Joao Paulo de Souza
UFC DebutNickname“Tuba”
Record
Streak
L1
- Fighting out of
- Curitiba, Parana
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Middleweight
Before the UFC
Joao Paulo de Souza makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
82-48-2
.631 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 9
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
9 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 12 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 decPFC · BAMMA 6 · DF · RF 7 · CC +6
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | BAMMA 6 | May 21, 2011 | |
| W | Yuri Andrei8-14 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | DF | Nov 21, 2010 |
| W | Valter Luiz da Silva9-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFC | Oct 23, 2010 |
| W | Allan Froes7-6 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | RF 7 | Oct 3, 2009 |
| W | Eduardo Camaleao | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFC | Jul 11, 2009 |
| L | Francimar Barroso27-7-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | CC | Feb 15, 2009 |
| W | Claudinei Angelo da Silva12-5 | KO/TKO | — | R0 | 0:00 | Juiz de Fora | Nov 8, 2008 |
| W | Eduardo Camaleao | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | The Glory 2 | Sep 20, 2008 |
| L | Submission | Choke | R2 | 0:00 | SS 11 | May 21, 2006 | |
| L | Eduardo Rolha1-0 | Submission | Armbar | R3 | 0:00 | SS 9 | Nov 20, 2005 |
| W | Jefferson Gege | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:21 | TTC | May 28, 2005 |
| W | Rodrigo Padilha0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:00 | BF | Apr 2, 2005 |
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.