Mateus Nascimento Nery da Cruz
UFC DebutNickname“Mateuzao”
Record
Streak
L5
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Bocaiuva, Minas Gerais
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Vilsao Team
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'11" · 180 cm
Before the UFC
Mateus Nascimento Nery da Cruz 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
38-14
.731 win rate
Winning-record opponents
3 of 4
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
11
4 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 11 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 4 subVilsao Team · PCMMA · Vilsao Combat MMA - · LMMAI · FF 2 +2
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Pablo Ferreira | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | Vilsao Combat MMA - | |
| L | Jeferson Bezerra de Sousa | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:10 | LMMAI | |
| L | Marceu Peixoto | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:58 | FF 2 | |
| L | Hernando Cruz Rezende | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R3 | 0:55 | Vilsao Team | |
| L | Ismael Bonfim20-6 | Submission | Kimura | R2 | 0:42 | Jungle Fight 94 | |
| W | Thiago Felipe Barbosa dos Santos | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:46 | PCMMA | |
| L | Arthur Lopes6-3 | DQ | Kick to Head of Grounded Fighter | R1 | 2:09 | Vilsao Team | |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:44 | PCMMA | ||
| W | Lucas Gomes | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:13 | Vilsao Team | |
| W | Herivelto Reis | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:34 | Vilsao Team | |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:58 | Combat Night Fight 1 |
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.