Michel Batista Martínez (born April 20, 1984) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.

[1] He won a gold medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeating Venezuela's Luis Vivénes.

He received an automatic free pass from the preliminary round of sixteen after U.S. wrestler Daniel Cormier had been withdrawn from the competition due to complications related to excessive weight cutting.

[7] In the quarterfinals, Batista defeated Josh Parisian via technical knockout in the second round, allowing him to move on to the next stage of the competition.

[9] Batista faced Maurice Greene on November 30 at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale.