Gleison Tibau

LightweightComplete Fighter
16 - 12

28 UFC Fights | 57% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (31%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
71"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
42
Southpaw

Gleison Tibau UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Gleison Tibau is 16-12 in the UFC across 28 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 4 by submission and 11 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 40-19, 24-7 of it outside the UFC. Tibau competes at lightweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 5'10" with a 71" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a win over Matias Juarez by submission in Oct 2025.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 97th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (3.0/fight).

Gleison Tibau's UFC win rate is 57% (16 of 28 fights), and 31% of those wins came by finish. Tibau averages 3.0 takedowns per fight at 53% accuracy and stops 92% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
40-19
UFC Record
16-12
Height
5'10"
Reach
71"
Age
42
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Matias Juarez · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) · Oct 2025

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

Gleison Tibau's Last 5 Fights

Tibau is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Desmond Green · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes · Jun 2018
  2. Loss vs Islam Makhachev · KO/TKO · R1 0:57 · UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou · Jan 2018
  3. Loss vs Abel Trujillo · DQ · R1 1:45 · UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 · Nov 2015
  4. Loss vs Tony Ferguson · Submission · R1 2:37 · UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · Feb 2015
  5. Win vs Norman Parke · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver · Jan 2015

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
1.9
Accuracy
32%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.07

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.5
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.6
Opp. Accuracy Against
37%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.0
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
53%
Takedown Defense
92%
elite
Control Time / Fight
3:47
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.6

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
4% KO
7% Sub
R2
0% KO
7% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Gleison Tibau vs Average

Gleison Tibau lands 7.9 strikes in R1 but 11.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Gleison Tibau's UFC Fight History

28 UFC fights on record (16-12), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDesmond GreenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes2018-06-01
LIslam MakhachevKO/TKOR1 · 0:57UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou2018-01-20
LAbel TrujilloDQR1 · 1:45UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 32015-11-07
LTony FergusonSubmissionR1 · 2:37UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano2015-02-28
WNorman ParkeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver2015-01-18
WPiotr HallmannDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski2014-09-13
WPat HealyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller2014-07-16
LMichael JohnsonKO/TKOR2 · 1:32UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 22013-12-28
WJamie VarnerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 22013-08-31
WJohn CholishSubmissionR2 · 2:34UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold2013-05-18
LEvan DunhamDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar2013-02-02
WFrancisco TrinaldoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar2012-10-13
LKhabib NurmagomedovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 22012-07-07
WRafael Dos AnjosDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson2011-11-19
WRafaello OliveiraSubmissionR2 · 3:28UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill2011-05-28
WKurt PellegrinoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones2011-03-19
LJim MillerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares2010-09-15
WCaol UnoKO/TKOR1 · 4:13UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi2010-03-31
WJosh NeerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun2009-10-24
LMelvin GuillardDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale2009-06-20
WJeremy StephensDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann2009-04-01
WRich ClementiSubmissionR1 · 4:35UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens2009-02-07
LJoe StevensonSubmissionR2 · 2:57UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin2008-07-05
LTyson GriffinDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 81: Breaking Point2008-02-02
WTerry EtimDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 75: Champion vs Champion2007-09-08
WJeff CoxSubmissionR1 · 1:52UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher2007-06-12
WJason DentDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 68: The Uprising2007-03-03
LNick DiazKO/TKOR2 · 2:27UFC 65: Bad Intentions2006-11-18

How Tibau Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume1.9 sig. strikes/min
17th percentile
Striking accuracy32%
8th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.5/min
73rd percentile
Takedowns3.0/fight
97th percentile
Takedown defense92%
93rd percentile
Knockdown power0.07/fight
35th percentile

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