Branden Bordeaux: From UFC Dreams to Power Slap Success
Branden “The Butcher” Bordeaux built his Power Slap profile after a back injury interrupted his plans to return to mixed martial arts. The Michigan competitor found another route to a world title in slap fighting, eventually winning the middleweight championship and headlining a three-bout rivalry with Isaih Quinones. His story connects a long-held ambition to compete at the highest level with a new professional stage—and shows how quickly fortunes can change in a title fight.
From MMA plans to a new arena
Bordeaux’s official Power Slap profile says he had hoped to become a champion in mixed martial arts. While training for an MMA comeback, he suffered a back injury that required surgery and brought his competition plans to a halt. When Power Slap was announced, he saw a chance to keep competing professionally and pursue a championship in a different sport. The profile says he began training to compete in the new league after its announcement.
The official profile lists Bordeaux in the welterweight division, fighting out of Fremont, Michigan. It gives his height as 6 feet 1 inch, his weight as 185 pounds, and his current record as 4-2-1, with one knockout. The numbers offer a snapshot of the competitor whose path to a title began after his MMA plans changed.
A title fight changes the trajectory
At VeChain Power Slap 12 on March 7, 2025, Bordeaux met Isaih “The Puerto Rican Pretty Boy” Quinones in the main event at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Quinones entered as middleweight champion, and the bout was a defense of his title. The official event recap records Bordeaux’s breakthrough: he defeated Quinones by technical knockout in the first round to claim the championship. The result turned a comeback story into a title-winning chapter and set up a rivalry that would return to the main event later that year.
The match footage below shows Bordeaux in an earlier Power Slap appearance against Brandon Rhodes at Power Slap 8. It offers viewers a look at his competition before the Quinones title bouts.
The Quinones trilogy
Bordeaux and Quinones met again at Power Slap 15 on October 3, 2025. This time, Bordeaux entered as the middleweight champion, with the pair facing each other for a third time. According to the official Power Slap 15 results, Quinones won by knockout in the second round and reclaimed the title. Bordeaux’s title reign began with the Power Slap 12 victory and ended with the Power Slap 15 loss to the same challenger.
The two results give Bordeaux’s rise a clear arc: he defeated the reigning champion in their second meeting, then lost the belt in their third. The official Power Slap profile links to footage of the trilogy-ending bout and to coverage of the rivalry. Together, the results and profile offer readers a way to follow both the decisive moments and the career context around them.
A competitor with two demanding jobs
Outside the competition, the Power Slap profile describes Bordeaux as a butcher based in Fremont, Michigan, and says he and his brother run a mobile slaughtering and deer-processing business serving western Michigan. That work sits alongside the time and preparation required for professional competition. Bordeaux’s stated goal is to become a Power Slap world champion and, eventually, the organization’s first two-division champion—an ambition that keeps his attention on future opportunities after the Quinones trilogy.
Bordeaux’s move from MMA plans to slap fighting began with an injury, but his Power Slap run has been defined by results inside the arena: a first-round title-winning finish, a championship reign, and a dramatic final chapter against the same opponent. The road from a sidelined comeback to a main-event trilogy has made him one of the league’s recognizable competitors, with his next challenge measured against the title goals he continues to pursue.
