Diego Ferreira
18 UFC Fights | 61% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (64%)
Diego Ferreira UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Diego Ferreira is 11-7 in the UFC across 18 fights, with 5 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-7, 9-0 of it outside the UFC. Ferreira competes at lightweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'9" with a 74" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a win over Billy Quarantillo by unanimous decision in Aug 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 85th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (4.7 sig. strikes/min).
Diego Ferreira's UFC win rate is 61% (11 of 18 fights), and 64% of those wins came by finish. Ferreira averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 30% accuracy and stops 58% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 20-7
- UFC Record
- 11-7
- Height
- 5'9"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 41
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Billy Quarantillo · Decision - Unanimous · Aug 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Diego Ferreira's Last 5 Fights
Ferreira is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Billy Quarantillo · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld · Aug 2026
- Loss vs Alexander Hernandez · KO/TKO · R2 3:46 · UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 2025
- Loss vs Grant Dawson · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
- Win vs Mateusz Rebecki · KO/TKO · R3 4:51 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 2024
- Win vs Michael Johnson · KO/TKO · R2 1:50 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill · May 2023
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Diego Ferreira vs Average
Diego Ferreira lands 19.3 strikes in R1 but 30.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Diego Ferreira's UFC Fight History
18 UFC fights on record (11-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Billy Quarantillo | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld | 2026-08-08 |
| L | Alexander Hernandez | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:46 | UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva | 2025-09-13 |
| L | Grant Dawson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano | 2025-01-18 |
| W | Mateusz Rebecki | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:51 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | 2024-05-11 |
| W | Michael Johnson | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:50 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill | 2023-05-20 |
| L | Mateusz Gamrot | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:26 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus | 2021-12-18 |
| L | Gregor Gillespie | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:51 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson | 2021-05-08 |
| L | Beneil Dariush | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | 2021-02-06 |
| W | Anthony Pettis | Submission | R2 · 1:46 | UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy | 2020-01-18 |
| W | Mairbek Taisumov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier | 2019-09-07 |
| W | Rustam Khabilov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos | 2019-02-23 |
| W | Kyle Nelson | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:23 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega | 2018-12-08 |
| W | Jared Gordon | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros | 2018-02-18 |
| W | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader | 2016-01-30 |
| L | Dustin Poirier | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:45 | UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas | 2015-04-04 |
| L | Beneil Dariush | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2 | 2014-10-25 |
| W | Ramsey Nijem | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:53 | UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto | 2014-08-30 |
| W | Colton Smith | Submission | R1 · 0:38 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Stephens | 2014-06-28 |
How Ferreira Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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