Rafael Cavalcante Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#6Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	Feb 6, 2016
L	#10Patrick Cummins Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Guard	R3	0:45	UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia	Aug 1, 2015
L	#9Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov	Jun 14, 2014
W	Igor Pokrajac Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch Submission to Strikes	R1	1:18	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2	Nov 9, 2013
L	Thiago Silva Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:29	UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum	Jun 8, 2013

Outside the UFC

12-3, 1 NCacross 16 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 12 KOStrikeforce · EliteXC · IFL · WFT 7 · MF +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dan Konecke8-15-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:10	WFT 7	Jul 1, 2017
NC	Mike Kyle23-19-1	No Contest	Overturned by CSAC	R1	0:33	Strikeforce	May 19, 2012
W	Yoel Romero17-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:51	Strikeforce	Sep 10, 2011
L	Dan Henderson32-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:50	Strikeforce	Mar 5, 2011
W	Muhammed Lawal21-10	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R3	1:14	Strikeforce	Aug 21, 2010
W	Antwain Britt11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:45	Strikeforce	May 15, 2010
W	Aaron Rosa18-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:25	Strikeforce	Nov 20, 2009
L	Mike Kyle23-19-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:05	Strikeforce	Jun 6, 2009
W	Travis Galbraith18-7	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	3:01	EliteXC	Jul 26, 2008
W	Wayne Cole16-25	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	2:47	EliteXC	Jun 14, 2008
W	John Doyle11-22	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body	R1	2:17	EliteXC	Feb 16, 2008
L	Marcio Cruz8-3	Disqualification	Illegal Kick	R3	3:42	IFL	Jun 16, 2007
W	Devin Cole20-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:26	IFL	Feb 23, 2007
W	Rubens Xavier5-3	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:30	MF	Dec 9, 2006
W	Miodrag Petkovic32-24-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R2	1:37	WFC	May 20, 2006
W	Eduardo Maiorino3-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:13	PC	Feb 10, 2006

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

13 wins, 4 losses

W13

L4

Submission

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Decision

0 wins, 2 losses

W0

L2

Other

0 wins, 1 loss

Disqualifications and other results

W0

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Rafael Cavalcante

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.47 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.76 per 100 head

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

Never submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallC57th

53%83 / 186

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.91 differential

Landed2.71

Absorbed3.62

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head82%45th68
Body8%32nd7
Leg10%38th8

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

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%56
Clinch19%16
Ground13%11

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Rafael Cavalcante

Landed per 15

Head

D

32nd

21.9

32nd

Body

F

8th

2.3

8th

Leg

F

21st

2.6

21st

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

29th

42.2

29th

Body

C

47th

10.3

47th

Leg

D

26th

11.6

26th

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	21.9	68	162	42%
Body	2.3	7	11	64%
Leg	2.6	8	13	62%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.2	131	292	45%
Body	10.3	32	47	68%
Leg	11.6	36	40	90%

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

Rafael Cavalcante

0%

Takedown accuracy

52%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-7.2 min net

On top0.2

On bottom7.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

44th

0.0

44th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

C

58th

0.0

58th

Control

D

35th

0.2 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

D

36th

52%

36th

Controlled

7.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 1
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:36

Defense

TDs defended	17 / 33
Control absorbed	23:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (47min 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

Rafael Cavalcante

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 47 min

96%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Cavalcante fades (-47% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Cavalcante keeps 96% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Cavalcante ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Cavalcantelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cavalcanteattempts / min

Control time

Cavalcante% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.9	2.9	4.7	0.00	0%	5
R2	1.0	0.9	3.3	0.00	1%	3
R3	1.3	0.8	4.7	0.09	4%	3

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

Rafael Cavalcante

5 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

88th

62%

88th

Win quality

F

1st

0%

1st

Limited UFC sample (5 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

266-202-5

.568 win rate

Winning-record opponents

12 of 16

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

16

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.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Ovince Saint Preux#6	Top-5	77	Feb 6, 2016
L	Patrick Cummins#10	Top-15	69	Aug 1, 2015
L	Ryan Bader#9	Top-5	79	Jun 14, 2014
W	Igor Pokrajac	Unproven	12	Nov 9, 2013
L	Thiago Silva	Top-15	53	Jun 8, 2013

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

5 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-3

3 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

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Rafael Cavalcante

Extended layoff

9 yearssince last bout

vs Dan Konecke · Jul 1, 2017

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 0-3

28.1

DK avg

9.5

Median

9.6

Ceiling

7.8

Floor

20%

Boom

80%

Bust

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