Jose Zarauz Peru’s Mercenary Lightweight Veteran
At 32 years old, Jose Zarauz has carved out a reputation as a dependable force from Rimac in Lima, Peru. Fighting under the banners of Team Bad Boy and Ares BJJ, Zarauz has amassed a 26-11-1 record across 38 professional MMA bouts. Known in the cage as THE MERCENARY, he stands 5′9″ and shifts comfortably between lightweight and featherweight, having appeared in both divisions in his last two fights.
Zarauz currently holds the No. 98 ranking in the Central and South America region, and he also appears on the leaderboards for Latin America and Peru. Those spots reflect his consistency—he’s competed at least twice in each region among his last six fights—and underscore a career defined less by flash and more by steady execution and adaptability inside the octagon.
