Francisco Trinaldo
26 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (39%)
Francisco Trinaldo UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Francisco Trinaldo is 18-8 in the UFC across 26 fights, with 5 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 11 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 29-9, 11-1 of it outside the UFC. Trinaldo competes at lightweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 5'9" with a 70" reach at 48 years old. The last bout was a win over Sasha Palatnikov by knockout in Nov 2023.
Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 69th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.7/min).
Francisco Trinaldo's UFC win rate is 69% (18 of 26 fights), and 39% of those wins came by finish. Trinaldo averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 42% accuracy and stops 60% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 29-9
- UFC Record
- 18-8
- Height
- 5'9"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 48
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- W vs Sasha Palatnikov · TKO (Knee Injury) · Nov 2023
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Francisco Trinaldo's Last 5 Fights
Trinaldo is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Randy Brown · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan · Oct 2022
- Win vs Danny Roberts · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 2022
- Win vs Dwight Grant · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · Oct 2021
- Loss vs Muslim Salikhov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · Jun 2021
- Win vs Jai Herbert · KO/TKO · R3 1:30 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till · Jul 2020
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Francisco Trinaldo vs Average
Francisco Trinaldo lands 13.8 strikes in R1 but 15.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Francisco Trinaldo's UFC Fight History
26 UFC fights on record (18-8), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Randy Brown | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan | 2022-10-01 |
| W | Danny Roberts | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje | 2022-05-07 |
| W | Dwight Grant | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori | 2021-10-23 |
| L | Muslim Salikhov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | 2021-06-05 |
| W | Jai Herbert | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:30 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till | 2020-07-25 |
| W | John Makdessi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | 2020-03-14 |
| W | King Green | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare | 2019-11-16 |
| L | Alexander Hernandez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards | 2019-07-20 |
| W | Evan Dunham | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:10 | UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | 2018-09-22 |
| L | James Vick | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros | 2018-02-18 |
| W | Jim Miller | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | 2017-10-28 |
| L | Kevin Lee | Submission | R2 · 3:12 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum | 2017-03-11 |
| W | Paul Felder | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:25 | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg | 2016-09-24 |
| W | Yancy Medeiros | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| W | Ross Pearson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz | 2016-01-17 |
| W | Chad Laprise | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:43 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira | 2015-08-23 |
| W | Norman Parke | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves | 2015-05-30 |
| W | Akbarh Arreola | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare | 2015-03-21 |
| W | Leandro Silva | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski | 2014-09-13 |
| L | Michael Chiesa | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw | 2014-05-24 |
| W | Jesse Ronson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi | 2014-02-15 |
| L | Piotr Hallmann | Submission | R2 · 3:50 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader | 2013-09-04 |
| W | Mike Rio | Submission | R1 · 3:08 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
| W | CJ Keith | Submission | R2 · 1:50 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping | 2013-01-19 |
| L | Gleison Tibau | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar | 2012-10-13 |
| W | Delson Heleno | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:21 | UFC 147: Silva vs Franklin 2 | 2012-06-23 |
How Trinaldo Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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