Marcos Rogerio de Lima

HeavyweightGrappler
11 - 7

18 UFC Fights | 61% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (73%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
75"
Weight
253 lbs.
Age
41
Orthodox

Marcos Rogerio de Lima UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Marcos Rogerio de Lima is 11-7 in the UFC across 18 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-10-1, 12-3 of it outside the UFC. Marcos Rogerio de Lima competes at heavyweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'1" with a 75" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a loss to Tafon Nchukwi by split decision in May 2026.

Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 87th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (60%).

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's UFC win rate is 61% (11 of 18 fights), and 73% of those wins came by finish. De Lima averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 46% accuracy and stops 67% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
23-10-1
UFC Record
11-7
Height
6'1"
Reach
75"
Age
41
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Tafon Nchukwi · Decision (Split) · May 2026

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's Last 5 Fights

De Lima is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Junior Tafa · KO/TKO · R2 1:14 · UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Feb 2024
  2. Loss vs Derrick Lewis · KO/TKO · R1 0:33 · UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Jul 2023
  3. Win vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · Apr 2023
  4. Win vs Andrei Arlovski · Submission · R1 1:50 · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen · Oct 2022
  5. Loss vs Blagoy Ivanov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
+1.5x ratio
Accuracy
60%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.39

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.5
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+1.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
48%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.6
Takedown Accuracy
46%
Takedown Defense
67%
Control Time / Fight
2:33
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
28% KO
11% Sub
R2
6% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Average

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's UFC Fight History

18 UFC fights on record (11-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WJunior TafaKO/TKOR2 · 1:14UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria2024-02-17
LDerrick LewisKO/TKOR1 · 0:33UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 22023-07-29
WWaldo Cortes AcostaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon2023-04-29
WAndrei ArlovskiSubmissionR1 · 1:50UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen2022-10-29
LBlagoy IvanovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje2022-05-07
WBen RothwellKO/TKOR1 · 0:32UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez2021-11-13
WMaurice GreeneDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson2021-05-08
LAlexandr RomanovSubmissionR1 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira2020-11-07
WBen SosoliKO/TKOR1 · 1:28UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker2020-02-22
LStefan StruveSubmissionR2 · 2:21UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos2019-02-23
WAdam WieczorekDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
LOvince Saint PreuxSubmissionR2 · 2:11UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov2017-04-22
WJeremy KimballKO/TKOR1 · 2:27UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena2017-01-28
LGadzhimurad AntigulovSubmissionR1 · 1:07UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira2016-11-19
WClint HesterSubmissionR1 · 4:35UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux2016-04-23
LNikita KrylovSubmissionR1 · 2:29UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira2015-08-23
WIgor PokrajacKO/TKOR1 · 1:59UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway2014-12-20
WRichardson MoreiraKO/TKOR1 · 0:20UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado2014-05-31

How Lima Ranks at Heavyweight

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

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
64th percentile
Striking accuracy60%
87th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.5/min
69th percentile
Takedowns0.6/fight
60th percentile
Takedown defense67%
47th percentile
Knockdown power0.39/fight
84th percentile

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