Antonio Carlos Junior

MiddleweightSubmission Artist
7 - 51 NC

13 UFC Fights | 54% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (71%)

Height
6' 2"
Reach
79"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
36
Orthodox

Antonio Carlos Junior UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Antonio Carlos Junior is 7-5 in the UFC across 13 fights (1 no contest), with 5 wins by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-6 (2 NC), 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Antonio Carlos Junior competes at middleweight as an orthodox submission artist, standing 6'2" with a 79" reach at 36 years old. The last bout was a win over Sullivan Cauley by submission in Aug 2025.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 95th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (2.8/fight).

Antonio Carlos Junior's UFC win rate is 54% (7 of 13 fights), and 71% of those wins came by finish. Carlos Junior averages 2.8 takedowns per fight at 39% accuracy and stops 53% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
19-6 (2 NC)
UFC Record
7-5 (1 NC)
Height
6'2"
Reach
79"
Age
36
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Sullivan Cauley · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · Aug 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Antonio Carlos Junior's Last 5 Fights

Carlos Junior is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Brad Tavares · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · Jan 2021
  2. Loss vs Uriah Hall · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 2019
  3. Loss vs Ian Heinisch · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 2019
  4. Win vs Tim Boetsch · Submission · R1 4:28 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 2018
  5. Win vs Jack Marshman · Submission · R1 4:30 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 2017

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
1.9
Accuracy
43%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.1
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
47%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.8
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
39%
Takedown Defense
53%
Control Time / Fight
5:51
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.7

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
17% Sub
R2
0% KO
8% Sub
R3+
0% KO
17% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Antonio Carlos Junior vs Average

Antonio Carlos Junior's UFC Fight History

13 UFC fights on record (7-5 (1 NC)), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LBrad TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor2021-01-23
LUriah HallDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje2019-09-14
LIan HeinischDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee2019-05-18
WTim BoetschSubmissionR1 · 4:28UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje2018-04-14
WJack MarshmanSubmissionR1 · 4:30UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28
WEric SpicelySubmissionR2 · 3:49UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway2017-06-03
WMarvin VettoriDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey2016-12-30
WLeonardo GuimaraesSubmissionR3 · 4:46UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson2016-09-17
LDaniel KellyKO/TKOR3 · 1:36UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir2016-03-19
D/NCKevin CaseyOtherR1 · 0:11UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant2015-12-10
WEddie GordonSubmissionR3 · 4:37UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero2015-06-27
LPatrick CumminsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway2014-12-20
W★Vitor MirandaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado2014-05-31

How Junior Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume1.9 sig. strikes/min
16th percentile
Striking accuracy43%
27th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.1/min
86th percentile
Takedowns2.8/fight
95th percentile
Takedown defense53%
36th percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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