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Yadier del Valle made his UFC debut on May 17, 2025, and is 2-1 in the promotion through three fights.
He opened with two first-round submissions. Del Valle finished Connor Matthews in the opening round on his debut, then submitted Isaac Dulgarian in the first round on Nov. 1, 2025.
That run ended on Feb. 21, 2026, when Jordan Leavitt took a unanimous decision over three rounds. It was the first time del Valle had been past the opening round in the UFC and his first defeat in the promotion.
All three bouts were contested at featherweight. Del Valle returns Saturday at the UFC APEX with a three-fight UFC sample: two finishes and one decision loss.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | The Cuban Problem |
| Nationality | Cuba |
| Hometown | Ciego de Avila |
| Fighting out of | Gracie Barra Westchase |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Reach | 69.0" |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Age | 30 |
| Date of birth | Jul 29, 1996 |
| Weight | 145 lbs. |
| Pro record | 10-1 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Yadier del Valle 3×, 2 correct (2-1 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | Darren Elkins | Gamrot vs Salkilld | 64.1% | Correct |
| 2026-02-21 | Jordan Leavitt | UFC Fight Night: Leavitt vs Valle | 72.5% | Missed |
| 2025-05-17 | Connor Matthews | UFC Fight Night: Erosa vs Costa | 79.4% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 10-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
