Rafael Dos Anjos
Lightweight
BrazilUFC4-fight losing streak
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32WINS
18LOSSES
0DRAWS
5KO/TKO
11SUB
16DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 41 · born Oct 26, 1984 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′8″ 173 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 38″ 97 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Southpaw UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Grappler UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Kings MMA - Huntington Beach, CA UFC.com
- Born
- Brazil UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Brazil UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Nov. 15, 2008 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 9 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
47%Striking accuracy1848 of 3930 landed
24%Takedown accuracy45⚑ of 191 landed
3.48Sig. strikes landedper min
3.25Sig. strikes absorbedper min
60%Striking defense
1.92Takedownsper 15 min
55%Takedown defense
0.56Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.2Knockdownsper 15 min
14:22Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 37 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alexander Hernandez | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 3, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Geoff Neal | KO/TKO | 1 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Mateusz Gamrot | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 9, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Vicente Luque | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Aug 12, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Bryan Barberena | Submission | 2 | Dec 3, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Rafael Fiziev | KO/TKO | 5 | Jul 9, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Renato Moicano | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Mar 5, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Paul Felder | Decision - Split | 5 | Nov 14, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Michael Chiesa | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 25, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Leon Edwards | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 20, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Kevin Lee | Submission | 4 | May 18, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Kamaru Usman | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 30, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Colby Covington | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 9, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Robbie Lawler | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Dec 16, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Neil Magny | Submission | 1 | Sep 9, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Tarec Saffiedine | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 17, 2017 | ↗ |
| L | Tony Ferguson | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 5, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Eddie Alvarez | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 7, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Donald Cerrone | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 19, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Pettis | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Mar 14, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Nate Diaz | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 13, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Benson Henderson | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 23, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Jason High | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 7, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 19, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Donald Cerrone | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 28, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Evan Dunham | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 18, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Mark Bocek | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 17, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Njokuani | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 11, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Kamal Shalorus | Submission | 1 | May 15, 2012 | ↗ |
| L | Gleison Tibau | Decision - Split | 3 | Nov 19, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | George Sotiropoulos | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 2, 2011 | ↗ |
| L | Clay Guida | Submission | 3 | Aug 7, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Terry Etim | Submission | 2 | Apr 10, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Kyle Bradley | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 11, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Rob Emerson | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 19, 2009 | ↗ |
| L | Tyson Griffin | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 1, 2009 | ↗ |
| L | Jeremy Stephens | KO/TKO | 3 | Nov 15, 2008 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.