Mauricio Rua Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Ihor Potieria Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	4:05	UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill	Jan 21, 2023
L	#15Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
L	#15Paul Craig Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	3:36	UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez	Nov 21, 2020
W	#11Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till	Jul 25, 2020
D	Paul Craig Light Heavyweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare	Nov 16, 2019
W	#14Tyson Pedro Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	0:43	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018
L	Anthony Smith Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:29	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith	Jul 22, 2018
W	#12Gian Villante Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	0:59	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	#12Corey Anderson Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic	May 14, 2016
W	#11Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia	Aug 1, 2015
L	#10Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:34	UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. Saint Preux	Nov 8, 2014
L	#8Dan Henderson Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	1:31	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014
W	James Te Huna Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot	Dec 6, 2013
L	Chael Sonnen Light Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard	R1	4:47	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen	Aug 17, 2013
L	Alexander Gustafsson Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz	Dec 8, 2012
W	Brandon Vera Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R4	4:09	UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera	Aug 4, 2012
L	Dan Henderson Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson	Nov 19, 2011
W	Forrest Griffin Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R1	1:53	UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami	Aug 27, 2011
L	Jon JonesTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R3	2:37	UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones	Mar 19, 2011
W	Lyoto MachidaTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R1	3:35	UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2	May 8, 2010
L	Lyoto MachidaTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun	Oct 24, 2009
W	Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:28	UFC 97: Redemption	Apr 18, 2009
W	Mark Coleman Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:36	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009
L	Forrest Griffin Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	4:45	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007

Outside the UFC

16-2across 18 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 13 KO · 1 sub · 2 decPRIDE · IFC · Meca 9 · Meca 8 · Meca 7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Alistair Overeem47-19	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:37	PRIDE	Feb 24, 2007
W	Kazuhiro Nakamura21-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2006
W	Kevin Randleman17-16	Submission	Kneebar	R1	2:34	PRIDE	Oct 21, 2006
W	Cyrille Diabate19-10-1	KO/TKO	Stomps	R1	5:29	PRIDE	Sep 10, 2006
L	Mark Coleman16-10	KO/TKO	Broken Arm	R1	0:49	PRIDE	Feb 26, 2006
W	Ricardo Arona14-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:53	PRIDE	Aug 28, 2005
W	Alistair Overeem47-19	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	6:42	PRIDE	Aug 28, 2005
W	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Jun 26, 2005
W	Quinton Jackson38-14	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	4:47	PRIDE	Apr 23, 2005
W	Hiromitsu Kanehara19-27-5	KO/TKO	Punches and Soccer Kicks	R1	1:40	PRIDE	Feb 20, 2005
W	Yasuhito Namekawa25-16-4	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	6:02	PRIDE	Oct 14, 2004
W	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	KO/TKO	Punches and Soccer Kick	R1	9:04	PRIDE	Feb 15, 2004
W	Akira Shoji14-18-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:47	PRIDE	Oct 5, 2003
L	Renato Sobral37-12	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	3:07	IFC	Sep 6, 2003
W	Erick Wanderley3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:54	IFC	Sep 6, 2003
W	Evangelista Cyborg dos Santos21-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	9:22	Meca 9	Aug 1, 2003
W	Angelo Antonio de Oliveira1-4	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	0:55	Meca 8	May 16, 2003
W	Rafael Freitas3-6	KO/TKO	Kick	R1	4:00	Meca 7	Nov 8, 2002

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

KO / TKO

21 wins, 7 losses

W21

L7

Submission

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Decision

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

8

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.58

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Mauricio Rua

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

8 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

14

2.66 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

6

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

0.97 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Mauricio Rua

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 3 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–2

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 60%

3L

Split2 decisions · 40%

1W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB69th

50%888 / 1,723

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.78 differential

Landed3.57

Absorbed2.79

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head59%52nd527
Body16%50th140
Leg25%73rd221

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%621
Clinch15%130
Ground15%137

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Mauricio Rua

Landed per 15

Head

C

51st

29.8

51st

Body

C

47th

7.9

47th

Leg

A

75th

12.5

75th

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

42nd

34.9

42nd

Body

D

37th

11.7

37th

Leg

A

70th

5.4

70th

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

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.8	527	1,254	42%
Body	7.9	140	194	72%
Leg	12.5	221	275	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.9	616	1,529	40%
Body	11.7	206	263	78%
Leg	5.4	95	128	74%

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.

UFC only

Mauricio Rua

43%

Takedown accuracy

48%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.7 min net

On top3.5

On bottom2.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

65th

1.5

65th

TD accuracy

B

66th

43%

66th

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.2

60th

Control

B

64th

3.5 min

64th

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

48%

28th

Controlled

2.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	27 / 63
Submission attempts	4
Control time	61:34

Defense

TDs defended	31 / 65
Control absorbed	49:34

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (265min 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.

UFC only

Mauricio Rua

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 265 min

88%

R3 pace · 15 bouts

Rua builds (+4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Rua keeps 88% of round-1 output by round 3 (15 bouts).

Rua ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

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.

Sig. strikes landed

Rualanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ruaattempts / min

Control time

Rua% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.1	3.5	3.9	0.27	20%	24
R2	4.8	3.3	3.3	0.19	24%	16
R3	4.7	3.1	3.8	0.23	24%	15
R4	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.35	24%	3
R5	5.8	3.7	0.6	0.10	46%	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.

UFC only

Mauricio Rua

24 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

52/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

85th

57%

85th

Win quality

B

59th

43%

59th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

11

6

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	11	4-7	36%
Top-15	6	3-2-1	60%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Ihor Potieria	Unproven	8	Jan 21, 2023
L	Ovince Saint Preux#15	Top-5	72	May 7, 2022
L	Paul Craig#15	Top-15	68	Nov 21, 2020
W	Rogerio Nogueira#11	Top-5	74	Jul 25, 2020
D	Paul Craig	Top-15	53	Nov 16, 2019
W	Tyson Pedro#14	Top-15	64	Dec 1, 2018
L	Anthony Smith	Top-5	67	Jul 22, 2018
W	Gian Villante#12	Top-15	65	Mar 11, 2017
W	Corey Anderson#12	Top-5	75	May 14, 2016
W	Rogerio Nogueira#11	Top-5	74	Aug 1, 2015
L	Ovince Saint Preux#10	Top-5	75	Nov 8, 2014
L	Dan Henderson#8	Top-5	89	Mar 23, 2014
W	James Te Huna	Top-15	52	Dec 6, 2013
L	Chael Sonnen	Top-15	63	Aug 17, 2013
L	Alexander Gustafsson	Top-5	69	Dec 8, 2012
W	Brandon Vera	Established	35	Aug 4, 2012
L	Dan Henderson	Top-5	72	Nov 19, 2011
W	Forrest Griffin	Contender-level	45	Aug 27, 2011
L	Jon Jones	Champion	83	Mar 19, 2011
W	Lyoto Machida	Top-5	81	May 8, 2010
L	Lyoto Machida	Top-5	76	Oct 24, 2009
W	Chuck Liddell	Long-tenured vet	60	Apr 18, 2009
W	Mark Coleman	Established	30	Jan 17, 2009
L	Forrest Griffin	Contender-level	40	Sep 22, 2007

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

23 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-3

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-7

14 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-4

11 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-7

10 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-1

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-2

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-2

5 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

2-2

4 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Mauricio Rua

Extended layoff

3y 5mosince last bout

vs Ihor Potieria · Jan 21, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-4As underdog 5-7

60.7

DK avg

71.7

Median

109.9

Ceiling

4.2

Floor

38%

Boom

25%

Bust

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