Carlos Contreras Legaspi
At a glance
- Mexican MMA journalist at ESPN Deportes, with a personal YouTube channel, Papá Legaspi, active in 2026
- His stories are picked up by ESPN México, ESPN Brasil, Infobae, Milenio and Televisa
- Closely covers Mexican fighters such as Raúl Rosas Jr.
Overview
Carlos Contreras Legaspi is a Mexican journalist who specializes in MMA. He writes for ESPN Deportes, ESPN's Spanish-language arm, where he covers the UFC and news about Latin American fighters. He writes in Spanish and covers everything from fight announcements to results and interviews, with particular attention to the Mexican fighters on the UFC roster.
His work travels widely across the Spanish-speaking world and beyond, with stories picked up by ESPN México, ESPN Brasil, Infobae, Milenio and Televisa. He also runs a personal YouTube channel, Papá Legaspi, which is active in 2026.
What you'll find
For ESPN Deportes, he writes UFC news: fight announcements, results, interviews and ongoing coverage of Mexican fighters. He shares his work on X (@CCLegaspi) and Instagram (@cclegaspi).
On his YouTube channel, Papá Legaspi, he posts Spanish-language videos on MMA news in a looser format than his articles. That is where you hear him react to the news directly and share his view on upcoming fights.
Why follow
Contreras Legaspi closely follows Mexican fighters such as Raúl Rosas Jr. If you care about MMA in Mexico and Mexican fighters in the UFC, he is one of the sources with direct access to them and the people around them.
The fact that major Spanish-language outlets and ESPN Brasil regularly pick up his stories tells you he is a trusted source on these topics. Following him directly lets you read the news at the source, before it gets rewritten and summarized elsewhere, and catch his personal takes on X.
MMA Official's take
Carlos Contreras Legaspi is for Spanish speakers and fans who follow Mexican and Latin American fighters in the UFC. Start with his X account, @CCLegaspi, for news and links to his ESPN Deportes stories.
If you want to hear him at length, move on to his Papá Legaspi YouTube channel. For a first read, pick one of his pieces on Raúl Rosas Jr. It is a good example of how he tracks Mexican fighters over time, fight after fight, with quotes from the fighter and his team. You can then compare it with how other outlets ran the same story.