Pat Sabatini

Sabatini extended his winning streak to four with a unanimous decision over William Gomis at UFC 328. The performance mattered because it showed his control-heavy style still travels against a long, patient kickboxer, which is exactly the sort of matchup that can expose a one-note grappler if the entries are not clean enough.

Key moments

• Beat William Gomis by unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Ran his winning streak to four straight fights.
• Moved his professional record to 22-5 with the result.

Sabatini beat Chepe Mariscal over three rounds in New York and handed him his first UFC loss. The win was significant because Mariscal's pace and willingness to scramble made it one of the better tests of whether Sabatini's positional game still held up against a surging featherweight.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision over Chepe Mariscal at UFC 322.
• Handed Mariscal his first defeat inside the UFC.
• Gave Sabatini a third straight victory.

Sabatini controlled Joanderson Brito over three rounds in the Vegas co-main event and answered one of the division's most dangerous early finishers with structure instead of chaos. That was the point of the win: his process held from start to finish against an opponent who usually breaks fights much earlier than that.

Key moments

• Beat Joanderson Brito by unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Neutralized one of the division's more explosive featherweight finishers.
• Improved to 3-1 in his previous four UFC appearances.

Sabatini returned to the finish column by choking out Jonathan Pearce in the first round in Las Vegas. The win mattered because it snapped the up-and-down post-Lopes stretch and reminded everyone that his top game is still dangerous enough to end fights quickly once he gets to a dominant ride.

Key moments

• Submitted Jonathan Pearce at 4:06 of round one.
• Scored his first finish since the Lucas Almeida fight.
• Started the four-fight winning streak that carried into 2026.

Diego Lopes stopped Sabatini in the opening round at Madison Square Garden and turned what looked like a strong stylistic matchup on paper into a quick setback. It was a useful reminder of the fault line in Sabatini's profile: if the opponent can force danger before the grappling control settles in, the fight changes fast.

Key moments

• Lost by first-round knockout at 1:30.
• Dropped to 5-2 in UFC competition at the time.
• The defeat followed the rebound submission win over Lucas Almeida.

Sabatini returned to the win column in emphatic fashion by submitting Lucas Almeida with an arm-triangle choke in the second round at the UFC Apex. The performance mattered because it steadied him immediately after the Damon Jackson loss and reminded the division that his grappling remains the cleanest path to his best wins.

Key moments

• Submitted Almeida with an arm-triangle choke at 1:48 of round two.
• UFC's official results page described it as a dominant return to the win column for Sabatini.
• The victory moved Sabatini to 6-1 in UFC competition at the time.

Damon Jackson handed Sabatini one of the quickest setbacks of his UFC run, stopping him just 69 seconds into their featherweight bout in Las Vegas. The loss mattered because it interrupted Sabatini's strong start in the promotion and showed again how thin the margin can be for his pressure-heavy style when a fight gets chaotic early.

Key moments

• Lost to Jackson by first-round TKO at 1:09.
• UFC's event page and official scorecard coverage both record the finish in round one.
• The defeat snapped Sabatini's five-fight winning streak.

Sabatini banked another three-round UFC win by outpointing T.J. Laramie at the Apex in April 2022. It was a useful follow-up to the Tucker Lutz victory because it showed he could keep stacking process-driven wins even when the fight stayed competitive all the way to the scorecards.

Key moments

• Beat Laramie by unanimous decision over three rounds.
• UFC's official results listed 30-26, 30-26 and 30-27 scorecards for Sabatini.
• The win pushed him to 3-0 in the UFC.

Sabatini stayed unbeaten in the Octagon by taking a clear unanimous decision over Tucker Lutz in Las Vegas. The bout mattered because it paired two rising featherweights, and Sabatini's win put him at 2-0 in the UFC before his schedule started getting meaningfully tougher.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision after three rounds against Lutz.
• UFC's results coverage listed the scores as 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27.
• The victory completed Sabatini's first calendar year in the UFC at 2-0.

Sabatini announced himself as a real UFC featherweight prospect by submitting Jamall Emmers with a heel hook in the opening round of their August 2021 meeting. The finish mattered because it gave him his first UFC stoppage and quickly established the submission threat that still anchors his best work.

Key moments

• Submitted Emmers with a heel hook at 1:53 of round one.
• Sherdog records it as Sabatini's first UFC finish.
• The win improved Sabatini to 2-0 as a UFC featherweight.

Sabatini opened his UFC career with a composed unanimous decision over Tristan Connelly at UFC 261 in Jacksonville. It was an important debut because it gave him a clean entry point into the promotion and set up the quick follow-on run of wins that pushed him onto the featherweight radar.

Key moments

• Won his UFC debut by unanimous decision after three rounds.
• The bout took place on the UFC 261 card in Jacksonville, Florida.
• The result started Sabatini's UFC run with the first of four straight wins.

Sabatini closed his regional run by submitting Jesse Stirn with an armbar to win the vacant CFFC featherweight title in the CFFC 91 main event. The result mattered because it completed his rebound from the broken-arm loss earlier that year and immediately reopened the UFC door.

Key moments

• Submitted Stirn with an armbar at 2:23 of round two.
• Tapology lists the bout as the CFFC 91 main event for the vacant featherweight championship.
• CFFC's pre-fight coverage framed the win over Jordan Titoni and this title shot as Sabatini's route back from the James Gonzalez setback.

Returning from the gruesome arm injury he suffered against James Gonzalez, Sabatini answered with a first-round knockout of Jordan Titoni at CFFC 84. The performance mattered because it showed he was not just healthy enough to compete again, but dangerous enough to jump straight back into the title conversation.

Key moments

• Knocked out Titoni with punches at 2:26 of round one.
• Tapology's CFFC 84 event page records the stoppage on the main card in Tunica, Mississippi.
• CFFC later described the Titoni win as the emphatic comeback that put Sabatini back on track after the arm injury.

Sabatini's first CFFC title reign ended in brutal fashion when James Gonzalez damaged his arm badly enough to force a stoppage just 46 seconds into their championship bout. The loss mattered beyond the record because it became the central adversity chapter of Sabatini's regional career before his UFC arrival.

Key moments

• Lost to Gonzalez by arm-injury TKO at 0:46 of round one.
• Tapology records the fight as a CFFC featherweight title main event in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
• Subsequent coverage of Sabatini's comeback consistently pointed back to this broken-arm loss as the setback he had to overcome.

Sabatini defended the CFFC featherweight title by choking out Fabricio Oliveira in the second round in Atlantic City. The bout mattered because Oliveira was brought in as a legitimate title challenger, and Sabatini handled him cleanly enough to strengthen his case as one of the Northeast regional scene's best featherweight prospects.

Key moments

• Submitted Oliveira with a rear-naked choke at 1:45 of round two.
• Tapology and CFFC's event material both list the fight as a featherweight title bout at CFFC 74.
• CFFC later cited the Oliveira win as the last successful defense before Sabatini's disrupted 2019-20 stretch.

Sabatini showed he could hold championship pace by going four hard rounds and outpointing Da'Mon Blackshear at CFFC 71. The result mattered because it was a title defense against a future UFC fighter and one of the better names on Sabatini's pre-UFC ledger.

Key moments

• Beat Blackshear by unanimous decision after four rounds.
• Sherdog records the bout at CFFC 71, and CFFC promoted it as a featherweight title defense for Sabatini.
• Later CFFC coverage of Blackshear's rise specifically pointed back to this 2018 title-fight loss to Sabatini.

Sabatini kept his momentum moving outside the CFFC cage by stopping Boimah Karmo in the second round at CES 52 in Philadelphia. It was a useful win because it showed he could carry the same finishing pressure into another respected regional promotion rather than building his record in one familiar lane only.

Key moments

• Stopped Karmo by TKO at 2:16 of round two.
• Sherdog and ESPN both record the finish as punches at CES 52: Norwood vs. Wells.
• The victory moved Sabatini to 9-2 before the later CFFC title-defense stretch.

Mariscal handed Sabatini a close split-decision loss in Omaha in one of the more useful learning fights on his regional record. The result mattered because it was one of the last setbacks before Sabatini's stronger championship run, and it later gained extra relevance when he avenged it in the UFC years later.

Key moments

• Lost a split decision to Jose Mariscal after three rounds.
• Sherdog records the bout at Victory FC 60 on April 14, 2018.
• It dropped Sabatini to 8-2 before the subsequent CFFC title-defense stretch.

Sabatini captured the CFFC featherweight title by submitting Francisco Isata in the second round in Atlantic City. It was a pivotal regional win because it moved him from strong prospect to champion and started the title-phase portion of his pre-UFC résumé.

Key moments

• Submitted Isata with a rear-naked choke at 2:47 of round two.
• Tapology lists the fight as the featherweight title main event at CFFC 69.
• The win gave Sabatini the CFFC featherweight championship.

Sabatini barely needed a minute to force John de Jesus to tap to a heel hook in the CFFC 67 headliner. The speed of the finish mattered because it kept him moving toward the CFFC title picture and showed how quickly his leg-lock threat could decide a fight.

Key moments

• Submitted de Jesus with a heel hook in 50 seconds.
• Sherdog records the bout as the CFFC 67 main event.
• The result pushed Sabatini to 7-1 heading into the title fight with Francisco Isata.

Sabatini's Ring of Combat appearance ended with another second-round choke, this time over Michael Lawrence in Atlantic City. The win mattered because it showed he could carry his style successfully outside his primary regional home base while still building toward the featherweight belt opportunities that followed.

Key moments

• Submitted Lawrence with a rear-naked choke at 2:49 of round two.
• Sherdog lists the bout under Ring of Combat 58 on February 24, 2017.
• It improved Sabatini to 5-1 as his regional streak kept growing.

Weekley lasted just over a minute before Sabatini found another heel hook finish at Dead Serious 22. The fight fit the pattern of Sabatini's middle regional run: quick control, fast submissions, and very little time spent letting opponents settle.

Key moments

• Submitted Weekley with a heel hook at 1:17 of round one.
• Sherdog records the bout at Dead Serious 22 in November 2016.
• The victory was part of the submission-heavy stretch that set up his later CFFC title ascent.

Sabatini showed he could bank rounds as well as hunt finishes by taking a full unanimous decision over William Calhoun III at Dead Serious 18. That mattered because his record is submission-heavy, but durable decision wins like this helped round out the profile that eventually carried him to the UFC.

Key moments

• Beat Calhoun by unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Sherdog records the fight at Dead Serious 18 on February 6, 2016.
• The result moved Sabatini to 3-1 as a professional.

Sabatini's win over Tony Gravely aged into one of the stronger names on his early résumé, even if it was just another fast submission on the night. Beating a future UFC fighter this early in his development mattered because it showed the regional upside was real, not just record-building.

Key moments

• Submitted Gravely with a rear-naked choke at 2:47 of round one.
• Sherdog records the bout at CFFC 52 in October 2015.
• The win gave Sabatini an early victory over a future UFC bantamweight contender.

Watley handed Sabatini the first loss of his professional career by outpointing him over three rounds at CFFC 45. The setback mattered because it became the baseline adversity early in Sabatini's run before he rebuilt with the submission-heavy climb that followed.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision to Watley after three rounds.
• Sherdog records the bout at CFFC 45 on February 7, 2015.
• It dropped Sabatini to 1-1 before the longer regional surge began.

Sabatini rebounded from the Watley loss the way he often would throughout his career: by getting back to his grappling and finishing Shelby Graham quickly. The result mattered because it reset his early momentum and restored the submission identity that defined most of his regional success.

Key moments

• Submitted Graham with a rear-naked choke at 1:04 of round one.
• Sherdog lists the fight under XFE 46 / CFFC 42 in October 2014.
• The quick finish evened Sabatini's professional record at 2-1.

Sabatini opened his professional career with a first-round rear-naked choke over Jacob Bohn at CFFC 35. It is the clean starting point for the rest of the record: a grappling-first featherweight getting an early finish in the promotion that would later become central to his path toward the UFC.

Key moments

• Won his professional debut by rear-naked choke at 2:22 of round one.
• Sherdog records the bout at CFFC 35 on April 26, 2014.
• The victory launched Sabatini's pro career with the first of many submission wins.