Frankie Ozuna Saenz III (born August 12, 1980)[5] is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the bantamweight division.
[9] Frankie attended Marcos de Niza High School where he was undefeated state champion wrestler in 1998 and 1999 at 133-pound division receiving All American honors in his senior year.
[9] He went on to wrestle two years at Arizona State without much accolades and ended up transferring to University of Northern Colorado.
[9] Subsequently, Frankie returned to Arizona and started coaching wrestling at Maryvale high school before beginning to train mixed martial arts in 2008.
[10] Later in the next year, he lost his belt via disqualification to Jeff Fletcher due to an illegal knee to head of grounded opponent.
[9] In his promotional debut, Saenz won KOTC Flyweight (135 lbs) championship, with a submission win over Marvin Garcia.
[12] He made his first successful title defense against Tyler Bialecki at KOTC: Boiling Point on September 28, 2013.
He was scheduled to make his promotional debut on short notice against another newcomer, Nolan Ticman on August 16, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 47.
[28] Saenz faced promotional newcomer Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega on December 9, 2017.
[33] However, it was reported on November 7, 2018, that he pulled out of the event due to injury and he was replaced by newcomer Vince Morales.