Ateba Gautier

Overview

Five UFC wins, four of them knockouts, and the sixth fight ended with Ateba Gautier on the wrong end of one. "The Storm" is a Middleweight out of Yaounde, Cameroon, training at Manchester Top Team, with a UFC record of 5-1 and an 11-2 professional record across all promotions.

Three of his UFC knockouts came in the first round. The finishing is the story, and the one loss was a finish too.

UFC Career

Gautier's route to the UFC ran through Dana White's Contender Series 8.6, where he beat Yura Naito by KO/TKO in round 2. That fight isn't part of his UFC record. His UFC debut was a first-round TKO of Jose Daniel Medina at 3:32.

He followed with two more first-round stoppages: Robert Valentin at UFC 318 in 1:10, then Tre’ston Vines at UFC 320 in 1:41. The streak reached four when he went the distance with Andrey Pulyaev at UFC 324, winning a unanimous decision. Ozzy Diaz became his fifth straight UFC win at UFC 328, a second-round TKO at 1:10.

At UFC 332, Roman Kopylov stopped him in round 1 at 3:12. He carries that loss into his next fight.

None of the five wins came against opponents our model rates as elite. That makes Kopylov the first real measure of where he stands, and he lost it.

Fighting Style

Gautier lands more strikes per minute than the average UFC fighter and absorbs fewer. His accuracy and defense sit around the UFC average, so the edge is in output and damage taken, not in how precisely he hits.

He rarely shoots for takedowns and rarely hunts submissions, but he is very hard to take down. This is a striker who wants to stay on his feet, and the results back it up: all five UFC wins came by KO/TKO or decision, with no submissions. Four finishes in six UFC fights, three of them in round 1.

Notable Wins

• Robert Valentin — KO/TKO, round 1 (1:10), UFC 318 (2025)
• Tre’ston Vines — KO/TKO, round 1 (1:41), UFC 320 (2025)
• Ozzy Diaz — KO/TKO, round 2 (1:10), UFC 328 (2026)

Quick Facts

• Division: Middleweight
• UFC record: 5-1
• Professional record (all promotions): 11-2-0
• UFC debut: 2025
• Height: 6'4"
• Reach: 81"
• Team: Manchester Top Team
• Born: Yaounde, Cameroon