Diego Ferreira Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Alexander Hernandez Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	3:46	UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva	Sep 13, 2025
L	#15Grant Dawson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025
W	Mateusz Rebecki Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R3	4:51	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento	May 11, 2024
W	#10Michael Johnson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:50	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill	May 20, 2023
L	Mateusz Gamrot Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Body On Ground	R2	3:26	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
L	#14Gregor Gillespie Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	4:51	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson	May 8, 2021
L	#13Beneil Dariush Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021
W	#11Anthony Pettis Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:46	UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy	Jan 18, 2020
W	#15Mairbek Taisumov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	#15Rustam Khabilov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019
W	Kyle Nelson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	1:23	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018
W	Jared Gordon Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:58	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros	Feb 18, 2018
W	Olivier Aubin-Mercier Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader	Jan 30, 2016
L	Dustin Poirier Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	3:45	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015
L	Beneil Dariush Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
W	Ramsey Nijem Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:53	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014
W	Colton Smith Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:38	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens	Jun 28, 2014

Outside the UFC

9-0across 9 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 5 sub · 4 decUWF · LFC 25 · LFC 24 · LFC 20 · STFC 24 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jorge Patino40-19-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFC 25	Nov 15, 2013
W	Chris Feist8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 24	Oct 11, 2013
W	Carlo Prater35-25-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFC 20	May 31, 2013
W	Danny Salinas12-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:41	STFC 24	Feb 22, 2013
W	Jorge Cortez4-12	Submission	Kimura	R1	0:43	STFC 23	Dec 7, 2012
W	Travonne Hobbs2-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	1:57	UWF	Jun 30, 2012
W	Hector Munoz10-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:38	UWF	May 4, 2012
W	Clint Roberts6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:39	UWF 1	Nov 26, 2011
W	Joseph Daily4-5	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	STFC 15	Apr 15, 2011

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

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Submission

7 wins, 0 losses

W7

L0

Decision

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.18

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.35

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Diego Ferreira

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.55 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.97 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

4 scorecards on file

Diego Ferreira

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

3W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

2

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC55th

39%776 / 1,951

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.24 differential

Landed4.70

Absorbed3.46

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%85th548
Body22%74th169
Leg8%43rd59

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

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%602
Clinch6%50
Ground16%124

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Diego Ferreira

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

49.8

91st

Body

A

81st

15.4

81st

Leg

D

39th

5.4

39th

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

D

35th

37.5

35th

Body

C

49th

9.6

49th

Leg

A

72nd

4.7

72nd

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	49.8	548	1,564	35%
Body	15.4	169	314	54%
Leg	5.4	59	73	81%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	37.5	413	1,069	39%
Body	9.6	106	164	65%
Leg	4.7	52	62	84%

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

Diego Ferreira

30%

Takedown accuracy

58%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.9 min net

On top1.8

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

D

41st

0.8

41st

TD accuracy

D

39th

30%

39th

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.5

61st

Control

D

40th

1.8 min

40th

Defense

TD defense

C

45th

58%

45th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 30
Submission attempts	6
Control time	19:23

Defense

TDs defended	44 / 76
Control absorbed	39:49

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (165min 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

Diego Ferreira

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 165 min

192%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Ferreira builds (+16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Ferreira lifts to 192% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Ferreira ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Ferreiralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ferreiraattempts / min

Control time

Ferreira% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	4.3	3.8	0.21	11%	17
R2	5.2	4.3	3.6	0.19	8%	14
R3	7.2	6.2	2.6	0.11	17%	7

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

Diego Ferreira

17 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

53/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

84th

57%

84th

Win quality

B

70th

46%

70th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

6

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	5	1-4	20%
Top-15	6	3-3	50%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Alexander Hernandez#15	Top-15	64	Sep 13, 2025
L	Grant Dawson#15	Top-15	65	Jan 18, 2025
W	Mateusz Rebecki	Building	18	May 11, 2024
W	Michael Johnson#10	Top-5	75	May 20, 2023
L	Mateusz Gamrot	Top-5	57	Dec 18, 2021
L	Gregor Gillespie#14	Top-15	68	May 8, 2021
L	Beneil Dariush#13	Top-5	77	Feb 6, 2021
W	Anthony Pettis#11	Champion	88	Jan 18, 2020
W	Mairbek Taisumov#15	Top-15	60	Sep 7, 2019
W	Rustam Khabilov#15	Top-15	64	Feb 23, 2019
W	Kyle Nelson	Building	15	Dec 8, 2018
W	Jared Gordon	Established	22	Feb 18, 2018
W	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	Top-15	45	Jan 30, 2016
L	Dustin Poirier	Top-5	78	Apr 4, 2015
L	Beneil Dariush	Top-5	61	Oct 25, 2014
W	Ramsey Nijem	Established	30	Aug 30, 2014
W	Colton Smith	Unproven	8	Jun 28, 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

17 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

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-4

10 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

2-4

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-3

10 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

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Diego Ferreira

Within a year

9 monthssince last bout

vs Alexander Hernandez · Sep 13, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-1As underdog 5-5

65.2

DK avg

74.8

Median

112.1

Ceiling

10.1

Floor

47%

Boom

24%

Bust

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