Marcus Buchecha
- Fighting out of
- State of São Paulo
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'3" · 191 cm
- Reach
- 78" · 197 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last fight
- Apr 25, 2026
UFC fight history
Outside the UFC
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Amir Aliakbari16-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:15 | ONE | |
| L | Oumar Kane7-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | |
| W | Kirill Grishenko9-2 | Submission | Heel Hook | R1 | 1:04 | ONE | |
| W | Simon Carson2-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:24 | ONE | |
| W | Ji Won Kang8-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:27 | ONE | |
| W | Anderson Silva3-3 | Submission | North-South Choke | R1 | 2:55 | ONE |
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.
Method of victory & defeat
Finishes
KO history
Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).
Never submittedin the UFC
Judging
Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions
Career striking
- Head69%39th41
- Body25%50th15
- Leg5%45th3
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes
- Standing42%25
- Clinch14%8
- Ground44%26
Striking zones
Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.
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.
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
| Zone | Per 15 | Landed | Attempted | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 16.5 | 41 | 92 | 45% |
| Body | 6.1 | 15 | 21 | 71% |
| Leg | 1.2 | 3 | 4 | 75% |
| Zone | Per 15 | Landed | Attempted | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 25.0 | 62 | 139 | 45% |
| Body | 4.4 | 11 | 14 | 79% |
| Leg | 2.8 | 7 | 8 | 88% |
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.
Career totals — landed / attempted, control time
| Takedowns | 5 / 31 |
| Submission attempts | 1 |
| Control time | 12:34 |
| TDs defended | 0 / 0 |
| Control absorbed | 9:24 |
Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (37min 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.
Buchecha fades (-41% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Buchecha drops to 35% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).
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.
| Round | Output / min | Sig landed / min | Sig absorbed / min | TD att / min | Control | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.40 | 27% | 3 |
| R2 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.33 | 55% | 3 |
| R3 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.60 | 19% | 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.
- Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
- Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
| Tier | Bouts | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-15 | 2 | 0-1-1 | 0% |
| Cross-div ranked | 1 | 0-1 | 0% |
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 | Ryan Spann | Cross-div ranked | 45 | Apr 25, 2026 |
| D | Kennedy Nzechukwu#15 | Top-15 | 61 | Dec 13, 2025 |
| L | Martin Buday#14 | Top-15 | 64 | Jul 26, 2025 |
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 boutsPerformance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.
Activity & layoff
Last fight, activity, and divisional context.
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