Bellator 112 . MMAjunkie.com . Staff . March 9, 2014 . March 14, 2014.
  18. Web site: Bellator MMA – Bellator 125 . sherdog.com.
  19. Web site: Bellator 134 prelims: 'The Silencer,' 'The Freight Train,' 'The Irish Bad Boy,' 'The Barn Cat' . mmajunkie.com . February 5, 2015.
  20. Web site: Michael Page out of Bellator 134, Brennan Ward fills in to face Curtis Millender . mmafighting.com . Marc Raimondi . February 23, 2015.
  21. Web site: MICHAEL PAGE INJURED; BRENNAN WARD REPLACES 'MVP' AT FRIDAY'S BELLATOR 134 . sherdog.com . February 23, 2015.
  22. Web site: With Brennan Ward being elevated to main card, Jesse Juarez off Friday's Bellator 134 . themmareport.com . Jason Floyd . February 24, 2015.
  23. Web site: Three prelims announced for Bellator 137, including Jesse Juarez vs. Ricky Rainey . mmajunkie.com . Brent Brookhouse . April 9, 2015.
  24. Web site: Bellator releases Sokoudjou and 7 other fighters from their roster . bloodyelbow.com . Steph Daniels . June 4, 2015.
  25. Web site: World MMA welterweight scouting report: #6 – Jesse Juarez . Bloodyelbow.com . Leland Roling . November 24, 2010 . March 14, 2014.
  26. Web site: NAIA national wrestling championships . WrestlingUSA.com . March 14, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016064354/http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wusa%20web%20root/collegechampionships/naiachampionship.html . October 16, 2013 .
  27. Web site: California community college hall of fame . WrestlingUSA.com . March 14, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314185001/http://www.wrestlingusa.com/003%20wusa%20web%20root/wusahalloffame/California%20Hall%20of%20Fame/californiajrcollege.html . March 14, 2012 .
  28. Web site: National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) . WrestlingUSA.com . Al Fontes . March 14, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090718005428/http://www.wrestlingusa.com/003%20wusa%20web%20root/wusahalloffame/nhsca-nationalseniorchamp.html . July 18, 2009 .
  29. Web site: Invincible Fighting Championship 4 . MMAweekly.com . Staff . July 10, 2007 . March 14, 2014.
  30. Web site: Invincible 3 official results . Mixedmartialarts.com . March 14, 2014.
  31. Web site: Jesse Juarez vs. Mikey Gomez – Bellator 10 . Tapology.com . March 14, 2014.

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