Valdir Araujo
UFC DebutNickname“BBMonstro”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Gama, Federal District
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- MMA Monsters
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Valdir Araujo 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
418-224-5
.651 win rate
Winning-record opponents
21 of 23
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
28
23 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 28 bouts · 25 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 7 sub · 4 decFNG · BFC · G-Force Fights · XMMA 3 · Titan FC 45 +20
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Nate Marquardt36-20-2 | KO/TKO | Body Kick and Punches | R2 | 2:45 | XMMA 3 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:17 | FNG | ||
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FNG | ||
| W | Adriano Capitulino | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Titan FC 45 | |
| W | Preston Parsons11-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 4:26 | Titan FC 43 | |
| L | Roberto Neves10-6 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 1:23 | FFC 24 | |
| W | Dakota Cochrane34-13 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:11 | VFC | |
| W | Victor Moreno42-26 | Submission | Ankle Lock | R1 | 4:50 | Gladiator MMA | |
| L | Alex Morono24-13 | KO/TKO | Punch | R3 | 2:18 | LFC 44 | |
| L | Tyler Stinson31-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:23 | WSOF 8 | |
| W | Romario Manoel da Silva23-12-1 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 4:09 | CFA 12 | |
| W | Cinaldo Gorilao | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:33 | PFL | |
| W | Alik Tseiko9-7-1 | KO/TKO | Flying Knee | R3 | 3:47 | CFA 11 | |
| L | Marcelo Alfaya18-14 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:25 | CFA 9 | |
| W | Paul Bradley23-10 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | CFA 8 | |
| W | Nicolae Cury9-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:12 | CFA 5 | |
| W | Ailton Barbosa13-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFC | |
| L | Brett Cooper28-17 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 0:35 | BFC | |
| W | Ken Jackson12-12-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:51 | Championship Fighting Alliance | |
| W | Ed Smith6-13 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 4:32 | Gladiator Cage Fights | |
| W | Alan Aeschlimann | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | G-Force Fights | |
| L | Chris Weidman16-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ROC 33 | |
| W | Edson Diniz12-6 | Submission | Punches | R2 | 3:10 | SFC | |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | ||
| W | Patrick Anastasio2-1 | KO/TKO | Eye Injury | R2 | 5:00 | Action Fight League | |
| L | Lucio Linhares19-8 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:25 | M-1 | |
| W | Adler Volmer | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:01 | RFC | |
| W | Robert De Morales | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:45 | G-Force Fights |
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.