Junior Luiz
UFC DebutNickname“Sniper”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Rizzo RVT
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Junior Luiz 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
160-72-2
.690 win rate
Winning-record opponents
9 of 11
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
19
11 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 19 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 5 decShooto · GSF · LFA · MAC 16 · RCC 21 +5
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Gleristone Santos35-13 | KO/TKO | Flying Knee and Punches | R1 | 0:50 | MAC 16 | Oct 24, 2025 |
| L | Submission | Neck Crank | R1 | 3:02 | RCC 21 | Dec 14, 2024 | |
| W | Ilyas Khamzin | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | Sep 14, 2024 |
| W | Thiago Hayne11-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 3:57 | CFC 21 | Jul 20, 2024 |
| W | Jonas Silva | KO/TKO | Leg Kick and Punches | R2 | 4:59 | Shooto | Mar 29, 2024 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:31 | LFA | May 27, 2023 | |
| W | Arcangelo Oliveira | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Nov 25, 2022 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:02 | LFA | Jul 18, 2021 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:40 | Shooto | Aug 23, 2020 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:33 | Shooto | Mar 1, 2020 | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Jungle Fight 99 | Nov 30, 2019 | |
| W | Diego Barcelos Batista | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 1:16 | Shooto | Jul 26, 2019 |
| L | Milson Castro20-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | May 11, 2018 |
| W | Adriano Nogueira | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:45 | Lux Combat 1 | Jan 20, 2018 |
| W | Rodrigo Reynoso | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFN | Aug 26, 2017 |
| W | Pedro Wilson6-5 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R1 | 1:41 | Shooto | May 12, 2017 |
| L | Alex Oliveira9-15 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | — | GSF | Apr 27, 2014 |
| L | Edson Junior | Submission | — | R1 | 1:51 | GSF | Dec 15, 2013 |
| W | Jonatan Feitosa Pinto | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | GSF | Apr 27, 2013 |
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.