Antonio Carlos Junior
13 UFC Fights | 54% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (71%)
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.
- Loss vs Brad Tavares · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · Jan 2021
- Loss vs Uriah Hall · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 2019
- Loss vs Ian Heinisch · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 2019
- Win vs Tim Boetsch · Submission · R1 4:28 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 2018
- Win vs Jack Marshman · Submission · R1 4:30 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 2017
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Antonio Carlos Junior's UFC Fight History
13 UFC fights on record (7-5 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Brad Tavares | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor | 2021-01-23 |
| L | Uriah Hall | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje | 2019-09-14 |
| L | Ian Heinisch | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee | 2019-05-18 |
| W | Tim Boetsch | Submission | R1 · 4:28 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje | 2018-04-14 |
| W | Jack Marshman | Submission | R1 · 4:30 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | 2017-10-28 |
| W | Eric Spicely | Submission | R2 · 3:49 | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway | 2017-06-03 |
| W | Marvin Vettori | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey | 2016-12-30 |
| W | Leonardo Guimaraes | Submission | R3 · 4:46 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson | 2016-09-17 |
| L | Daniel Kelly | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:36 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir | 2016-03-19 |
| D/NC | Kevin Casey | Other | R1 · 0:11 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | 2015-12-10 |
| W | Eddie Gordon | Submission | R3 · 4:37 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero | 2015-06-27 |
| L | Patrick Cummins | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway | 2014-12-20 |
| W★ | Vitor Miranda | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado | 2014-05-31 |
How Junior Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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