Chris Vincent Cariaso (born May 27, 1981) is a retired Filipino-American mixed martial artist who competed as a Flyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
[4][5] Since turning professional in 2006, Cariaso has competed in several organizations, obtaining wins in large MMA promotions such as Strikeforce and EliteXC, with all of his fights taking place in his native Northern California.
Cariaso won the ISCF Bantamweight Title on October 24, 2009, when he defeated Rolando Velasco by TKO at 3:17 of round 2 due to strikes.
[9] On October 28, 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
[14] Cariaso lost a hard fought split decision to McDonald in a closely contested fight.
[19] Cariaso decided to drop to the flyweight division where he faced Josh Ferguson at UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs.
[28] However, Horoguchi pulled out of the bout citing injury[29] and was replaced by WEC veteran Danny Martinez.
[33] A rescheduled bout with Kyoji Horiguchi was expected to take place on September 20, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 52.