Rousimar Palhares

MiddleweightSubmission Artist
8 - 4

12 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (75%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
71"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
46
Orthodox

Rousimar Palhares UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Rousimar Palhares is 8-4 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 6 wins by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-13-1, 11-9 of it outside the UFC. Palhares competes at middleweight as an orthodox submission artist, standing 5'8" with a 71" reach at 46 years old. The last bout was a loss to Florent Betorangal by unanimous decision in Mar 2024.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 85th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (2.2/min).

Rousimar Palhares's UFC win rate is 67% (8 of 12 fights), and 75% of those wins came by finish. Palhares averages 1.2 takedowns per fight at 39% accuracy and stops 0% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
19-13-1
UFC Record
8-4
Height
5'8"
Reach
71"
Age
46
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Florent Betorangal · Decision (Unanimous) · Mar 2024

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

Rousimar Palhares's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Win vs Mike Pierce · Submission · R1 0:31 · UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields · Oct 2013
  2. Loss vs Hector Lombard · KO/TKO · R1 3:38 · UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson · Dec 2012
  3. Loss vs Alan Belcher · KO/TKO · R1 4:18 · UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller · May 2012
  4. Win vs Mike Massenzio · Submission · R1 1:03 · UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes · Jan 2012
  5. Win vs Dan Miller · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 134: Silva vs Okami · Aug 2011

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
1.7
Accuracy
51%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.08

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.2
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
42%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.2
Takedown Accuracy
39%
Takedown Defense
0%
Control Time / Fight
2:07
Sub Attempts / Fight
1.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
33% Sub
R2
0% KO
17% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Rousimar Palhares vs Average

Rousimar Palhares lands 4.6 strikes in R1 but 15.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Rousimar Palhares's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (8-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WMike PierceSubmissionR1 · 0:31UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields2013-10-09
LHector LombardKO/TKOR1 · 3:38UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson2012-12-14
LAlan BelcherKO/TKOR1 · 4:18UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller2012-05-05
WMike MassenzioSubmissionR1 · 1:03UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes2012-01-14
WDan MillerDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 134: Silva vs Okami2011-08-27
WDavid BranchSubmissionR2 · 1:44UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann2011-03-03
LNate MarquardtKO/TKOR1 · 3:28UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares2010-09-15
WTomasz DrwalSubmissionR1 · 0:45UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy2010-03-27
WLucio LinharesSubmissionR2 · 3:21UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez2009-12-12
WJeremy HornDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson2009-01-17
LDan HendersonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 88: Breakthrough2008-09-06
WIvan SalaverrySubmissionR1 · 2:36UFC 84: Ill Will2008-05-24

How Palhares Ranks at Middleweight

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

Striking volume1.7 sig. strikes/min
13th percentile
Striking accuracy51%
70th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.2/min
85th percentile
Takedowns1.2/fight
67th percentile
Takedown defense0%
0th percentile
Knockdown power0.08/fight
33rd percentile

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