Albert Morales

Albert Morales The Belizean Warrior’s Steady Climb

At 33 years old, Albert Morales stands as the third-ranked featherweight in North America, a distinction he’s earned through a career that bridges regional showcases and national contention. Fighting out of Carlson Gracie Academy Temecula, Morales has built an 18-9-1 record with grizzled consistency, cementing his place not only in the North American top five but also in the U.S. West and California sub-region rankings. Known in fight circles as The Belizean Warrior, he has parlayed a storied youth in Carson, California, into a disciplined professional trajectory. Morales’s recent stretch of six fights has become the crucible of his ascent, meeting the threshold for regional ranking by stepping into the cage at featherweight at least twice in that span. At 5'9", he combines a compact frame with a forward pressure style honed at Temecula, where grappling drills often segue into striking sparring. It’s that blend—rooted in Brazilian jiu-jitsu fundamentals and sharpened with wrestling exchanges—that has propelled him to his current perch, a testament to both persistence and adaptability in one of MMA’s most talent-dense divisions.