Renan Barao
17 UFC Fights | 53% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (56%)
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.
- Loss vs Douglas Silva de Andrade · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare · Nov 2019
- Loss vs Luke Sanders · KO/TKO · R2 1:01 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Feb 2019
- Loss vs Andre Ewell · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · Sep 2018
- Loss vs Brian Kelleher · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens · Feb 2018
- Loss vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 · Jul 2017
Striking
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Douglas Silva de Andrade | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare | 2019-11-16 |
| L | Luke Sanders | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:01 | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez | 2019-02-17 |
| L | Andre Ewell | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | 2018-09-22 |
| L | Brian Kelleher | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens | 2018-02-24 |
| L | Aljamain Sterling | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 | 2017-07-29 |
| W | Phillipe Nover | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg | 2016-09-24 |
| L | Jeremy Stephens | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt | 2016-05-29 |
| L★ | TJ Dillashaw | KO/TKO | R4 · 0:35 | UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II | 2015-07-25 |
| W | Mitch Gagnon | Submission | R3 · 3:53 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway | 2014-12-20 |
| L★ | TJ Dillashaw | KO/TKO | R5 · 2:26 | UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw | 2014-05-24 |
| W★ | Urijah Faber | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:42 | UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2 | 2014-02-01 |
| W★ | Eddie Wineland | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:35 | UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson | 2013-09-21 |
| W★ | Michael McDonald | Submission | R4 · 3:57 | UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald | 2013-02-16 |
| W★ | Urijah Faber | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 149: Faber vs Barao | 2012-07-21 |
| W | Scott Jorgensen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit | 2012-02-04 |
| W | Brad Pickett | Submission | R1 · 4:09 | UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz | 2011-11-05 |
| W | Cole Escovedo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill | 2011-05-28 |
How Barao Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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