Frankie Saenz
| Frankie Saenz | |
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| Born | Frankie Saenz August 12, 1980 Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) |
| Division | Bantamweight, Featherweight |
| Reach | 66.0 in (168 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States |
| Team | Trident Performance Training |
| Rank | Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestling |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By decision | 1 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Frankie Saenz (born August 12, 1980), is an American mixed martial artist in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Saenz made a name for himself fighting mostly in his native state, where he was King of the Cage Flyweight Champion (135 lb), World Fighting Federation Featherweight Champion and Coalition of Combat Featherweight Champion. As of August 17, 2015, he is #14 in the official UFC bantamweight rankings.
Frankie Saenz began training MMA in 2008. He has a background in wrestling and wrestled for Arizona State and the University of Northern Colorado. He also holds a blue belt in Jiu Jitsu.
He won WFF Featherweight championship in 2011 at WFF 7, with a TKO win over Michael Parker. Later in the next year, he lost his belt via disqualification to Jeff Fletcher due to an illegal knee to head of grounded opponent.
In 2013, Saenz won KOTC Flyweight (135 lbs) championship, with a submission win over Marvin Garcia. He defended his belt twice, against Tyler Bialecki and Marvin Blumer.
After his second title defense on KOTC, Saenz signed with the UFC on August 7, 2014. He was scheduled to make his promotional debut against another newcomer, Nolan Ticman on August 16, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 47. Saenz won the fight via unanimous decision.
Saenz later was scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling on November 8, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 55, but the fight was scraped due to Saenz being injured.
On February 22, 2015, Saenz fought Iuri Alcântara at UFC Fight Night 61. As a 7-1 underdog, Saenz defeated the #8 ranked Alcântara via unanimous decision.
Saenz faced Sirwan Kakai on August 8, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 73. He won the fight by split decision.
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