Felipe Arantes

FeatherweightComplete Fighter
5 - 61 D

12 UFC Fights | 42% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (60%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
73"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
38
Orthodox

Felipe Arantes UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Felipe Arantes is 5-6-1 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 2 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-10-1 (2 NC), 13-4 of it outside the UFC. Arantes competes at featherweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'8" with a 73" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Song Yadong by knockout in Jun 2018.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 83rd percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (2.7/min).

Felipe Arantes's UFC win rate is 42% (5 of 12 fights), and 60% of those wins came by finish. Arantes averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 41% accuracy and stops 40% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
18-10-1 (2 NC)
UFC Record
5-6-1
Height
5'8"
Reach
73"
Age
38
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Song Yadong · KO/TKO · Jun 2018

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

Felipe Arantes's Last 5 Fights

Arantes is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Song Yadong · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards · Jun 2018
  2. Loss vs Josh Emmett · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till · Oct 2017
  3. Loss vs Erik Perez · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson · Nov 2016
  4. Win vs Jerrod Sanders · Submission · R2 1:39 · UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · Jul 2016
  5. Win vs Yves Jabouin · Submission · R1 4:21 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira · Aug 2015

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.4
Accuracy
44%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.09

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.7
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
36%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
41%
Takedown Defense
40%
Control Time / Fight
2:09
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
9% KO
9% Sub
R2
0% KO
9% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Felipe Arantes vs Average

Felipe Arantes lands 11.5 strikes in R1 but 12.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Felipe Arantes's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (5-6-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LSong YadongKO/TKOR2 · 4:59UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards2018-06-23
LJosh EmmettDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till2017-10-21
LErik PerezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson2016-11-05
WJerrod SandersSubmissionR2 · 1:39UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez2016-07-07
WYves JabouinSubmissionR1 · 4:21UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira2015-08-23
LAndre FiliDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 22014-10-25
WMaximo BlancoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi2014-02-15
LEdimilson SouzaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader2013-09-04
WGodofredo PepeyKO/TKOR1 · 3:32UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum2013-06-08
D/NCMilton VieiraDrawR3 · 5:00UFC 147: Silva vs Franklin 22012-06-23
WAntonio CarvalhoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes2012-01-14
LIuri AlcantaraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 134: Silva vs Okami2011-08-27

How Arantes Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.4 sig. strikes/min
18th percentile
Striking accuracy44%
43rd percentile
Strikes absorbed2.7/min
83rd percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
40th percentile
Takedown defense40%
15th percentile
Knockdown power0.09/fight
38th percentile

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