ATEBA GAUTIER

Hailing from Cameroon, Ateba Gautier is a middleweight athlete who developed his craft while training at Manchester Top Team. Before transitioning into professional mixed martial arts in 2021, he built a foundational skill set through competitions in Muay Thai and sambo. He eventually secured his spot in the promotion by overcoming Yura Naito during an appearance on Dana White's Contender Series in 2024. As a switch-stance fighter, he quickly established himself inside the organization, earning several performance bonuses thanks to a series of early stoppage victories.

Gautier enters this contest with a professional resume of eleven wins and a single defeat. He is currently riding a five-fight winning streak, most recently earning a technical knockout victory over Osman Diaz this past May. Before that, he secured a unanimous decision win against Andrey Pulyaev in January 2026. His late 2025 campaign saw him dispatch Tre'ston Vines with strikes and elbows, following a technical knockout win over Robert Valentin. His active run began earlier that year with a knockout triumph against José Medina involving both punches and a knee.