Austin Bashi
Vitals
Height, reach, and career background.
Record
Tap any fight for the breakdown.
LossDEC
UFC Fight Night - Du Plessis vs. Usman
18 Jul 2026
18 Jul 2026
Bashi started fast and put Delgado down in the first round, but a left hook in the closing minute badly hurt him and the fight turned there.
Key moments
- Scored a first-round knockdown and looked the sharper man early.
- Was badly hurt by a Delgado left hook in the closing minute of round one.
- Was picked apart through the second and third as the damage accumulated.
2 Aug 2025
11 Jan 2025
3 Sep 2024
1 Jun 2024
30 Sep 2023
24 Jun 2023
29 Apr 2023
12 Nov 2022
25 Jun 2022
9 Apr 2022
10 Dec 2021
6 Aug 2021
28 May 2021
27 Mar 2021
11 Nov 2020
The Read
Style, strengths, and defining traits.
Bashi still reads like a grappling-first featherweight, but the better version of him is not just chasing takedowns on repeat. He forces layered scrambles, keeps climbing to the back and can stay patient long enough to let the rear-naked choke or attritional ground-and-pound appear instead of forcing the first opening.
That makes the Christian Rodriguez loss useful context rather than a red flag. Since then he responded by choking out Dorian Ramos on Contender Series, carried the pressure into the UFC and then reminded everyone against John Yannis that his top-game finishing instincts still scale even after a tough first Octagon setback.