Marlon Moraes

BantamweightOutfighter
5 - 6

11 UFC Fights | 45% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (60%)

Height
5' 6"
Reach
67"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
38
Orthodox

Marlon Moraes UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Marlon Moraes is 5-6 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-13-1, 18-7 of it outside the UFC. Moraes competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 67" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Gabriel Braga by knockout in Jun 2023.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 80th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (0.45/fight).

Marlon Moraes's UFC win rate is 45% (5 of 11 fights), and 60% of those wins came by finish. Moraes averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 42% accuracy and stops 46% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
23-13-1
UFC Record
5-6
Height
5'6"
Reach
67"
Age
38
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Gabriel Braga · TKO (Punches) · Jun 2023

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

Marlon Moraes's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Song Yadong · KO/TKO · R1 2:06 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 2022
  2. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · KO/TKO · R2 4:25 · UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Sep 2021
  3. Loss vs Rob Font · KO/TKO · R1 3:47 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal · Dec 2020
  4. Loss vs Cory Sandhagen · KO/TKO · R2 1:03 · UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Oct 2020
  5. Win vs Jose Aldo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · Dec 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.4
Accuracy
41%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.45

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.5
Strike Differential
+-1.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
46%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
42%
Takedown Defense
46%
Control Time / Fight
0:33
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

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

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Marlon Moraes vs Average

Marlon Moraes lands 13.6 strikes in R1 but 14.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Marlon Moraes's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (5-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LSong YadongKO/TKOR1 · 2:06UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev2022-03-12
LMerab DvalishviliKO/TKOR2 · 4:25UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25
LRob FontKO/TKOR1 · 3:47UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal2020-12-19
LCory SandhagenKO/TKOR2 · 1:03UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen2020-10-10
WJose AldoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14
L★Henry CejudoKO/TKOR3 · 4:51UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes2019-06-08
WRaphael AssuncaoSubmissionR1 · 3:17UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 22019-02-02
WJimmie RiveraKO/TKOR1 · 0:33UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes2018-06-01
WAljamain SterlingKO/TKOR1 · 1:07UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega2017-12-09
WJohn DodsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis2017-11-11
LRaphael AssuncaoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway2017-06-03

How Moraes Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.4 sig. strikes/min
48th percentile
Striking accuracy41%
34th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.5/min
22nd percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
25th percentile
Takedown defense46%
24th percentile
Knockdown power0.45/fight
80th percentile

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