Luiz Cado
UFC DebutNickname“Golden Boy”
Record
Streak
W4
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Curitiba, Parana
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Brazilian TKO
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Luiz Cado 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
313-163-3
.658 win rate
Winning-record opponents
18 of 23
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
26
23 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 26 bouts · 21 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 5 sub · 4 decSHC · Fighten · Fight Nights · Brave CF 89 · Brave CF 78 / VFE +16
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kamal Magomedov11-1 | Disqualification | Elbows to Back of Head | R2 | 0:30 | Brave CF 89 | Oct 19, 2024 |
| W | Vernon Ramos9-2 | Submission | Kneebar | R2 | 0:43 | Brave CF 78 / VFE | Dec 7, 2023 |
| W | Willker Lemos12-3 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:43 | Brave CF 73 | Aug 12, 2023 |
| W | Luis Felipe Dias18-5 | KO/TKO | Punch | R3 | 0:14 | Brave CF 60 | Jul 30, 2022 |
| L | Uyran Carlos14-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:19 | Future MMA 12 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:42 | Future FC 6 | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| W | Claudiere Freitas19-23 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:21 | Future FC 3 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| L | Edi Castro Alves Junior5-2-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:41 | F2N | Apr 28, 2017 |
| W | Rafael Teixeira Dias9-3 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:28 | Fighten | Sep 11, 2016 |
| W | Rodrigo Correia27-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Samurai FC / PFE 13 | Jun 11, 2016 |
| W | Jean Petrick10-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Imortal FC 2 | Dec 13, 2015 |
| W | Rony Vargas2-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:30 | Fighten | Aug 22, 2015 |
| L | Alexei Ivanov11-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Fight Nights | Mar 21, 2015 |
| L | Shamil Zavurov40-7-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:12 | NS | Oct 31, 2014 |
| D | Marif Piraev28-4-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | Fight Nights | Jul 11, 2014 |
| W | Pablo Peralta | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:36 | AFL 1 | May 10, 2014 |
| L | Rafal Moks11-8 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:35 | KSW 25 | Dec 7, 2013 |
| W | Federico Torres8-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:37 | SHC | Sep 21, 2013 |
| W | Mateusz Piskorz15-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | KSW 23 | Jun 8, 2013 |
| W | Diego Silva | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:28 | SHC | Mar 23, 2013 |
| L | Geovani de Lima13-12 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:15 | Hurricane | Nov 17, 2012 |
| L | Rafael Carvalho17-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 0:00 | Forca Jovem Parana | Aug 25, 2012 |
| W | Rangel Farias | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:17 | SJSF | Jun 9, 2012 |
| W | Junior Vidal3-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AFT | Oct 15, 2011 |
| W | Felipe Macedo0-1 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | SHC | Sep 24, 2011 |
| W | Julio Cesar Bilik22-27 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 2:46 | SHC | Jun 17, 2011 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.