Ricardo Almeida

MiddleweightWrestler
6 - 5

11 UFC Fights | 55% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (50%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
74"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
49
Orthodox

Ricardo Almeida UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Ricardo Almeida is 6-5 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 3 wins by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 13-5, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Almeida competes at middleweight as an orthodox wrestler, standing 6'0" with a 74" reach at 49 years old. The last bout was a loss to Mike Pyle by decision in Mar 2011.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 97th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (3.2/fight).

Ricardo Almeida's UFC win rate is 55% (6 of 11 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Almeida averages 3.2 takedowns per fight at 39% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
13-5
UFC Record
6-5
Height
6'0"
Reach
74"
Age
49
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Mike Pyle · Decision · Mar 2011

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

Ricardo Almeida's Last 5 Fights

Almeida is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Mike Pyle · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones · Mar 2011
  2. Win vs TJ Grant · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2 · Dec 2010
  3. Loss vs Matt Hughes · Submission · R1 3:15 · UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen · Aug 2010
  4. Win vs Matt Brown · Submission · R2 3:30 · UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy · Mar 2010
  5. Win vs Kendall Grove · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 2009

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.5
+1.9x ratio
Accuracy
54%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.3
0.4x avg
Strike Differential
+1.1
Opp. Accuracy Against
41%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.2
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
39%
Takedown Defense
63%
Control Time / Fight
5:20
Sub Attempts / Fight
1.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
20% Sub
R2
0% KO
10% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ricardo Almeida vs Average

Ricardo Almeida lands 10.7 strikes in R1 but 12.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Ricardo Almeida's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (6-5), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMike PyleDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones2011-03-19
WTJ GrantDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 22010-12-11
LMatt HughesSubmissionR1 · 3:15UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen2010-08-07
WMatt BrownSubmissionR2 · 3:30UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy2010-03-27
WKendall GroveDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 101: Declaration2009-08-08
WMatt HorwichDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann2009-04-01
LPatrick CoteDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin2008-07-05
WRob YundtSubmissionR1 · 1:08UFC 81: Breaking Point2008-02-02
LAndrei SemenovKO/TKOR2 · 2:01UFC 35: Throwdown2002-01-11
WEugene JacksonSubmissionR1 · 4:06UFC 33: Victory in Vegas2001-09-28
LMatt LindlandDQR3 · 4:21UFC 31: Locked and Loaded2001-05-04

How Almeida Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.5 sig. strikes/min
32nd percentile
Striking accuracy54%
81st percentile
Strikes absorbed1.3/min
97th percentile
Takedowns3.2/fight
97th percentile
Takedown defense63%
50th percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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