Henry Briones

Jose Enrique Briones For his senior year in the high school, Henry moved to live with his aunt in Tulsa, Oklahoma in pursuit of professional ice hockey career. Compared to most of the mixed martial arts fighters, Briones started combat sport much later in life. He started training MMA when he joined Entram Gym at the age of 26. Initially, Briones tried out for UFC's Latin America developmental program and was accepted into it.

The Ultimate Fighter After training at Jackson's MMA for over a year at UFC's expense, he was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 1, an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality TV series "The Ultimate Fighter" in May 2014. He earned a Fight of the Night bonus for his performance.

He next faced Cody Garbrandt on July 11, 2015, at UFC 189. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Briones was scheduled to faced Brad Pickett on February 27, 016 at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping, but he pulled out from the fight, citing injury, and was replaced by Francisco Rivera. The match was rescheduled to UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett six months later on September 3, 2016, and the bout was removed where Briones for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Iuri Alcântara.

On November 5, 2016, Brinoes took on Douglas Silva de Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson. A spinning back fist from Silva de Andrade sent Briones to the ground and he lost the fight on round 3.

The bout between Briones and Brad Pickett was rescheduled for the third time on March 18, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson, and yet again the bout was cancelled due to Briones withdrew from the fight one week before the event and was replaced by Marlon Vera.

Briones faced Rani Yahya on August 5, 2017, at UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno. He lost the fight via a kimura submission in the first round.

Briones faced Frankie Saenz on May 19, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 129. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

On November 5, 2019, it was announced that Briones had been released from the UFC following four straight losses in the promotion.

Personal life Briones' moniker "Bure" was coined by hockey fans where they saw the similarity between Briones and the Russian ice hockey player, Pavel Bure, during his high school years when Brones played hockey league in Mexico. Briones decided to keep the nickname given by fans to honour them where he spent 14 years of his life in the sport. Ultimate Fighting Championship Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Guido Cannetti

Mixed martial arts exhibition record Loss

Marlon Vera KO (upkick) The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America (airdate)

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