Rafael Cerqueira
“The Lion”
Light HeavyweightActive
Career record
11–4–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
0–4–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
0KO0SUB0DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO1SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1990-03-15 · age 36
- Height
- 6′ 3″ (75 in)
- Reach
- 76 in
- Leg reach
- 45 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- Brazil
- Hometown
- Salvador, Brazil
- Gym / team
- Galpao da Luta / CTJ
- Octagon debut
- 2024-10-26
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 1.56
- Striking accuracy
- 43%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 5.05
- Striking defence
- 36%
- Takedown average
- 0.00
- Takedown accuracy
- 0%
- Takedown defence
- 36%
- Submission average
- 0.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
4 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev | Loss | Submission · R1 · 0:33 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker |
| 2025-08-09 | Julius Walker | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez |
| 2025-02-22 | Modestas Bukauskas | Loss | TKO · R1 · 2:12 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song |
| 2024-10-26 | Ibo Aslan | Loss | TKO · R1 · 0:51 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 4 rows in the archive list Rafael Cerqueira as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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