Antonio Carlos Junior

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Antonio Carlos Junior

Nickname“Cara de Sapato”

Record

19-6, 2 NC

Streak

W3

Age

36

Date of birth

Mar 16, 1990

Fighting out of: Joao Pessoa
Born: Brazil
Camp: American Top Team
Weight class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'2" · 188 cm
Reach: 79" · 201 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jan 23, 2021
Cut risk: 51%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Brad Tavares

#14Brad Tavares

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · Jan 23, 2021

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor

Uriah Hall

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 14, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje

Ian Heinisch

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee

Tim Boetsch

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 4:28

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 14, 2018

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje

Jack Marshman

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 4:30

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 28, 2017

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida

Eric Spicely

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 3:49

UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway · Jun 3, 2017

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway

Marvin Vettori

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey · Dec 30, 2016

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey

Leonardo Guimaraes

Leonardo Guimaraes

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:46

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · Sep 17, 2016

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson

Daniel Kelly

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R3 · 1:36

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir · Mar 19, 2016

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir

Kevin Casey

Middleweight · No Contest · R1 · 0:11

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · Dec 10, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant

Eddie Gordon

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:37

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero · Jun 27, 2015

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero

Patrick Cummins

Patrick Cummins

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway · Dec 20, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway

Vitor Miranda

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Maldonado · May 31, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Maldonado

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

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

Antonio Carlos Junior

Landed per 15

Head

F

24th

19.8

24th

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.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Antonio Carlos Junior

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).

Antonio Carlos Junior

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

Antonio Carlos Junior

Juniorlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Antonio Carlos Junior

Juniorattempts / min

Control time

Antonio Carlos Junior

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

Antonio Carlos Junior

13 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

43/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

71st

43%

71st

Win quality

C

54th

41%

54th

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
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Ranked 6–15	6	1-5	17%
Building	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	Ranked 6–15	68	Jan 23, 2021
L	Uriah Hall#12	Ranked 6–15	69	Sep 14, 2019
L	Ian Heinisch	Ranked 6–15	48	May 18, 2019
W	Tim Boetsch#14	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	46	Mar 19, 2016
NC	Kevin Casey	Unproven	8	Dec 10, 2015
W	Eddie Gordon	Unproven	8	Jun 27, 2015
L	Patrick Cummins	Ranked 6–15	52	Dec 20, 2014
W	Vitor Miranda	Building	15	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.