Jussier Formiga

FlyweightComplete Fighter
9 - 7

16 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (33%)

Height
5' 5"
Reach
67"
Weight
125 lbs.
Age
41
Orthodox

Jussier Formiga UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Jussier Formiga is 9-7 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 3 wins by submission and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-8, 15-1 of it outside the UFC. Formiga competes at flyweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'5" with a 67" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a win over Felipe Bunes by submission in Feb 2022.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 92nd percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (87%).

Jussier Formiga's UFC win rate is 56% (9 of 16 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Formiga averages 1.4 takedowns per fight at 36% accuracy and stops 87% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
24-8
UFC Record
9-7
Height
5'5"
Reach
67"
Age
41
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Felipe Bunes · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · Feb 2022

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

Jussier Formiga's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Alex Perez · KO/TKO · R1 4:06 · UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer · Jun 2020
  2. Loss vs Brandon Moreno · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira · Mar 2020
  3. Loss vs Joseph Benavidez · KO/TKO · R2 4:47 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos · Jun 2019
  4. Win vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis · Mar 2019
  5. Win vs Sergio Pettis · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · Oct 2018

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
1.4
Accuracy
40%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.12

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.3
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.9
Opp. Accuracy Against
36%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.4
Takedown Accuracy
36%
Takedown Defense
87%
elite
Control Time / Fight
3:17
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
13% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
6% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Jussier Formiga vs Average

Jussier Formiga's UFC Fight History

16 UFC fights on record (9-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LAlex PerezKO/TKOR1 · 4:06UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06
LBrandon MorenoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira2020-03-14
LJoseph BenavidezKO/TKOR2 · 4:47UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos2019-06-29
WDeiveson FigueiredoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis2019-03-23
WSergio PettisDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor2018-10-06
WBen NguyenSubmissionR3 · 1:43UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold2018-02-10
WYuta SasakiSubmissionR1 · 4:30UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami2017-09-22
LRay BorgDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum2017-03-11
WDustin OrtizDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg2016-09-24
LHenry CejudoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Gastelum2015-11-21
WWilson ReisDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves2015-05-30
WZach MakovskyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bader vs Saint Preux2014-08-16
WScott JorgensenSubmissionR1 · 3:07UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 22014-03-23
LJoseph BenavidezKO/TKOR1 · 3:07UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader2013-09-04
WChris CariasoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold2013-05-18
LJohn DodsonKO/TKOR2 · 4:35UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot2012-10-05

How Formiga Ranks at Flyweight

Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume1.4 sig. strikes/min
3rd percentile
Striking accuracy40%
26th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.3/min
79th percentile
Takedowns1.4/fight
63rd percentile
Takedown defense87%
92nd percentile
Knockdown power0.12/fight
48th percentile

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