Paulo Thiago

WelterweightClinch Fighter
5 - 8

13 UFC Fights | 38% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (40%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
74"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
45
Orthodox

Paulo Thiago UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Paulo Thiago is 5-8 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-11, 14-3 of it outside the UFC. Thiago competes at welterweight as an orthodox clinch fighter, standing 5'11" with a 74" reach at 45 years old. The last bout was a loss to Sam Liera by knockout in Dec 2019.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 88th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (2.0/min).

Paulo Thiago's UFC win rate is 38% (5 of 13 fights), and 40% of those wins came by finish. Thiago averages 1.1 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 64% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
19-11
UFC Record
5-8
Height
5'11"
Reach
74"
Age
45
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Sam Liera · KO (Punches) · Dec 2019

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

Paulo Thiago's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Sean Spencer · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski · Sep 2014
  2. Loss vs Gasan Umalatov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado · May 2014
  3. Loss vs Brandon Thatch · KO/TKO · R1 2:10 · UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2 · Nov 2013
  4. Win vs Michel Prazeres · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold · May 2013
  5. Loss vs Dong Hyun Kim · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le · Nov 2012

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
1.7
Accuracy
39%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.31

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.0
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
37%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.1
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
64%
Control Time / Fight
1:45
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.9

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
8% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Paulo Thiago vs Average

Paulo Thiago lands 7.8 strikes in R1 but 9.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Paulo Thiago's UFC Fight History

13 UFC fights on record (5-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LSean SpencerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski2014-09-13
LGasan UmalatovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado2014-05-31
LBrandon ThatchKO/TKOR1 · 2:10UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 22013-11-09
WMichel PrazeresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold2013-05-18
LDong Hyun KimDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le2012-11-10
LSiyar BahadurzadaKO/TKOR1 · 0:42UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs Silva2012-04-14
WDavid MitchellDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 134: Silva vs Okami2011-08-27
LDiego SanchezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez2010-10-23
LMartin KampmannDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin2010-06-12
WMike SwickSubmissionR2 · 1:54UFC 109: Relentless2010-02-06
WJacob VolkmannDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin 22009-11-21
LJon FitchDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 1002009-07-11
WJosh KoscheckKO/TKOR1 · 3:29UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson2009-02-21

How Thiago Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume1.7 sig. strikes/min
11th percentile
Striking accuracy39%
21st percentile
Strikes absorbed2.0/min
88th percentile
Takedowns1.1/fight
63rd percentile
Takedown defense64%
50th percentile
Knockdown power0.31/fight
69th percentile

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