Usually when you hear the phrase “Don’t blink” associated with a fighter, you’ll assume it’s about a knockout artist. But with Sebastian Oyervidez, his knockout punch is his submission arsenal.
Oyervidez is one of the standout prospects in Fury FC, with the 20-year-old flyweight showcasing the sort of talent in his young career that already has people tipping him for the top.
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Oyervidez burst onto the MMA scene as a teenage amateur prospect and immediately turned heads with his mat skills. Four amateur fights under the Fury FC banner brought four wins and four submission finishes in a total time of just three minutes, 43 seconds, as Oyervidez captured the Fury FC amateur flyweight title and notched a title defense before turning pro in late-summer 2024.
His professional debut came at Fury FC 96, where he needed just 47 seconds to finish Joseph Aguilar via armbar. While the finish itself was impressive, the way he got there – a lightning-fast single-leg takedown, then transitions from side control to mount before catching Aguilar as he attempted to escape during a scramble – showed Oyervidez’s smooth Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills in full effect.
It’s not often you see such slick grappling from a professional debutant, let alone one who was just 19 years of age. But Oyervidez clearly isn’t just any other prospect.
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He repeated the trick in his second pro appearance, at Fury Challenger Series 12, where he finished the job even quicker against Ruben Martinez Jr. Once again, it was the armbar that brought the tap as he claimed victory in just 42 seconds.
Then, in his most recent MMA outing, Oyervidez made it 3-0 as a pro with a 51-second submission finish of Ryan Mondala at Fury FC 103.
As before, the smoothness of Oyervidez’s work shone through as he effortlessly took the fight to the mat, maneuvered into position and closed the show with an arm-triangle choke. But the fight also gave us a glimpse of the improvements being made to his game, as Oyervidez softened up his opponent with some nasty ground-and-pound before eventually locking up the fight-ending choke.
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Those strikes came at the behest of his coach and longtime UFC veteran Yves Edwards, who is working hard to round out Oyervidez’s skills to make the flyweight an even more dangerous proposition, regardless of whether the fight is in the stand-up or on the mat.
“Yves Edwards has been yelling at me a lot in training, (telling me) to throw some punches. So I wanted to repay the favor,” he grinned after his latest victory.
“Hopefully those were some good strikes that I threw. I wanted to go straight for the choke, but that seemed a little better!”
Oyervidez returns to action in New Orleans this weekend at Fury FC 106, when he takes on Brazil’s Joao Marinho at Alario Center on July 18. The event streams live on UFC Fight Pass.
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For the young gun learning from a legend at Thugjitsu University, it’s another chance to show his continued improvement as he looks to deliver another impressive performance on UFC Fight Pass.
“I’m just trying to get better out here,” he said.
“I think we’re showing that and displaying that for y’all. It’s going to be a good year. Let’s keep it up!”