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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
56-30
.651 win rate
Winning-record opponents
5 of 11
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
11
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.
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 Ferreira3-4 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | Vilsao Combat MMA - | Nov 12, 2022 |
| L | Jeferson Bezerra de Sousa5-0 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:10 | LMMAI | Jun 19, 2021 |
| L | Marceu Peixoto4-0 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:58 | FF 2 | Sep 5, 2020 |
| L | Hernando Cruz Rezende5-5 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R3 | 0:55 | Vilsao Team | Nov 30, 2019 |
| L | Ismael Bonfim20-6 | Submission | Kimura | R2 | 0:42 | Jungle Fight 94 | Dec 22, 2018 |
| W | Thiago Felipe Barbosa dos Santos0-4 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:46 | PCMMA | Jul 21, 2018 |
| L | Arthur Lopes6-3 | DQ | Kick to Head of Grounded Fighter | R1 | 2:09 | Vilsao Team | Mar 10, 2018 |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:44 | PCMMA | May 27, 2017 | |
| W | Lucas Gomes1-2 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:13 | Vilsao Team | May 13, 2017 |
| W | Herivelto Reis0-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:34 | Vilsao Team | Feb 13, 2016 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:58 | Combat Night Fight 1 | Jan 10, 2015 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.