Rousimar Palhares
12 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (75%)
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.
- Win vs Mike Pierce · Submission · R1 0:31 · UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields · Oct 2013
- Loss vs Hector Lombard · KO/TKO · R1 3:38 · UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson · Dec 2012
- Loss vs Alan Belcher · KO/TKO · R1 4:18 · UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller · May 2012
- Win vs Mike Massenzio · Submission · R1 1:03 · UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes · Jan 2012
- Win vs Dan Miller · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 134: Silva vs Okami · Aug 2011
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Mike Pierce | Submission | R1 · 0:31 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Shields | 2013-10-09 |
| L | Hector Lombard | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:38 | UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson | 2012-12-14 |
| L | Alan Belcher | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:18 | UFC on FOX: Diaz vs Miller | 2012-05-05 |
| W | Mike Massenzio | Submission | R1 · 1:03 | UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes | 2012-01-14 |
| W | Dan Miller | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 134: Silva vs Okami | 2011-08-27 |
| W | David Branch | Submission | R2 · 1:44 | UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann | 2011-03-03 |
| L | Nate Marquardt | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:28 | UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares | 2010-09-15 |
| W | Tomasz Drwal | Submission | R1 · 0:45 | UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy | 2010-03-27 |
| W | Lucio Linhares | Submission | R2 · 3:21 | UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez | 2009-12-12 |
| W | Jeremy Horn | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson | 2009-01-17 |
| L | Dan Henderson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 88: Breakthrough | 2008-09-06 |
| W | Ivan Salaverry | Submission | R1 · 2:36 | UFC 84: Ill Will | 2008-05-24 |
How Palhares Ranks at Middleweight
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