Antonio Carlos Junior Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#14Brad Tavares Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor	Jan 23, 2021
L	#12Uriah Hall Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Sep 14, 2019
L	Ian Heinisch Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee	May 18, 2019
W	#14Tim Boetsch Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:28	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018
W	Jack Marshman Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:30	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	Oct 28, 2017
W	Eric Spicely Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:49	UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway	Jun 3, 2017
W	Marvin Vettori Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey	Dec 30, 2016
W	Leonardo Guimaraes Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	4:46	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson	Sep 17, 2016
L	Daniel Kelly Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R3	1:36	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir	Mar 19, 2016
NC	Kevin Casey Middleweight	No Contest	—	R1	0:11	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
W	Eddie Gordon Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	4:37	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Jun 27, 2015
L	Patrick Cummins Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway	Dec 20, 2014
W	Vitor MirandaTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Maldonado	May 31, 2014

Outside the UFC

12-1, 1 NCacross 14 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 8 sub · 4 decPFL · CPMMAF 2 · Imperium · Nordeste Jiu-Jitsu Association

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Sullivan Cauley8-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:44	PFL	Aug 21, 2025
W	Simeon Powell12-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 27, 2025
W	Karl Moore12-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PFL	May 1, 2025
L	Alex Polizzi11-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 21, 2024
W	Simon Biyong12-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:34	PFL	Apr 12, 2024
W	Bruce Souto16-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 17, 2022
W	Delan Monte11-6	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	0:29	PFL	Apr 20, 2022
W	Marthin Hamlet12-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:49	PFL	Oct 27, 2021
W	Emiliano Sordi27-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Aug 27, 2021
NC	Vinny Magalhaes19-12	No Contest	Accidental Knee to Groin	R1	2:45	PFL	Jun 17, 2021
W	Tom Lawlor11-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:43	PFL	Apr 29, 2021
W	Edinaldo Novaes12-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:16	CPMMAF 2	Oct 26, 2013
W	Jeronimo Ribeiro de Oliveira2-12	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:41	Imperium	Sep 14, 2013
W	Celivaldo Pereira da Silva0-8	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:02	Nordeste Jiu-Jitsu Association	Jul 20, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Submission

13 wins, 0 losses

W13

L0

Decision

6 wins, 5 losses

W6

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

5

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.67

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Antonio Carlos Junior

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.43 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Antonio Carlos Junior

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–2

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

1W3L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD41st

42%289 / 677

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.19 differential

Landed1.95

Absorbed2.14

53%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head68%33rd196
Body18%32nd51
Leg15%37th42

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

64%Standing

Standing64%186
Clinch10%29
Ground26%74

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Antonio Carlos Junior

Landed per 15

Head

F

23rd

19.8

23rd

Body

D

26th

5.1

26th

Leg

D

31st

4.2

31st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

77th

23.2

77th

Body

A+

95th

3.3

95th

Leg

B

67th

5.6

67th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.8	196	561	35%
Body	5.1	51	71	72%
Leg	4.2	42	45	93%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.2	230	549	42%
Body	3.3	33	52	63%
Leg	5.6	56	73	77%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Antonio Carlos Junior

39%

Takedown accuracy

53%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.5 min net

On top7.1

On bottom2.6

Offense

Takedowns

A+

87th

3.4

87th

TD accuracy

B

61st

39%

61st

Sub attempts

A

80th

0.8

80th

Control

A+

90th

7.1 min

90th

Defense

TD defense

D

38th

53%

38th

Controlled

2.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	34 / 87
Submission attempts	8
Control time	70:14

Defense

TDs defended	8 / 15
Control absorbed	26:01

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (149min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Antonio Carlos Junior

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 149 min

90%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Junior fades (-6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Junior keeps 90% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Junior ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Juniorlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Juniorattempts / min

Control time

Junior% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.1	2.4	1.3	0.59	49%	12
R2	5.1	2.1	2.9	0.49	37%	10
R3	5.4	1.1	2.5	0.68	57%	9

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Antonio Carlos Junior

13 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

73rd

45%

73rd

Win quality

B

63rd

44%

63rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

6

1

5

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Top-15	6	1-5	17%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	5	4-0, 1 NC	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Brad Tavares#14	Top-15	68	Jan 23, 2021
L	Uriah Hall#12	Top-15	69	Sep 14, 2019
L	Ian Heinisch	Top-15	48	May 18, 2019
W	Tim Boetsch#14	Top-15	67	Apr 14, 2018
W	Jack Marshman	Unproven	12	Oct 28, 2017
W	Eric Spicely	Unproven	12	Jun 3, 2017
W	Marvin Vettori	Top-5	59	Dec 30, 2016
W	Leonardo Guimaraes	Unproven	8	Sep 17, 2016
L	Daniel Kelly	Top-15	46	Mar 19, 2016
NC	Kevin Casey	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2015
W	Eddie Gordon	Unproven	8	Jun 27, 2015
L	Patrick Cummins	Top-15	52	Dec 20, 2014
W	Vitor Miranda	Title-fight challenger	50	May 31, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

12 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-1

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-4

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

10 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Antonio Carlos Junior

Within a year

10 monthssince last bout

vs Sullivan Cauley · Aug 21, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 7-4As underdog 0-1

73.4

DK avg

80.7

Median

109.9

Ceiling

36.0

Floor

50%

Boom

8%

Bust

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