Raphael Assuncao

BantamweightOutfighter
12 - 7

19 UFC Fights | 63% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (25%)

Height
5' 5"
Reach
66"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
44
Orthodox

Raphael Assuncao UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Raphael Assuncao is 12-7 in the UFC across 19 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 9 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 28-10, 16-3 of it outside the UFC. Assuncao competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'5" with a 66" reach at 44 years old. The last bout was a loss to Davey Grant by submission in Mar 2023.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 84th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (79%).

Raphael Assuncao's UFC win rate is 63% (12 of 19 fights), and 25% of those wins came by finish. Assuncao averages 1.3 takedowns per fight at 39% accuracy and stops 79% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
28-10
UFC Record
12-7
Height
5'5"
Reach
66"
Age
44
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Davey Grant · Submission · Mar 2023

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

Raphael Assuncao's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Loss vs Davey Grant · Submission · R3 4:43 · UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Mar 2023
  2. Win vs Victor Henry · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo · Oct 2022
  3. Loss vs Ricky Simon · KO/TKO · R2 2:14 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 2021
  4. Loss vs Cody Garbrandt · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer · Jun 2020
  5. Loss vs Cory Sandhagen · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 · Aug 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.5
Accuracy
44%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.11

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.8
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+0.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
34%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.3
Takedown Accuracy
39%
Takedown Defense
79%
Control Time / Fight
1:33
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
5% KO
5% Sub
R3+
5% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Raphael Assuncao vs Average

Raphael Assuncao lands 15.8 strikes in R1 but 18.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Raphael Assuncao's UFC Fight History

19 UFC fights on record (12-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDavey GrantSubmissionR3 · 4:43UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili2023-03-11
WVictor HenryDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo2022-10-15
LRicky SimonKO/TKOR2 · 2:14UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18
LCody GarbrandtKO/TKOR2 · 4:59UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06
LCory SandhagenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 22019-08-17
LMarlon MoraesSubmissionR1 · 3:17UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 22019-02-02
WRob FontDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07
WMatthew LopezKO/TKOR3 · 1:50UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis2017-11-11
WMarlon MoraesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway2017-06-03
WAljamain SterlingDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena2017-01-28
LTJ DillashawDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes2016-07-09
WBryan CarawayDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Saffiedine2014-10-04
WPedro MunhozDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann2014-02-22
WTJ DillashawDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields2013-10-09
WVaughan LeeSubmissionR2 · 1:51UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum2013-06-08
WMike EastonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz2012-12-08
WIssei TamuraKO/TKOR2 · 0:25UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs Weidman2012-07-11
WJohnny EduardoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 134: Silva vs Okami2011-08-27
LErik KochKO/TKOR1 · 2:32UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones2011-03-19

How Assuncao Ranks at Bantamweight

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

Striking volume3.5 sig. strikes/min
52nd percentile
Striking accuracy44%
50th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.8/min
76th percentile
Takedowns1.3/fight
61st percentile
Takedown defense79%
84th percentile
Knockdown power0.11/fight
40th percentile

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