Mario Bautista wields a diverse arsenal into which he has poured considerable time, money and energy as one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s premier bantamweights.
The MMA Lab standout disposed of Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Benito Lopez with an exquisite reverse triangle armbar in the first round of their UFC Fight Night 214 prelim on Nov. 5, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. In his first appearance in almost three years, Lopez checked out 4:54 into Round 1.
Their outcome was never in doubt.