Antonio Banuelos

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Profile

Full name	Juan Antonio Banuelos
Nickname	Not added yet
Date of birth	23 Sep 1979
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Tulare, California, USA
Lives in	Arroyo Grande, California, USA
Division	Flyweight
Team	The Pit
Height	160 cm (5′3″)
Reach	160 cm (63″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 2001
Status	Active
Pro debut	15 Jun 2001
Last fight	Loss vs Joby Sanchez, 7 Aug 2014

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Titles and honours

Former WEC North American Bantamweight Champion
DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 runner-up

Background

American bantamweight and flyweight from Tulare, California, who trained at The Pit in Arroyo Grande. He was a long-serving WEC fighter and reached the final of the 2011 DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix.

Fight history

32 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Joby Sanchez	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	2:41	Tachi Palace Fights 20	7 Aug 2014	Lemoore, California, USA
Loss	Alp Ozkilic	TKO (punches)	1	0:30	Legacy FC 20	31 May 2013	Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Draw	Rafael de Freitas	Draw (split)	3	5:00	Legacy FC 18	1 Mar 2013	Houston, Texas, USA
Loss	Joshua Sampo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Legacy FC 14	14 Sep 2012	Houston, Texas, USA	Flyweight debut
Loss	Bibiano Fernandes	TKO (punches)	1	1:21	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011	31 Dec 2011	Saitama, Japan	DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix final
Win	Masakazu Imanari	Decision (split)	2	5:00	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011	31 Dec 2011	Saitama, Japan	DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix semi-final
Win	Hideo Tokoro	Decision (split)	3	5:00	DREAM 17	24 Sep 2011	Saitama, Japan	DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix quarter-final
Loss	Miguel Torres	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort	5 Feb 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Chad George	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 51	30 Sep 2010	Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Loss	Scott Jorgensen	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 48	24 Apr 2010	Sacramento, California, USA
Win	Kenji Osawa	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 44	18 Nov 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Scott Jorgensen	Decision (split)	3	5:00	WEC 41	7 Jun 2009	Sacramento, California, USA
Win	Bryan Goldsby	KO (punch)	2	0:59	PFC 10: Explosive	26 Sep 2008	Lemoore, California, USA
Loss	Manny Tapia	Decision (split)	3	5:00	WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater	13 Feb 2008	Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
Win	Justin Robbins	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 29	5 Aug 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Charlie Valencia	KO (punch)	1	3:12	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	24 Mar 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Mike French	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 25	20 Jan 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Cole Escovedo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 23: Hot August Fights	17 Aug 2006	Lemoore, California, USA
Loss	Eddie Wineland	KO (head kick and punches)	1	2:36	WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem	5 May 2006	Lemoore, California, USA	For the inaugural WEC Bantamweight Championship
Win	James Cottrell	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WEC 19: Undisputed	17 Mar 2006	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	Kimihito Nonaka	TKO (punches)	1	1:00	FFCF 5: Unleashed	27 Jan 2006	Mangilao, Guam
Win	Justin Tavernini	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Ultimate Cage Wars 3	22 Oct 2005	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Win	Ed Tomaselli	TKO (cut)	1	2:25	WEC 17	14 Oct 2005	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	Mike Lindquist	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:38	WEC 14	17 Mar 2005	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	Brandon Shuey	TKO (punches)	1	0:22	SF 6: Battleground in Reno	23 Sep 2004	Reno, Nevada, USA
Win	Yobie Song	TKO (cut)	3	2:39	Rumble on the Rock 4	10 Oct 2003	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win	Jim Kikuchi	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	Rumble on the Rock 2	15 Mar 2003	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss	Jeff Bedard	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:43	WEC 5: Halloween Havoc	18 Oct 2002	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	Steve Hecht	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	UAGF 1: Ultimate Cage Fighting 1	9 May 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA
Loss	Stephen Palling	Submission (triangle choke)	1	0:38	Warriors Quest 2: Battle of Champions	1 Aug 2001	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win	Brian Peterson	KO	3	1:51	IFC Warriors Challenge 14	18 Jul 2001	Fresno, California, USA
Win	Daniel Garlets	TKO (punches)	1		IFC Warriors Challenge 13	15 Jun 2001	Oroville, California, USA	Pro debut