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With his decision win over Will Campuzano on Saturday night at UFC 167, Sergio Pettis became one of the youngest fighters to win a UFC fight. Only four other fighters have won a UFC fight at a younger age.
According to MMADecisions.com birth date data (compiled from various Internet sources), Pettis is just the eleventh fighter under 21 years old to win a fight inside the Octagon.
Interestingly, two other fighters who made the list of youngest UFC winners were in action against each other at UFC 167. Both Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald have accomplished the rare feat of winning a UFC fight at 20 years old. Lawler defeated his younger counterpart by decision on Saturday night.
(Thanks to Mike Bohn at MMAJunkie.com for posing the question)
| Youngest Fighters with UFC Victories |
| # |
Fighter |
Age |
Event |
Opponent |
| 1 | Vitor Belfort | 19 years, 317 days | UFC 12 | Tre Telligman |
| 2 | Vitor Belfort | 19 years, 317 days | UFC 12 | Scott Ferrozzo |
| 3 | Robbie Lawler | 20 years, 56 days | UFC 37 | Aaron Riley |
| 4 | Nick Diaz | 20 years, 60 days | UFC 44 | Jeremy Jackson |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort | 20 years, 64 days | UFC 13 | Tank Abbott |
| 6 | Michael McDonald | 20 years, 89 days | UFN 24 | Edwin Figueroa |
| 7 | Sergio Pettis | 20 years, 95 days | UFC 167 | Will Campuzano |
| 8 | Robbie Lawler | 20 years, 99 days | UFC 37.5 | Steve Berger |
| 9 | Michael McDonald | 20 years, 152 days | UFC 130 | Chris Cariaso |
| 10 | Rory MacDonald | 20 years, 178 days | UFN 20 | Mike Guymon |
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