Michel Pereira

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Michel Pereira

Nickname“Demolidor”

Record

32-14, 2 NC

Streak

L1

Age

32

Date of birth

Oct 6, 1993

Fighting out of: Marabá
Born: Brazil
Camp: Overcome Academy
Weight class: Middleweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jun 27, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Shara Magomedov

#14Shara Magomedov

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres · Jun 27, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres

Zach Reese

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · Feb 21, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez

Kyle Daukaus

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Guard · R1 · 0:43

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Aug 23, 2025

Elbows to Head From Guard

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang

Abus Magomedov

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates · Apr 26, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates

Anthony Hernandez

#13Anthony Hernandez

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head On Ground · R5 · 2:22

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira · Oct 19, 2024

Elbows to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira

Ihor Potieria

Middleweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing · R1 · 0:54

UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg · May 4, 2024

Guillotine Choke Standing

UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 1:01

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 9, 2024

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2

Andre Petroski

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:06

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza · Oct 14, 2023

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza

Santiago Ponzinibbio

#14Santiago Ponzinibbio

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira · May 21, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira

Andre Fialho

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane · Jan 22, 2022

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane

Niko Price

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · Jul 10, 2021

UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3

Khaos Williams

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal · Dec 19, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal

Zelim Imadaev

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 4:39

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai · Sep 5, 2020

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai

Diego Sanchez

Welterweight · DQ · Illegal Knee on Ground · R3 · 3:09

UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz · Feb 15, 2020

Illegal Knee on Ground

UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz

Tristan Connelly

Tristan Connelly

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 14, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje

Danny Roberts

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R1 · 1:47

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

Flying Knee Head

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee

Outside the UFC

22-9, 2 NCacross 33 bouts · 27 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 6 sub · 7 decTFS · XFCI · Heat · Road FC 52 · Road FC 51 +22

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dae Sung Kim4-6	KO/TKO	Punches and Knees	R2	1:02	Road FC 52	Feb 23, 2019
W	Won Jun Choi9-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:41	Road FC 51	Dec 15, 2018
L	Dusko Todorovic13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:32	SBC 19	Dec 1, 2018
NC	Burenzorig Batmunkh16-19	No Contest	Missed Weight	R5	1:46	Heat	Sep 17, 2018
W	Hae Jun Yang16-6	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R3	1:48	Road FC 48	Jul 28, 2018
W	Sung Hyun Kim0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:51	Heat	May 27, 2018
NC	Carlos Alexandre Pereira36-12-1	No Contest	C. Pereira Injured by Cage	R1	2:52	Arena Fight 8	May 12, 2018
W	Laerte Costa e Silva14-11-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:02	SBC 17	Apr 28, 2018
W	Luka Strezoski7-1	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	SBC 15	Dec 8, 2017
L	Tuluosibake Kuerbanjiang34-20	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kunlun Fight	Oct 3, 2017
W	Renato Gomes Gabriel28-18	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	0:54	TAURA MMA	Sep 16, 2017
W	Cristiano Estela17-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FFC 24	Dec 21, 2016
L	Ismael de Jesus17-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Nov 11, 2016
W	Stanley Barbosa de Melo2-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:56	Revelation FC	May 13, 2016
L	Abubakar Vagaev24-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 17	Apr 9, 2016
L	Carlston Harris19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFCI	Nov 28, 2015
W	Cairo Rocha12-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XFCI	Mar 15, 2015
W	Geraldo Coelho de Lima Neto18-8	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:40	XFCI	Nov 1, 2014
W	Caio Robson Silva12-11-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	5:00	AF	May 31, 2014
L	Zozimar de Oliveira Silva Junior33-24-1	Submission	Armbar	R2	—	Iron Man MMA	May 24, 2014
W	Alfredo Souza18-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Jungle Fight 65	Feb 2, 2014
W	Silmar Nunes51-18-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:18	TFS	Dec 21, 2013
W	Jaime Cordova12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	300 Sparta 4	Oct 10, 2013
W	Daziel Serafim da Silva Jr.22-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Green Fight	Sep 28, 2013
W	Renato Puente Flores6-5-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	300 Sparta 3	Sep 16, 2013
W	Reginaldo Ferreira Alves10-3	KO/TKO	—	R1	4:12	ASC	Aug 10, 2013
W	Franciney dos Santos Bessa2-7	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	1:52	MF	Jul 13, 2013
L	Rubenilton Pereira24-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MMADF	Apr 6, 2013
L	Rubenilton Pereira24-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TFS	Mar 30, 2013
L	Bruno Leandro Soares Lobato42-29-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CTF	Jan 12, 2013
W	Sivaldo Alves da Silva19-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TFS	Jun 15, 2012
W	Magno Silva1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:00	TFS	Jan 21, 2012
W	Edson Dias0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:20	DFC	Dec 22, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC55th

51%752 / 1,463

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.06 differential

Landed4.46

Absorbed4.40

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%59th352
Body42%95th319
Leg11%57th81

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

Sig. strikes by position

84%Standing

Standing84%629
Clinch11%83
Ground5%40

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Michel Pereira

Michel Pereira

Landed per 15

Head

B

59th

30.1

59th

Body

A+

97th

27.2

97th

Leg

C

57th

6.9

57th

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

F

24th

40.2

24th

Body

F

19th

13.2

19th

Leg

F

18th

11.4

18th

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	30.1	352	905	39%
Body	27.2	319	457	70%
Leg	6.9	81	101	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.2	471	1,154	41%
Body	13.2	155	225	69%
Leg	11.4	133	161	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Michel Pereira

Michel Pereira

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 176 min

147%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Pereira builds (+17% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Pereira lifts to 147% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Michel Pereira

Pereira ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Michel Pereira

Pereiralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Michel Pereira

Pereiraattempts / min

Control time

Michel Pereira

Pereira% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	3.6	2.7	0.12	10%	16
R2	5.3	4.5	4.2	0.09	12%	11
R3	6.2	5.3	5.9	0.23	6%	11
R4	1.2	0.6	5.8	0.20	1%	1
R5	0.4	0.4	9.3	0.00	0%	1

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

Michel Pereira

Michel Pereira

16 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

41/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

58th

36%

58th

Win quality

A

77th

49%

77th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

2

2

3

4

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	3	1-2	33%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	2	2-0	100%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	3	2-1	67%
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

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	Shara Magomedov#14	Ranked 6–15	62	Jun 27, 2026
W	Zach Reese	Building	18	Feb 21, 2026
L	Kyle Daukaus	Building	15	Aug 23, 2025
L	Abus Magomedov	Ranked 6–15	46	Apr 26, 2025
L	Anthony Hernandez#13	Top-5	75	Oct 19, 2024
W	Ihor Potieria	Unproven	12	May 4, 2024
W	Michal Oleksiejczuk	Contender-level	40	Mar 9, 2024
W	Andre Petroski	Contender-level	40	Oct 14, 2023
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio#14	Ranked 6–15	69	May 21, 2022
W	Andre Fialho	Unproven	8	Jan 22, 2022
W	Niko Price	Building	22	Jul 10, 2021
W	Khaos Williams	Established	22	Dec 19, 2020
W	Zelim Imadaev	Unproven	8	Sep 5, 2020
L	Diego Sanchez	Cross-div ranked	45	Feb 15, 2020
L	Tristan Connelly	Unproven	8	Sep 14, 2019
W	Danny Roberts	Established	30	May 18, 2019

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.

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