Joao Paulo Rodrigues de Souza
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L4
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Hikari
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Joao Paulo Rodrigues 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
993-568-32
.636 win rate
Winning-record opponents
36 of 44
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
60
44 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 60 bouts · 45 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 11 sub · 17 decMF · EF · Leal Combat · IMC · NF +40
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:29 | WEF 91 / Brave CF 32 | ||
| L | Mikhail Odintsov | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NFG 14 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 4:54 | Donetsk MMA Federation | ||
| L | Ludovit Klein24-5-1 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R3 | 0:46 | Oktagon MMA | |
| W | Marcos Vinicius Costa Silva12-10-1 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 15:00 | GFC 64 | |
| W | Marcos Jose da Silva | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NFC | |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 3:10 | CEF 10 | ||
| L | Marcos Rodrigues dos Santos36-14-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 3:44 | Talent MMA Circuit 7 | |
| W | Leonardo Laiola | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | CEF 9 | |
| L | Oleg Borisov28-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:50 | Fight Nights | |
| W | Henrique Mello12-5 | Submission | Brabo Choke | R1 | 0:00 | IFC | |
| W | Tiago Candido Machado Silva | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | LTF | |
| D | Marcos Vinicius Costa Silva12-10-1 | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Carpina FC 2 | |
| W | Willian Ramos | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 4:21 | EC | |
| L | Valdines Silva15-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Fort MMA | |
| D | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | EF | ||
| L | Jurandir Sardinha20-8-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | MF | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | IMC | ||
| L | Fabricio Silva22-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:15 | EF | |
| L | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:50 | WOCS | ||
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Jungle Fight 25 | ||
| L | Renato Carneiro21-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Jungle Fight 21 | |
| L | Iuri Alcantara35-11 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:11 | IMC | |
| W | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GFC | |
| W | Francisco Silva20-21-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NF | |
| W | Francisco Silva20-21-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CFC | |
| W | Gleristone Santos35-13 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 4:54 | Leal Combat | |
| W | Carlos Lima | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Leal Combat | |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:40 | PEF | ||
| W | Rony Mariano Bezerra18-12 | Submission | Stomp to the Body | R2 | 3:30 | PFB | |
| W | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Guamare | |
| W | Francisco Silva20-21-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:11 | JF | |
| W | Bruno Aguiar Ramos | KO/TKO | Retirement | R2 | 5:00 | EF | |
| W | Buterrie Buterrie | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:02 | OBF | |
| L | Gleristone Santos35-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RB Fighting | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RB Fighting | ||
| L | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | Decision | Split | R0 | 0:00 | AC | |
| W | Valdines Silva15-8 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:00 | AC | |
| W | Gilmark Marinho2-1-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | OBF | |
| W | Francisco Silva20-21-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NCVT | |
| W | Rodrigo Carlos Lima | KO/TKO | Knee Injury | R2 | 1:06 | HSF | |
| L | Gleristone Santos35-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | OF | |
| L | Fernando Paulon10-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | TFC | |
| W | Maguinho Maguinho | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:02 | LC | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NF | ||
| L | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | Leal Combat | ||
| W | Paracuru Paracuru | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:14 | MZI | |
| W | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | MF | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | MF | ||
| W | Joel Joel | Submission | Punches | R1 | 4:02 | FCF | |
| W | Bauru Bauru | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:13 | FCF | |
| L | Patricky Freire25-16 | KO/TKO | Stomps | R1 | 0:50 | CFN | |
| W | Buterrie Buterrie | Submission | Keylock | R3 | 0:00 | EOAM | |
| W | Glauke Eugenio e Silva | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:55 | DCN | |
| L | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | KO/TKO | Knee | R2 | 0:00 | MCM | |
| W | Rivanio Regis36-29-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:00 | MCM | |
| W | Janailson Kevin43-22 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:02 | MZI | |
| L | Patricio Freire37-9 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | — | FSLB | |
| W | Edson Ezequiel Dias | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:48 | MF | |
| W | Renan Barao34-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Heat FC 3 |
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.