He made his professional MMA career in 2009 and has a professional MMA record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 1 draws in his professional MMA career so far in his career. Furthermore, his total UFC career earning is reported to be $565,000.
AI Iaquinta was born on April 30, 1987, in Wantagh, New York, United States of America, to Jay Iaquinta. He is of American nationality having Italian ethnic background. His star sign is Taurus.
He attended Wantagh High School and got his associate degree in Nassau Community College where he competed as a wrestler.
AI Iaquinta made his professional MMA career debut in 2009. He later went to compete for The Ultimate Fighter and made his official UFC debut in the Ultimate Fighter Finale on June 1, 2012.
AI took on Michael Chiesa to determine the winner of the Ultimate Fighter: Live and lost via chokehold submission hold at the first round.
He later went to face off against Ryan Couture, Kevin Lee, Mitch Clarke, Joe Lauzon, Thiago Alves, Diego Sanchez, and several other UFC competitors.
After Tony Vs. Khabib was canceled Al fought Khabib Nurmagomedov for the Lightweight championship in UFC 223's main event but lost the match in a unanimous decision.
He was scheduled to take on Justin Gaethje that took on August 25, 2018, during the UFC Fight Night 135 in Lincoln, Nebraska. However, he got replaced by James Wick. On 15th December 2018, he defeated Kevin Lee at UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Laquinta 2 in round 5 via unanimous decision.
The American Italian professional MMA fighter, AI Iaquinta stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 70 kg. He has a reach of 70 inches which he uses to his maximum effect during his matches against his opponents
Moving towards his personal life, there is no information about his past and present relationship which might suggest he is married, relationship and having any sort of affairs with his girlfriend.
Furthermore, there is no controversy, affairs, scandals and other unwanted issues surrounding him as he seems to be far away from it. He seems to be a professional individual who is focused more on building and advancing his professional MMA career rather than involved in any sort of relationship and other mishaps.
In addition, he is active all over his social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter which has a good number of fan following.
Al Iaquinta has earned quite a good deal of money through his professional career as an MMA athlete. His official earnings as of 2018 according to the Topology is around $124,000. Currently, he is signed to UFC and his total UFC career earning are listed below in the table.
S.N |
Events |
Earnings |
1 |
UFC 164 |
$20,000 |
2 |
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz |
$20,000 |
3 |
UFC 169 |
$24,000 |
4 |
UFC 173 |
$14,000 |
5 |
UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Mousasi |
$28,000 |
6 |
UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping |
$32,000 |
7 |
UFC 183 |
$36,000 |
8 |
UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas |
$46,000 |
9 |
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov |
$57,000 |
10 |
UFC 223 |
$280,000 |
11 |
UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2 |
$10,000 |
While his net worth has not been officially disclosed as it is still under review. However, it is expected that he will be earning a good deal of money as his career reached the next level.