Adrian Yañez (born November 29, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
[6] For most of his mixed martial arts career Yañez trained under late Saul Soliz in Houston, TX.
Suffering his first defeat against Levi Mowles in his very next bout, having no answer for the wrestling and ground and pound, he lost via unanimous decision.
Yañez then dropped a razor thin split decision to future UFC bantamweight Domingo Pilarte at LFA 7.
With two stoppage wins over Warren Stewart and Michael Rodriguez and then winning a split decision against Kyle Estrada at LFA 78, Yañez was invited to Dana White's Contender Series 28, where he defeated Brady Huang in 39 seconds , earning a UFC contract in the process.
[19] As the first bout of his new four-fight contract, Yañez faced Davey Grant on November 20, 2021, at UFC Fight Night 198.
[28] Yañez faced Rob Font on April 8, 2023, at UFC 287[29] He lost the bout via TKO in the first round.
[34] Replacing Said Nurmagomedov who withdrew for unknown reasons, Yañez faced Daniel Marcos on December 14, 2024 at UFC on ESPN 63.