Jacare Souza
16 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (89%)
Jacare Souza UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Jacare Souza is 9-7 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 26-10 (1 NC), 17-3 of it outside the UFC. Souza competes at middleweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'1" with a 72" reach at 46 years old. The last bout was a loss to Andre Muniz by submission in May 2021.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 76th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (52%).
Jacare Souza's UFC win rate is 56% (9 of 16 fights), and 89% of those wins came by finish. Souza averages 1.0 takedowns per fight at 28% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 26-10 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 9-7
- Height
- 6'1"
- Reach
- 72"
- Age
- 46
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Andre Muniz · Submission · May 2021
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Jacare Souza's Last 5 Fights
Souza is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Andre Muniz · Submission · R1 3:59 · UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler · May 2021
- Loss vs Kevin Holland · KO/TKO · R1 1:45 · UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno · Dec 2020
- Loss vs Jan Blachowicz · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare · Nov 2019
- Loss vs Jack Hermansson · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson · Apr 2019
- Win vs Chris Weidman · KO/TKO · R3 2:46 · UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · Nov 2018
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Jacare Souza vs Average
Jacare Souza lands 10.9 strikes in R1 but 15.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Jacare Souza's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (9-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Andre Muniz | Submission | R1 · 3:59 | UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler | 2021-05-15 |
| L | Kevin Holland | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:45 | UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno | 2020-12-12 |
| L | Jan Blachowicz | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare | 2019-11-16 |
| L | Jack Hermansson | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson | 2019-04-27 |
| W | Chris Weidman | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:46 | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis | 2018-11-03 |
| L | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:50 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2 | 2018-01-27 |
| L | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:28 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis | 2017-04-15 |
| W | Tim Boetsch | Submission | R1 · 3:41 | UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie | 2017-02-11 |
| W | Vitor Belfort | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:38 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| L | Yoel Romero | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| W | Chris Camozzi | Submission | R1 · 2:33 | UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold | 2015-04-18 |
| W | Gegard Mousasi | Submission | R3 · 4:30 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi | 2014-09-05 |
| W | Francis Carmont | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi | 2014-02-15 |
| W | Yushin Okami | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:47 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader | 2013-09-04 |
| W | Chris Camozzi | Submission | R1 · 3:37 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
How Souza Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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