The Most Famous

MARTIAL ARTS from Mexico

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This page contains a list of the greatest Mexican Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, NaN of which were born in Mexico. This makes Mexico the birth place of the 0th most number of Martial Arts.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Mexican Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Yair Rodríguez (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 45.12, Yair Rodríguez is the most famous Mexican Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.

Yair Raziel Rodríguez Portillo (born October 6, 1992) is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Featherweight Champion. A professional since 2011, Rodríguez has been with the UFC since 2014 after winning The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight tournament. As of July 15, 2025, he is #3 in the UFC featherweight rankings.

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2. Alexa Grasso (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 40.78, Alexa Grasso is the 2nd most famous Mexican Martial Arts.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Karen Alexa Grasso Montes (born August 9, 1993) is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. Grasso is the second Mexican to win a UFC title after Brandon Moreno and the first Mexican woman to win a UFC championship. She is also a UFC analyst for UFC Español for Spanish broadcasts. As of May 13, 2025, she is #3 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings and as of November 18, 2025, she is #8 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.

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3. Víctor Estrada (b. 1971)

With an HPI of 39.18, Víctor Estrada is the 3rd most famous Mexican Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Victor Manuel Estrada Garibay (born October 28, 1971, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he received a bronze medal in the 80 kg division. He also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, finishing in equal fifth position. Estrada also won a silver medal in the Middleweight at the 1993 World Taekwondo Championships in New York.

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4. Erik Pérez (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 36.13, Erik Pérez is the 4th most famous Mexican Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Erik Gregorio Pérez Ruvalcaba (born November 19, 1989) is a Mexican mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2008, he has competed for Bellator MMA, Shark Fights, BAMMA, UFC and Combate Americas.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as Mexican martial arts born between 1971 and 1993. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mexican martial arts include Yair Rodríguez, Alexa Grasso, and Víctor Estrada. As of April 2024, 4 new Mexican martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Yair Rodríguez, Alexa Grasso, and Víctor Estrada.

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