Rafael Natal
“Sapo”
MiddleweightInactive
Career record
21–9–1
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
9–7–1
as stored in the database
Wins by
1KO1SUB7DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
4KO0SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1982-12-25 · age 43
- Height
- 6′ 0″ (72 in)
- Reach
- 77 in
- Leg reach
- 43 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Brazil
- Hometown
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Gym / team
- Renzo gracie Academy- Houston, Texas
- Octagon debut
- 2010-09-15
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.10
- Striking accuracy
- 47%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.48
- Striking defence
- 57%
- Takedown average
- 2.55
- Takedown accuracy
- 34%
- Takedown defence
- 77%
- Submission average
- 0.50
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
17 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-22 | Eryk Anders | Loss | TKO · R1 · 2:54 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum |
| 2016-11-12 | Tim Boetsch | Loss | TKO · R1 · 3:22 | Middleweight | UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor |
| 2016-04-23 | Robert Whittaker | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux |
| 2016-01-30 | Kevin Casey | Win | TKO · R3 · 3:37 | Middleweight | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader |
| 2015-05-23 | Uriah Hall | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier |
| 2015-01-31 | Tom Watson | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz |
| 2014-09-05 | Chris Camozzi | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi |
| 2014-05-10 | Ed Herman | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva |
| 2013-11-06 | Tim Kennedy | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:40 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 |
| 2013-09-04 | Tor Troeng | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader |
| 2013-05-18 | Joao Zeferino | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold |
| 2013-01-26 | Sean Spencer | Win | Submission · R3 · 2:13 | Middleweight | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson |
| 2012-07-11 | Andrew Craig | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:52 | Middleweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs Weidman |
| 2012-02-04 | Michael Kuiper | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit |
| 2011-08-06 | Paul Bradley | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2 |
| 2010-12-11 | Jesse Bongfeldt | No winner recorded | Draw · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2 |
| 2010-09-15 | Rich Attonito | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 17 rows in the archive list Rafael Natal as one of the two fighters. One of them does not record a winner that resolves to either fighter, so it is shown as such rather than being assigned a result. 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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