Renan Barao

BantamweightOutfighter
9 - 8

17 UFC Fights | 53% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (56%)

Height
5' 6"
Reach
70"
Weight
145 lbs.
Age
39
Orthodox

Renan Barao UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Renan Barao is 9-8 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 34-10 (1 NC), 25-2 of it outside the UFC. Barao competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 70" reach at 39 years old. The last bout was a loss to Walter Zamora by split decision in Oct 2023.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 95th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (93%).

Renan Barao's UFC win rate is 53% (9 of 17 fights), and 56% of those wins came by finish. Barao averages 1.4 takedowns per fight at 41% accuracy and stops 93% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
34-10 (1 NC)
UFC Record
9-8
Height
5'6"
Reach
70"
Age
39
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Walter Zamora · Decision (Split) · Oct 2023

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

Renan Barao's Last 5 Fights

Barao is 0-5 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Douglas Silva de Andrade · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare · Nov 2019
  2. Loss vs Luke Sanders · KO/TKO · R2 1:01 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Feb 2019
  3. Loss vs Andre Ewell · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · Sep 2018
  4. Loss vs Brian Kelleher · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens · Feb 2018
  5. Loss vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · Jul 2017

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.9
Accuracy
37%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.24

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.1
Strike Differential
+-0.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
42%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.4
Takedown Accuracy
41%
Takedown Defense
93%
elite
Control Time / Fight
2:11
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
6% KO
6% Sub
R2
6% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
12% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Renan Barao vs Average

Renan Barao's UFC Fight History

17 UFC fights on record (9-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDouglas Silva de AndradeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare2019-11-16
LLuke SandersKO/TKOR2 · 1:01UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez2019-02-17
LAndre EwellDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders2018-09-22
LBrian KelleherDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens2018-02-24
LAljamain SterlingDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 22017-07-29
WPhillipe NoverDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg2016-09-24
LJeremy StephensDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt2016-05-29
L★TJ DillashawKO/TKOR4 · 0:35UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II2015-07-25
WMitch GagnonSubmissionR3 · 3:53UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway2014-12-20
L★TJ DillashawKO/TKOR5 · 2:26UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw2014-05-24
W★Urijah FaberKO/TKOR1 · 3:42UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 22014-02-01
W★Eddie WinelandKO/TKOR2 · 0:35UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson2013-09-21
W★Michael McDonaldSubmissionR4 · 3:57UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald2013-02-16
W★Urijah FaberDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 149: Faber vs Barao2012-07-21
WScott JorgensenDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit2012-02-04
WBrad PickettSubmissionR1 · 4:09UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz2011-11-05
WCole EscovedoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill2011-05-28

How Barao Ranks at Bantamweight

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

Striking volume3.9 sig. strikes/min
65th percentile
Striking accuracy37%
20th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.1/min
34th percentile
Takedowns1.4/fight
69th percentile
Takedown defense93%
95th percentile
Knockdown power0.24/fight
57th percentile

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