Michel Prazeres
14 UFC Fights | 71% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (30%)
Michel Prazeres UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Michel Prazeres is 10-4 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 3 wins by submission and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 27-7, 17-3 of it outside the UFC. Prazeres competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'6" with a 67" reach at 45 years old. The last bout was a loss to Evgeny Galochkin by unanimous decision in May 2025.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 97th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (3.2/fight).
Michel Prazeres's UFC win rate is 71% (10 of 14 fights), and 30% of those wins came by finish. Prazeres averages 3.2 takedowns per fight at 36% accuracy and stops 48% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 27-7
- UFC Record
- 10-4
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 67"
- Age
- 45
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Evgeny Galochkin · Decision (Unanimous) · May 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Michel Prazeres's Last 5 Fights
Prazeres is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Shavkat Rakhmonov · Submission · R2 2:10 · UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · Jun 2021
- Loss vs Ismail Naurdiev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · Feb 2019
- Win vs Bartosz Fabinski · Submission · R1 1:02 · UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio · Nov 2018
- Win vs Zak Cummings · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman · May 2018
- Win vs Desmond Green · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders · Feb 2018
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Michel Prazeres vs Average
Michel Prazeres lands 11.1 strikes in R1 but 13.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Michel Prazeres's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (10-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Shavkat Rakhmonov | Submission | R2 · 2:10 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov | 2021-06-26 |
| L | Ismail Naurdiev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos | 2019-02-23 |
| W | Bartosz Fabinski | Submission | R1 · 1:02 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio | 2018-11-17 |
| W | Zak Cummings | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman | 2018-05-19 |
| W | Desmond Green | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders | 2018-02-03 |
| W | Mads Burnell | Submission | R3 · 1:26 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve | 2017-09-02 |
| W | Joshua Burkman | Submission | R1 · 1:42 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum | 2017-03-11 |
| W | Gilbert Burns | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg | 2016-09-24 |
| W | JC Cottrell | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko | 2016-07-23 |
| W | Valmir Lazaro | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Gastelum | 2015-11-21 |
| L | Kevin Lee | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch | 2015-02-14 |
| W | Mairbek Taisumov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 | 2014-03-23 |
| W | Jesse Ronson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson | 2013-09-21 |
| L | Paulo Thiago | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold | 2013-05-18 |
How Prazeres Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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