Francisco Javier Treviño Ibarguen (born December 17, 1981) is a Mexican

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with American citizenship. He competes in the

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division, and formerly fought for the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

. He was born in

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but grew up in

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and emigrated with his family to

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at the age of four. Treviño played

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in high school, but after graduating he found himself gaining weight and eventually reaching an obese figure of over 250 pounds. He joined Muay Thai classes to lose weight, beginning his 100-pound transformation. After sparring with a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

(MMA) fighter and feeling like he could hold his own, he decided to take up Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) as well. Only a few months after the sparring session, he made his professional debut in MMA, defeating Shaun Wagner by first-round

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on August 2, 2013, at South Texas FC 3: War Zone. He won ten straight fights in STFC between 2008 and 2013 at middleweight and

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. On November 15, 2013, he fought for

Legacy Fighting Championship Legacy Fighting Alliance is an American mixed martial arts promotion, created as a result of the ''Legacy Fighting Championship'' and ''Resurrection Fighting Alliance'' merger in early 2017. History Resurrection Fighting Alliance On October 11, ...

, defeating Lester Batres by

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(UD) at Legacy FC 25 in

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. Two days later, he signed a deal with the

, dropping even further down to

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division. He became the sixth Mexican-born fighter to ever join the promotion.

Mixed martial arts record

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Johnny Case Johnny Case (born June 28, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division of RIZIN. A professional since 2007, he formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional Fighters Leagu ...

, Decision (unanimous) ,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trevino, Francisco 1981 births Living people American male mixed martial artists Mexican male mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu American sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in mixed martial arts Mexican emigrants to the United States American mixed martial artists of Mexican descent Mixed martial artists from Texas People from Reynosa Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters American Muay Thai practitioners American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Tamaulipas People from McAllen, Texas

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