Gustavo Eddy Balart Marin (born February 10, 1987) is a Cuban

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 ...

competing in the Strawweight division of

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. He has previously competed for the

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(Titan FC). He is currently ranked #4 in the ONE Championship Strawweight rankings. Balart is also a former amateur

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...

who competed in the men's featherweight category.

Greco-Roman wrestling career

Gustavo Balart defeated Venezuela's Jorge Cardozo for the gold medal in his division at the

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. Balart represented

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at the

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, where he competed in the men's 55 kg class. He defeated Turkey's

Ayhan Karakuş Ayhan Karakuş (born October 13, 1989) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 55 kg division of Greco-Roman style. The athlete is a member of Kasımpaşaspor Club in Istanbul, where he is coached by İbrahim Yıldırım. His twin brother ...

in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing the quarterfinal match to South Korea's Choi Gyu-Jin, with a three-set technical score (0–1, 2–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.

Mixed martial arts career

Balart made his professional mixed martial arts debut on August 1, 2015.

ONE Championship

Gustavo Balart made his

debut against Tatsumitsu Wada at ONE: Roots of Honor in the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal on April 12, 2019. He lost by unanimous decision in controversial fashion. In his next bout, Balart faced Chan Rothana at ONE: Dreams of Gold on August 16, 2019. He lost by unanimous decision. Balart was scheduled to face Robin Catalan at ONE: Masters of Fate on November 8, 2019. Balart lost the fight by second-round knockout via head kick. Gustavo Balart was able to pick up his first promotional victory with a unanimous decision over Ryuto Sawada at ONE: Battleground on July 30, 2021. He picked up his second consecutive win with another unanimous decision over former Shooto Flyweight Champion and ONE Strawweight Champion

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on April 22, 2022. Balart faced former ONE Strawweight World Champion Alex Silva on October 21, 2022, at

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. At the weigh-ins, Balart failed the hydration test and was forced to take catchweight of 130.75 lbs, 5.75 lbs over the strawweight limit. He won the fight via split decision.

Mixed martial arts record

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