Alex Caceres (born June 20, 1988) is an American

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who competes in the

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division of the

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. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Caceres mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing with the

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to appear on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck''. As of December 19, 2022, he is #15 in the UFC featherweight rankings.

Mixed martial arts career

Background

Caceres comes from

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where he trains at Young Tigers Foundation. Caceres claims to be "inventive and creative" during the fights, often smiling during competition. Caceres also never went the distance in any of his fights prior to joining the ''TUF'' cast. Caceres' nickname, "Bruce Leeroy" stems from the character in the film ''

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Early career

Caceres initially fought in an underground backyard street fighting organization in Miami. Caceres mostly appeared in promotions based in Florida. Amongst these was an appearance for the

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promotion at "King of the Cage: Hurricane" in February 2009. His opponent in that fight was Eric Kovarik, who was coming off multiple consecutive losses. In under two minutes, Caceres submitted his opponent with a rear naked choke. Caceres then won his next fight against Joel Garcia in May 2009 via submission (triangle choke) early in the first round before going on a two-fight losing streak. These two losses were both by armbar, taking his record to 4-2 at that time. In his final fight before joining ''The Ultimate Fighter'', Caceres defeated Jahmal McLennan via TKO midway through the third round to snap his losing streak.

The Ultimate Fighter

Caceres then signed with the

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to appear on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck''. In the debut episode, Caceres faced Paul Barrow, who was 3-0 going into the show. Caceres, who smiled almost the entire fight, would go to defeat Barrow via submission (rear naked choke) in the first round. In the second episode, Caceres was picked as GSP's fourth pick (eighth overall). Caceres competed in his preliminary round fight during this episode against Jeff Lentz. Prior to the fight, Lentz's cardio was called into question due to his smoking and drinking. However, Lentz went on to arguably win the first round of the fight against Caceres. Midway through the second round, Caceres locked in a triangle choke, forcing the tapout and advancing him into the quarter-finals. In episode 8, Team GSP had to pick which team members would fight each other (considering they had 5 members in the quarter-finals). St. Pierre asked each member to pick the fighter they would prefer to fight. Both Caceres and Michael Johnson picked each other and they were scheduled to fight. Johnson defeated Caceres via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) after two rounds in episode 10.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Caceres made his official debut in March 2011 against

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at UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis. He lost the fight via submission in the first round. Caceres was expected to face

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August 14, 2011 at UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle. However, Garcia was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer

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. Caceres was submitted with a rear naked choke at 3:12 of round 2. Caceres then dropped to the bantamweight division and faced former WEC Bantamweight champion

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on November 12, 2011 at

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. Caceres won via unanimous decision in a bout where he showed a vastly improved striking and ground game. Caceres faced

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on February 4, 2012 at

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but lost the fight in a split decision. Caceres was docked two points by referee Herb Dean for 2 groin strikes. Caceres next faced

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on July 11, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman. He won the fight via submission in the second round. The finish also earned him the ''Submission of the Night'' honors. Caceres was expected to face promotional newcomer

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on November 10, 2012 at

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. However, Kang was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Motonobu Tezuka. Caceres defeated the UFC newcomer by split decision. The fight with Kang was rescheduled for March 3, 2013 at

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. Caceres won the back-and-forth fight via split decision. On March 20, 2013, it was announced that Caceres had failed his post fight drug test, testing positive for marijuana. Caceres was subsequently suspended for six months, retroactive to March 3, 2013 and his win over Kang was changed to a No Contest. Caceres next faced

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on September 21, 2013 at

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. He displayed good striking skills and takedown defense, winning the fight via split decision. Caceres was expected to face

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on December 7, 2013 at

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. However, the bout was scrapped during the week leading up to the event due to an alleged

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issue for Gagnon, restricting his entry to Australia. Caceres faced

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on January 25, 2014 at

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. He won the back-and-forth fight by rear-naked choke submission at 4:49 of the third round. The win also earned Caceres his first ''Fight of the Night'' and second ''Submission of the Night'' bonus awards. For his tenth fight with the promotion, Caceres faced

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on July 5, 2014. He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the third round. Caceres faced promotional newcomer

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on September 20, 2014 at

UFC Fight Night 52 ''UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 52'') was a mixed martial arts event held on September 20, 2014, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background The event was the third time that the organization hosted ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Cacares faced Francisco Rivera on June 6, 2015 at

UFC Fight Night 68 ''UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 68'') was a mixed martial arts event held on June 6, 2015, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Background The event was expected to be headlined by a l ...

. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round, marking the first time he has ever been knocked out in his career. Caceres faced Masio Fullen in a featherweight bout on January 30, 2016 at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Caceres next faced

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on June 4, 2016 at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Caceres faced

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in the main event on August 6, 2016 at

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. He lost the fight by split decision. The fight was named ''Fight of the Night'' and both fighters were awarded a $50,000 bonus. Caceres would next face Jason Knight on January 28, 2017 at

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. He lost by submission in the second round. Caceres faced promotional newcomer

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on June 17, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia. Caceres came in strong in round one, knocking Dy off his feet. A brief timeout was called by the referee in round two to check Dy's eye and the fight continued. However, the referee halted the fight at the end of round two due to a doctor's recommendation regarding Dy's eye injury. Dy was noticeably upset by the decision of the referee and Caceres was awarded the win by TKO. The bout with Wang Guan was rescheduled and eventually took place on November 25, 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Gastelum Caceres lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. Caceres was scheduled to face

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on April 7, 2018 at

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, but the fight was cancelled due to Lobov's involvement with the Team McGregor bus melee. Caceres faced

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on July 6, 2018 at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale. He won the fight via split decision. This win earned him the Fight of the Night award. Caceres faced promotional newcomer

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on February 17, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 1. He lost the fight via submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round. Caceres faced

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on July 20, 2019 at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Caceres faced

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on June 6, 2020 at

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. He won the bout via unanimous decision. Caceres was scheduled to face

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on August 29, 2020 at

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. However, Chikadze withdrew from the bout due to tested positive for

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and he was briefly replaced by promotional newcomer

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. Subsequently on the following day, Croom was removed and replaced by Austin Springer. At the weigh-ins, Springer weighed in at 151 pounds, five pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Springer was fined 30% of his purse which went to Caceres. Caceres won the fight by submission in the first round. Caceres faced

on February 27, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Caceres faced

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on October 23, 2021 at

UFC Fight Night 196 ''UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 196'', ''UFC Vegas 41'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 54'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 23, 2021 at the UFC ...

. After surviving an early knockdown and illegal knee, Caceres went on to win the fight via rear-naked choke submission in round two. This win earned him ''

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'' award. Caceres faced

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on March 12, 2022 at

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. Caceres lost the bout via unanimous decision. Caceres faced

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on December 17, 2022, at

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. He won the fight via technical knockout in round one. This win earned him the

award.

Personal life

Growing up the son of a drug dealer, Caceres grew up in a less affluent neighbourhood having a tough upbringing. When his father went to prison, he was molested by a rival drug dealer of his father's. These turmoils led his family to move to a more affluent suburb. He is Cuban and Dominican. Caceres was influenced by the documentary ''

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''. He has cut out dairy and processed meat from his diet but is not a vegan."Alex Caceres - Express Yourself"
kr.ufc.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022. He has an interest in

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Championships and achievements

Mixed martial arts

** Fight of the Night (Three times) **

(Two times) ** Submission of the Night (Two times) *MMAJunkie.com **2014 January Submission of the Month vs.

Mixed martial arts record

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, Submission (triangle choke) , UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:27 ,

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, Submission (rear-naked choke) , UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:12 ,

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, Submission (rear-naked choke) , UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:18 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 5–2 , Ketema Jahmal McLennan , TKO (punches) , G-Force Fights: Bad Blood 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:48 ,

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–2 , Matt McCook , Submission (armbar) , WFC: Battle of the Bay 8 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:56 ,

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–1 , Farkhad Sharipov , Submission (armbar) , Best of the Best , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:01 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Joel Garcia , Submission (triangle choke) , XFN: Da Matta vs. Thorne , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:05 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Eric Kovarik , Submission (rear-naked choke) , KOTC: Hurricane , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:58 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Tulio Quintanilla , TKO (punches) , MFA: There Will Be Blood , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:14 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Eric Luke , Submission (armbar) , G-Force Fights: Bad Blood 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:45 ,

, United States , , Loss , align=center, 2–1 , Michael Johnson , Decision (unanimous) , rowspan=3, The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck , (airdate) , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , rowspan=3, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Jeff Lentz , Submission (triangle choke) , (airdate) , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:27 , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Paul Barrow , Submission (rear-naked choke) , (airdate) , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:55 ,

Submission grappling record

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Clay Guida Clayton Charles Guida (; born December 8, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist, currently signed to the UFC competing in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Guida also formerly competed for Strikeforc ...

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