Sozinaldo Palheta Duarte Jr.
UFC DebutNickname“Junior Duarte”
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Santana, Amapa
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
Before the UFC
Sozinaldo Palheta Duarte Jr. 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
135-98-4
.579 win rate
Winning-record opponents
8 of 13
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
20
13 opponents with 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 20 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 5 decGFC · CFC · GFC 2 · NEC 62 · LFA +14
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Diogo Silva de Souza14-8 | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 2:59 | GFC | Nov 8, 2025 |
| L | Diogo Silva de Souza14-8 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:32 | GFC | Sep 20, 2025 |
| L | Guilherme Porto | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CFC | Jul 26, 2025 |
| W | Gustavo Perreira | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:40 | GFC 2 | Apr 13, 2024 |
| W | Gustavo Perreira | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 0:44 | NEC 62 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| L | Icaro Brito9-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 3:03 | LFA | Sep 2, 2023 |
| W | Rogerio Sobrinho11-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Sul Fluminense Fight Night | Nov 13, 2021 |
| L | Michel Lima19-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFS 1 | Aug 8, 2021 |
| L | Jonas Bilharinho11-3-1 | KO/TKO | Flying Knee | R1 | 4:26 | Future MMA 9 | Oct 19, 2019 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AFN | Sep 14, 2019 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 4:43 | NEC 40 | Dec 1, 2018 | |
| W | Rogerio Furtado20-20-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | W-Combat 22 | Apr 21, 2018 |
| L | Italo Ribeiro12-8-1 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | IFC | Jul 29, 2017 |
| W | Maxwell Quaresma2-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | WCC | Apr 15, 2017 |
| W | Sergio dos Santos Malafaia da Silva | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:00 | IMVT | Dec 19, 2015 |
| W | Raylan Moreira dos Santos1-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:03 | NEC 17 | May 9, 2015 |
| W | Sergio dos Santos Malafaia da Silva | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 5:00 | Gladiadores MMA 2 | Dec 7, 2013 |
| D | Bruno Pereira da Silva11-7-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | NEC 8 | May 4, 2013 |
| W | Pablo Diego Rodrigues Leite | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Gladiadores MMA 1 | Mar 2, 2013 |
| W | Antonio Trindade Cordeiro Ferreira | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:36 | Bem Estar Fight | Sep 29, 2012 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.