Vinicius Cruz
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Team Nogueira
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 6'1" · 185 cm
Before the UFC
Vinicius Cruz 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
380-187-5
.670 win rate
Winning-record opponents
19 of 22
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
23
22 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 23 bouts · 23 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 5 decACA 202 · ACA 197 · ACA 191 · ACA 187 · ACA 178 +18
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Andrei Koshkin27-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 202 | Apr 12, 2026 |
| W | Iskandar Mamadaliev7-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:33 | ACA 197 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| L | Albert Tumenov25-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:30 | ACA 191 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| W | Nikolay Aleksakhin26-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 187 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| W | Vitaliy Slipenko17-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 178 | Aug 16, 2024 |
| L | Edil Esengulov26-6-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R4 | 1:02 | ACA 166 | Nov 24, 2023 |
| W | Zelimkhan Amirov11-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 164 | Oct 4, 2023 |
| W | Ayndi Umakhanov13-3 | KO/TKO | Knees and Punches | R2 | 2:46 | ACA 159 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| L | Khusein Khaliev25-3 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 150 | Dec 23, 2022 |
| L | Artur Alibulatov22-4 | KO/TKO | Injury | R1 | 3:05 | AMC | Feb 23, 2022 |
| L | Cleber Sousa Silva25-19-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Future MMA 8 | Aug 23, 2019 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punch to the Body | R3 | 3:09 | SFT 12 | May 25, 2019 | |
| W | Eduardo Rufino11-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:19 | SFC | Aug 11, 2018 |
| L | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 3:37 | Brave CF 4 | Mar 31, 2017 | |
| W | Samuel Trindade12-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | — | BFC 2 | Aug 26, 2016 |
| D | Marcos Antonio Santana23-10-1 | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Jungle Fight 88 | Jun 25, 2016 |
| W | Danilo de Souza Martins10-37-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:19 | XFMMA | Jan 23, 2016 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | FTF 12 | Sep 12, 2015 | |
| W | Rene Pessoa26-13 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R2 | 2:08 | Jungle Fight 71 | Jul 19, 2014 |
| W | Ismael de Jesus17-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BC | Jul 19, 2013 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | WFC | Jan 27, 2013 | |
| W | Eder Gama22-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFC | Mar 10, 2012 |
| W | Odair Cavalcanti | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:43 | BFFC | Dec 3, 2011 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.