Rousimar Palhares

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Rousimar Palhares

Nickname“Toquinho”

Record

19-13-1

Streak

L5

Age

46

Date of birth

Feb 20, 1980

Fighting out of: Dores do Indaia, Minas Gerais
Born: Brazil
Camp: Team Nogueira
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 71" · 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Oct 9, 2013

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Mike Pierce

Welterweight · Submission · Heel Hook After Drop to Ground · R1 · 0:31

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields · Oct 9, 2013

Heel Hook After Drop to Ground

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields

Hector Lombard

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:38

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson · Dec 14, 2012

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson

Alan Belcher

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Guard · R1 · 4:18

UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller · May 5, 2012

Punches to Head From Guard

UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller

Mike Massenzio

Middleweight · Submission · Heel Hook On Ground · R1 · 1:03

UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes · Jan 14, 2012

Heel Hook On Ground

UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

Dan Miller

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami · Aug 27, 2011

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami

David Branch

Middleweight · Submission · Kneebar On Ground · R2 · 1:44

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann · Mar 3, 2011

Kneebar On Ground

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

Nate Marquardt

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 3:28

UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares · Sep 15, 2010

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares

Tomasz Drwal

Middleweight · Submission · Heel Hook On Ground · R1 · 0:45

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy · Mar 27, 2010

Heel Hook On Ground

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy

Lucio Linhares

Middleweight · Submission · Heel Hook On Ground · R2 · 3:21

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez · Dec 12, 2009

Heel Hook On Ground

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez

Jeremy Horn

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson · Jan 17, 2009

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson

Dan Henderson

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 88: Breakthrough · Sep 6, 2008

UFC 88: Breakthrough

Ivan Salaverry

Middleweight · Submission · Armbar From Back Control · R1 · 2:36

UFC 84: Ill Will · May 24, 2008

Armbar From Back Control

UFC 84: Ill Will

Outside the UFC

11-9-1across 21 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 10 sub · 1 decFNG · Fury FC 5 · FF · Kongs Fighting Championship · ACA 149 +12

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Florent Betorangal18-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kongs Fighting Championship	Mar 30, 2024
L	Anatoliy Boyko10-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:52	ACA 149	Dec 16, 2022
L	Ibragim Magomedov14-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:09	ACA 140	Jun 17, 2022
L	Georgy Kichigin33-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:53	RCC 5	Dec 15, 2018
L	Aliaskhab Khizriev12-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:58	FNG	Mar 30, 2018
D	Shamil Amirov4-2-1	Draw	Overturned by Promoter	R3	5:00	FNG	Sep 4, 2017
W	Alexei Ivanov11-5	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:37	FNG	Jul 7, 2017
L	Michal Materla33-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	1:27	KSW 36	Oct 1, 2016
L	Emil Meek10-6	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	0:45	Venator FC 3	May 21, 2016
W	Jake Shields33-11-1	Submission	Kimura	R3	2:02	WSOF 22	Aug 1, 2015
W	Jon Fitch32-8-2	Submission	Kneebar	R1	1:30	WSOF 16	Dec 13, 2014
W	Steve Carl22-7	Submission	Inverted Heel Hook	R1	1:09	WSOF 9	Mar 29, 2014
W	Daniel Acacio30-19	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:22	Fury FC 5	Dec 6, 2007
W	Fabio Nascimento11-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	2:45	Fury FC 5	Dec 6, 2007
W	Flavio Luiz Moura19-7	Submission	Ankle Lock	R1	1:21	Fury FC 4	Aug 4, 2007
W	Helio Dipp Jr.6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:40	FF	Mar 10, 2007
W	Claudio Mattos6-3	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:15	SS 12	Nov 25, 2006
L	Arthur Cesar Jacintho22-8	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	RMMAC	Jun 21, 2006
W	Renan Moraes0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	GFC 1	May 20, 2006
W	Bruno Bastos2-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	FF	Apr 29, 2006
L	Leandro Silva23-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	May 10, 2004

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

Career striking

OverallC48th

51%131 / 256

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.29 differential

Landed1.75

Absorbed2.04

30%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head71%36th93
Body10%25th13
Leg19%48th25

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

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%88
Clinch7%9
Ground26%34

Striking zones

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

UFC only

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Rousimar Palhares

Landed per 15

Head

F

25th

18.3

25th

Body

F

10th

2.6

10th

Leg

D

38th

4.9

38th

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

C

51st

29.5

51st

Body

A+

96th

1.8

96th

Leg

A+

92nd

1.2

92nd

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	18.3	93	210	44%
Body	2.6	13	17	76%
Leg	4.9	25	29	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.5	150	374	40%
Body	1.8	9	14	64%
Leg	1.2	6	9	67%

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

Rousimar Palhares

Rousimar Palhares

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 76 min

104%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Palhares builds (+25% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Palhares sustains 104% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Rousimar Palhares

Palhares ▲ 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

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Takedown attempts

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Control time

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Palhares% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.7	1.3	2.0	0.39	30%	12
R2	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.50	46%	5
R3	6.1	3.1	3.5	0.67	26%	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

Rousimar Palhares

Rousimar Palhares

12 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

A

81st

51%

81st

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

1

4

2

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
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
Ranked 6–15	5	2-3	40%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	4	4-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

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
W	Mike Pierce#10	Ranked 6–15	68	Oct 9, 2013
L	Hector Lombard	Ranked 6–15	49	Dec 14, 2012
L	Alan Belcher	Ranked 6–15	61	May 5, 2012
W	Mike Massenzio	Unproven	12	Jan 14, 2012
W	Dan Miller	Building	22	Aug 27, 2011
W	David Branch	Ranked 6–15	54	Mar 3, 2011
L	Nate Marquardt	Established	35	Sep 15, 2010
W	Tomasz Drwal	Building	18	Mar 27, 2010
W	Lucio Linhares	Unproven	8	Dec 12, 2009
W	Jeremy Horn	Building	22	Jan 17, 2009
L	Dan Henderson	Ranked 6–15	53	Sep 6, 2008
W	Ivan Salaverry	Building	18	May 24, 2008

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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