Joao Zeferino Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Elias Silverio

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader · Sep 4, 2013

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader

Sep 4, 2013

L

Rafael Natal

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold

May 18, 2013

Outside the UFC

26-9across 35 bouts · 24 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 16 sub · 5 decPFL · NCF · WSOF 25 · SJSF · FF +19

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Andronico Borges1-14	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:10	BFC 3	Sep 6, 2025
L	Mikhail Ragozin25-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RCC 20	Oct 18, 2024
L	Dilano Taylor14-5	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PFL	May 6, 2022
W	Jason Ponet26-20-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:16	PFL	Jun 17, 2021
W	Gleison Tibau40-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Apr 29, 2021
W	Bojan Velickovic25-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Jul 11, 2019
W	Yuri Villefort12-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:10	PFL	Aug 16, 2018
W	Paul Bradley23-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:58	PFL	Jul 5, 2018
L	Herman Terrado15-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 30, 2017
W	Jason High23-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:51	WSOF 33	Oct 7, 2016
L	Jon Fitch32-8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WSOF 30	Apr 2, 2016
W	Jorge Patino40-19-2	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:24	WSOF 25	Nov 20, 2015
L	Brian Foster30-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:51	WSOF 25	Nov 20, 2015
W	Juliano Luis dos Santos10-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:29	Imortal FC 1	Jun 13, 2015
W	Jeovane Santana0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:35	OFN	Dec 13, 2014
W	Gilmar Dutra Lima29-19-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	3:57	NCF	Nov 21, 2014
W	Jackson Miranda11-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:25	Fighten	May 11, 2014
W	Edson Mosca8-8	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	—	SJSF	Mar 29, 2014
W	Wellington Geraldo de Oliveira10-9-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:46	NCF	Mar 9, 2013
W	Thiago Rela10-8	Submission	Keylock	R1	2:30	MMA Rocks	Dec 8, 2012
W	Givago Francisco13-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NCF	Aug 18, 2012
W	Deyvison Santos6-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:30	BBFC	Jul 15, 2012
W	Vagner Tiburcio12-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SJSF	Jun 9, 2012
W	Fabio Selim0-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:45	BTF	Nov 26, 2011
W	Sean Salmon18-21	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:25	NAFC	Nov 18, 2011
L	Eddie Larrea23-52	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:32	KTK 26	Jul 25, 2009
W	Joshua Thorpe13-18	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:32	UEP	Mar 21, 2009
W	Eric Thompson9-24	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:25	BG 5	Mar 14, 2009
W	Colby McMahon3-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:49	Atlas Fights	Feb 21, 2009
W	Eduardo Baby0-4	Submission	Arm Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	SFC 3	Dec 12, 2007
W	Marcelo Silva2-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	CTF	Jun 24, 2007
L	Kaue Dudus8-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FF	Mar 10, 2007
L	Leandro Gordo8-3	KO/TKO	Knee	R2	0:00	SFC 2	Nov 4, 2006
L	Fausto Black3-3	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:00	JFS 2	Jul 16, 2006
W	Bruno Amorim0-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	0:00	FF	Nov 26, 2005

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — 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

17 wins, 0 losses

W17

L0

Decision

5 wins, 7 losses

W5

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Joao Zeferino

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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 finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Joao Zeferino

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD34th

36%25 / 68

Striking accuracy

48%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.77 differential

Landed0.83

Absorbed2.60

49%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Joao Zeferino

Landed per 15

Head

F

6th

9.0

6th

Body

F

10th

2.5

10th

Leg

F

7th

1.0

7th

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

84th

17.5

84th

Body

F

20th

14.5

20th

Leg

C

51st

7.0

51st

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	9.0	18	54	33%
Body	2.5	5	8	63%
Leg	1.0	2	6	33%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.5	35	86	41%
Body	14.5	29	39	74%
Leg	7.0	14	26	54%

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

Joao Zeferino

6%

Takedown accuracy

50%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.5 min net

On top3.2

On bottom4.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

0.5

49th

TD accuracy

F

15th

6%

15th

Sub attempts

A

72nd

1.0

72nd

Control

C

58th

3.2 min

58th

Defense

TD defense

50%

Controlled

4.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 18
Submission attempts	2
Control time	6:28

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 4
Control absorbed	9:33

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (30min 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

Joao Zeferino

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 30 min

60%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Zeferino fades (-24% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Zeferino drops to 60% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Zeferino ▼ 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

Zeferinolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Zeferinoattempts / min

Control time

Zeferino% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	0.8	2.1	0.70	31%	2
R2	3.9	1.0	2.8	0.60	28%	2
R3	2.5	0.7	2.9	0.50	6%	2

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

Joao Zeferino

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

47th

31%

47th

Win quality

F

6th

19%

6th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

502-379-10

.570 win rate

Winning-record opponents

21 of 35

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

35

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Elias Silverio	Building	15	Sep 4, 2013
L	Rafael Natal	Ranked 6–15	49	May 18, 2013

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

2 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

11 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Joao Zeferino

Within a year

11 monthssince last bout

vs Andronico Borges · Sep 6, 2025

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

15.00

DK avg

22.20

Median

22.20

Ceiling

7.90

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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