Jailton Almeida

HeavyweightWrestler
8 - 3

11 UFC Fights | 73% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)

Height
6' 3"
Reach
79"
Weight
225 lbs.
Age
35
Orthodox

Jailton Almeida UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Jailton Almeida is 8-3 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 4 by submission and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-5, 14-2 of it outside the UFC. Almeida competes at heavyweight as an orthodox wrestler, standing 6'3" with a 79" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Rizvan Kuniev by decision in Feb 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 97th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (3.1/fight).

Jailton Almeida's UFC win rate is 73% (8 of 11 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Almeida averages 3.1 takedowns per fight at 55% accuracy and stops 67% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
22-5
UFC Record
8-3
Height
6'3"
Reach
79"
Age
35
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Rizvan Kuniev · Decision · Feb 2026

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

Jailton Almeida's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Rizvan Kuniev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira · Feb 2026
  2. Loss vs Alexander Volkov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · Oct 2025
  3. Win vs Serghei Spivac · KO/TKO · R1 4:53 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
  4. Win vs Alexandr Romanov · Submission · R1 2:27 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 2024
  5. Loss vs Curtis Blaydes · KO/TKO · R2 0:36 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.4
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
64%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.3
0.4x avg
Strike Differential
+1.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
56%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.1
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
55%
Takedown Defense
67%
Control Time / Fight
5:49
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.9

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
18% KO
36% Sub
R2
9% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Jailton Almeida vs Average

Jailton Almeida's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (8-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LRizvan KunievDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira2026-02-07
LAlexander VolkovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane2025-10-25
WSerghei SpivacKO/TKOR1 · 4:53UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano2025-01-18
WAlexandr RomanovSubmissionR1 · 2:27UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier2024-06-01
LCurtis BlaydesKO/TKOR2 · 0:36UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
WDerrick LewisDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis2023-11-04
WJairzinho RozenstruikSubmissionR1 · 3:43UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida2023-05-13
WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKOR2 · 2:56UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill2023-01-21
WAnton TurkaljSubmissionR1 · 4:27UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson2022-09-10
WParker PorterSubmissionR1 · 4:35UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira2022-05-21
WDanilo MarquesKO/TKOR1 · 2:57UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland2022-02-05

How Almeida Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.4 sig. strikes/min
32nd percentile
Striking accuracy64%
90th percentile
Strikes absorbed1.3/min
88th percentile
Takedowns3.1/fight
97th percentile
Takedown defense67%
47th percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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