Raphael Pessoa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Tanner Boser Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:36	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till	Jul 25, 2020
W	Jeff Hughes Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Oct 26, 2019
L	Ciryl Gane Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R1	4:12	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2	Aug 10, 2019

Outside the UFC

9-5across 14 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 sub · 2 decWLMMA · The King of Fighters 13 · ACA 141 · ACA 132 · ACA 127 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Michael Smolik6-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WLMMA	May 10, 2025
L	Boris Mbarga Atangana9-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:06	The King of Fighters 13	Jan 24, 2025
L	Adam Bogatyrev10-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:08	ACA 141	Jul 22, 2022
L	Daniel James16-8-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:14	ACA 132	Nov 19, 2021
L	Mukhomad Vakhaev13-9-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:28	ACA 127	Aug 28, 2021
W	Brian Heden31-17	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:39	LFA	Sep 21, 2018
W	Wagner Maia8-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Nov 26, 2017
W	Diego Pimenta0-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:23	DC Fighters 1	Aug 26, 2017
W	Carlos Alexandre0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:56	NCE 16	Jul 15, 2017
W	Luan Mendes Oliveira0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:48	Full Fight 1	Jun 11, 2017
W	Leonardo Alves Nascimento2-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NCE 13	May 13, 2017
W	Fabio Marongiu3-11	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	5:00	NCE 11	Mar 18, 2017
W	Romulo Ismael0-2	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:34	NCE 10	Feb 4, 2017
W	Bruno Luiz Nicolau1-4	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:26	NCE 9	Dec 10, 2016

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

6 wins, 5 losses

W6

L5

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Raphael Pessoa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

3.03 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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

1 scorecard on file

Raphael Pessoa

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD41st

26%58 / 215

Striking accuracy

42%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.27 differential

Landed2.16

Absorbed3.43

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-32%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%42nd33
Body12%47th7
Leg31%62nd18

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

Sig. strikes by position

86%Standing

Standing86%50
Clinch14%8
Ground0%0

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Raphael Pessoa

Landed per 15

Head

F

23rd

18.5

23rd

Body

F

20th

3.9

20th

Leg

A

76th

10.1

76th

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

A

83rd

17.9

83rd

Body

D

42nd

9.5

42nd

Leg

F

2nd

24.1

2nd

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	18.5	33	176	19%
Body	3.9	7	13	54%
Leg	10.1	18	26	69%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.9	32	90	36%
Body	9.5	17	21	81%
Leg	24.1	43	48	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

Raphael Pessoa

0%

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.0 min net

On top0.1

On bottom1.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

50th

0.0

50th

TD accuracy

0%

Sub attempts

B

62nd

0.0

62nd

Control

C

46th

0.1 min

46th

Defense

TD defense

100%

Controlled

1.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 3
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:06

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 1
Control absorbed	1:55

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (27min 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

Raphael Pessoa

3 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 27 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Pessoa hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

PessoaOutput / 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

Pessoalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pessoaattempts / min

Control time

Pessoa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.3	1.8	2.9	0.14	0%	3
R2	3.6	3.2	4.9	0.13	1%	2
R3	1.6	1.6	2.8	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

Raphael Pessoa

3 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

F

4th

16%

4th

Limited UFC sample (3 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.

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	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	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

99-74-2

.572 win rate

Winning-record opponents

7 of 14

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

14

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	Tanner Boser	Top-15	45	Jul 25, 2020
W	Jeff Hughes	Unproven	8	Oct 26, 2019
L	Ciryl Gane	Top-5	65	Aug 10, 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.

Career cohorts

3 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

1-0

1 bout

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

1y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Raphael Pessoa

Layoff

1y 1mosince last bout

vs Michael Smolik · May 10, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-2

21.6

DK avg

5.0

Median

56.6

Ceiling

3.2

Floor

0%

Boom

67%

Bust

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