Paulo Henrique Laia
UFC DebutNickname“PH”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- RD Champions
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Paulo Henrique Laia 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
371-158-4
.701 win rate
Winning-record opponents
24 of 30
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
30
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 30 bouts · 22 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 8 sub · 4 decArena Global · CFC 23 · PFL · SFT · Shooto +17
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Willian Lima16-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:01 | CFC 28 | Apr 8, 2026 |
| L | Valery Gritsutin20-12 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Yuzhniy Rubezh | May 9, 2025 |
| NC | Vladimir Kanunnikov18-3 | No Contest | Illegal Choke | R1 | 2:57 | LFA | Feb 7, 2025 |
| L | Raul Tutarauli38-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:06 | GFC 29 | Dec 14, 2024 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:28 | CFC 23 | Oct 12, 2024 | |
| W | Lucas Marques19-6 | KO/TKO | Elbows | R1 | 4:16 | CFC 23 | Oct 12, 2024 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:37 | CFC 19 | Apr 25, 2024 | |
| W | Brendo Bispo14-6 | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 2:01 | CFC 17 | Jan 20, 2024 |
| W | Godofredo Junior3-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:09 | Arena Global | Aug 5, 2023 |
| L | Kendly St. Louis11-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | Mar 17, 2023 |
| L | Manoel Sousa14-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | Feb 17, 2023 |
| W | Magnus Kelly Conrado20-7 | KO/TKO | Slam and Punches | R1 | 0:17 | SFT | Nov 11, 2022 |
| W | Ednilson Barros Santos14-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | SFT | Nov 11, 2022 |
| L | Guido Santos17-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFT 37 | Sep 3, 2022 |
| W | Bruno Tavares14-9-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFT 34 | Apr 30, 2022 |
| W | Marcus Rodrigues da Costa12-6 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | Arena Global | Oct 9, 2021 |
| W | Felipe Cruz20-6-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 1:48 | Future MMA | Aug 1, 2021 |
| L | Joelson Pantoja9-4 | Disqualification | Illegal Elbow | R1 | 0:58 | Arena Global | Jun 5, 2021 |
| W | Pedro Henrique Santos17-11 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:00 | Arena Global | Feb 12, 2021 |
| W | Guilherme dos Santos Gomes2-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:00 | Arena Global | Dec 6, 2020 |
| W | Guilherme Doin14-12 | Submission | Anaconda Choke | R2 | 1:56 | Shooto | Oct 25, 2020 |
| L | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Jungle Fight 102 | Feb 15, 2020 | |
| L | Rangel de Sa16-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:25 | Shooto | Sep 27, 2019 |
| W | Jean Pierre Anselmo0-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | DC Fighters 2 | May 11, 2019 |
| W | Richard de Lima Macedo2-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 15:00 | NCE 32 | Dec 8, 2018 |
| W | Ignacio Diez Abadie3-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:34 | NCE 31 | Oct 20, 2018 |
| L | Lucas Fernando13-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:15 | RBFC | Jul 7, 2018 |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 3:36 | NCE 27 | Jun 9, 2018 | |
| W | Diego Barcelos Batista3-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:41 | NCE 24 | Mar 4, 2018 |
| W | Israel Silva0-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:40 | Lux Combat 1 | Jan 20, 2018 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.