Jose Enrique Briones (born October 22, 1980), better known as Henry Briones, is a Mexican

mixed martial artist 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, incorp ...

and competed in

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division of the

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(UFC).

Background

Briones grew up in

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playing

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due to the lack of ice hockey rinks in his native Mexico. For his senior year in the high school, Henry moved to live with his aunt in

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in pursuit of professional ice hockey career. However, his dream did not materialize and he returned to Mexico to attend law school. Compared to most of the mixed martial arts fighters, Briones started combat sport much later in life. He started training MMA when he joined ENTRAM gym at the age of 26.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Briones fought primary in the Mexico circuit and amassed a record of 15-4–1 prior joining the UFC. Initially, Briones tried out for UFC's Latin America developmental program and was accepted into it.

The Ultimate Fighter

After training at

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for over a year at UFC's expense, he was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 1, an installment of the

(UFC) produced reality TV series "

The Ultimate Fighter ''The Ultimate Fighter'' is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen s ...

" in May 2014. He faced

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on quarter-final round and lost the fight, failing to be selected as one of the contestants of the show.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Briones made his promotional debut on November 15, 2014, at

UFC 180 ''UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt'' was a mixed martial arts event held on November 15, 2014, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. Background The event was the first the organization hosted in Mexico and was so popular that all 21,000 tic ...

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against

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. He won the fight via rear-nake choke in round two. He earned a '' Fight of the Night'' bonus for his performance. He next faced

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on July 11, 2015, at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Briones was scheduled to faced

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on February 27, 016 at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping, but he pulled out from the fight, citing injury, and was replaced by Francisco Rivera. The match was rescheduled to UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett six months later on September 3, 2016, and the bout was removed where Briones for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by

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. On November 5, 2016, Brinoes took on

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at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson. A spinning back fist from Silva de Andrade sent Briones to the ground and he lost the fight on round 3. The bout between Briones and

was rescheduled for the third time on March 18, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson, and yet again the bout was cancelled due to Briones withdrew from the fight one week before the event and was replaced by

. Briones faced

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on August 5, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno. He lost the fight via a kimura submission in the first round. Briones faced

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on May 19, 2018, at

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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. On November 5, 2019, it was announced that Briones had been released from the UFC following four straight losses in the promotion.

Personal life

Briones' moniker "Bure" was coined by hockey fans where they saw the similarity between Briones and the Russian ice hockey player,

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, during his high school years when Brones played hockey league in Mexico. Briones decided to keep the nickname given by fans to honour them where he spent 14 years of his life in the sport. Briones worked in a law firm during the weekdays and worked as a bar tender during the weekends prior fight professionally.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

*Cage Gladiators **Cage Gladiators Lightweight Champion (One time) *

** Fight of the Night (One time) vs.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Briones, Henry Living people 1980 births Mexican male mixed martial artists Bantamweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mexican practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Tijuana Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters

Background

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

The Ultimate Fighter

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

See also

References

External links