Fabio Maldonado

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Fabio Maldonado

Nickname“Caipira de Aco”

Record

29-18

Streak

W1

Age

46

Date of birth

Mar 17, 1980

Fighting out of: Sorocaba, Sao Paulo
Born: Brazil
Camps: Pitbull Brothers·Team Maldonado
Weight class: Heavyweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Nov 7, 2015
Cut risk: 62%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Corey Anderson

#14Corey Anderson

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

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 · Nov 7, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3

Quinton Jackson

Quinton Jackson

Catch Weight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi · Apr 25, 2015

UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi

Hans Stringer

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R2 · 4:06

UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 · Oct 25, 2014

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2

Stipe Miocic

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:35

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

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Maldonado

Gian Villante

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

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 · Mar 23, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2

Joey Beltran

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

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields · Oct 9, 2013

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields

Roger Hollett

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

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold · May 18, 2013

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Stoppage Between Rounds · R2 · 5:00

UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar · Oct 13, 2012

Stoppage Between Rounds

UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar

Igor Pokrajac

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

UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier · May 15, 2012

UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier

Kyle Kingsbury

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

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale · Jun 4, 2011

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale

James McSweeney

James McSweeney

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 0:48

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama · Oct 16, 2010

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama

Outside the UFC

24-12across 36 bouts · 29 promotions · wins by 18 KO · 2 sub · 4 decFNG · BC · SFC · MTL · Brothers Fight Champion +24

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Luis Andrade de Oliveira4-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:13	Brothers Fight Champion	Dec 4, 2025
L	Nemanja Kovac14-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SBC 51	Aug 31, 2025
L	Kirill Sidelnikov15-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:45	Ural FC 1	Jul 1, 2022
L	Sergei Kharitonov35-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:28	MFP	Nov 6, 2021
W	Gabriel Kanabo0-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:47	Samurai FC 25	May 28, 2021
W	Eli Reger10-24	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:32	GCF 53	Oct 24, 2020
L	Chi Lewis-Parry9-0-2	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	1:08	UAE Warriors	Sep 25, 2020
W	Pelu Adetola8-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SBC 27	Mar 14, 2020
L	Jiri Prochazka32-6-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:49	RIZIN	Oct 12, 2019
W	Thiago Silva Batista0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:37	VFC	Dec 22, 2018
L	Ivan Shtyrkov25-3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:23	RCC 4	Oct 27, 2018
L	Nikita Krylov31-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	3:33	FNG	May 19, 2018
W	Kurban Omarov10-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	3:01	FNG	Sep 4, 2017
W	Abdul-Khamid Davlyatov7-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:20	FNG	Mar 4, 2017
L	Mikhail Mokhnatkin16-7-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFN	Oct 1, 2016
L	Fedor Emelianenko40-7	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	EFN 50	Jun 17, 2016
W	Nelson Martins8-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:40	FCF	Jun 30, 2010
W	Jackson Mora25-27-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:00	MF	Jun 4, 2010
W	Jessie Gibbs10-6	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	2:52	BC	May 28, 2010
W	Alessandro Leal3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	CPC	Mar 13, 2010
W	Fernando Tressino8-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:40	BC	Dec 12, 2009
W	Vitor Miranda12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BC	Sep 12, 2009
W	Edgard Castaldelli Filho12-4	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:00	PFC	Dec 3, 2008
W	Shaton Vaughn1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:48	FW 16	Nov 1, 2008
W	Maiquel Falcao39-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:00	Predador FC 9	Mar 15, 2008
W	Renato Matos5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:00	Predador FC 8	Dec 8, 2007
L	Alexandre Ferreira18-6	Submission	Kneebar	R1	0:27	MTL	Nov 10, 2007
W	Vitor Miranda12-7	Decision	—	R3	5:00	MTL	Sep 29, 2007
W	Maiquel Falcao39-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:46	MMMAC	May 18, 2007
W	Ildemar Alcantara26-17	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Predador FC 4	Jan 25, 2007
W	Gleison Silva de Abreu4-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:55	PC	Feb 10, 2006
W	Bruno Alves1-2	KO/TKO	Exhaustion	R2	4:54	CDL	Dec 14, 2004
L	Alessandro Leal3-4	Submission	Kneebar	R1	5:22	Meca 5	Jun 9, 2001
L	Omni Santos1-0	Decision	Unanimous	R2	10:00	SFC	Sep 23, 2000
W	Augusto Menezes Santos1-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:03	SFC	Sep 22, 2000
W	Robson Parazinho0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:21	SFC	Sep 22, 2000

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

Career striking

OverallB64th

58%717 / 1,218

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.98 differential

Landed5.29

Absorbed4.31

57%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%84th456
Body36%97th257
Leg1%25th4

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

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%483
Clinch26%183
Ground7%51

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Fabio Maldonado

Fabio Maldonado

Landed per 15

Head

A+

89th

50.5

89th

Body

A+

100th

28.5

100th

Leg

F

12th

0.4

12th

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

30th

40.3

30th

Body

F

21st

13.7

21st

Leg

F

24th

10.6

24th

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	50.5	456	871	52%
Body	28.5	257	342	75%
Leg	0.4	4	5	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.3	364	970	38%
Body	13.7	124	174	71%
Leg	10.6	96	112	86%

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

Fabio Maldonado

Fabio Maldonado

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 135 min

274%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Maldonado builds (+50% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Maldonado lifts to 274% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Fabio Maldonado

Maldonado ▲ 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

Fabio Maldonado

Maldonadolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Fabio Maldonado

Maldonadoattempts / min

Control time

Fabio Maldonado

Maldonado% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.8	2.6	5.4	0.02	4%	11
R2	7.0	6.0	3.7	0.04	21%	10
R3	9.0	8.2	3.6	0.11	13%	8

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

Fabio Maldonado

Fabio Maldonado

11 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

37/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

F

18th

29%

18th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

1

1

1

1

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

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	Corey Anderson#14	Top-5	74	Nov 7, 2015
L	Quinton Jackson	Contender-level	40	Apr 25, 2015
W	Hans Stringer	Unproven	8	Oct 25, 2014
L	Stipe Miocic#7	Champion	91	May 31, 2014
W	Gian Villante	Ranked 6–15	45	Mar 23, 2014
W	Joey Beltran	Unproven	8	Oct 9, 2013
W	Roger Hollett	Unproven	8	May 18, 2013
L	Glover Teixeira	Champion	68	Oct 13, 2012
L	Igor Pokrajac	Unproven	12	May 15, 2012
L	Kyle Kingsbury	Building	18	Jun 4, 2011
W	James McSweeney	Unproven	8	Oct 16, 2010

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.