Thales Leites

MiddleweightComplete Fighter
13 - 8

21 UFC Fights | 62% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (54%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
78"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
45
Orthodox

Thales Leites UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Thales Leites is 13-8 in the UFC across 21 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 5 by submission and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 28-9, 15-1 of it outside the UFC. Leites competes at middleweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'1" with a 78" reach at 45 years old. The last bout was a win over Hector Lombard by decision in Sep 2018.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 85th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (1.8/fight).

Thales Leites's UFC win rate is 62% (13 of 21 fights), and 54% of those wins came by finish. Leites averages 1.8 takedowns per fight at 27% accuracy and stops 31% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
28-9
UFC Record
13-8
Height
6'1"
Reach
78"
Age
45
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Hector Lombard · Decision · Sep 2018

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

Thales Leites's Last 5 Fights

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

  1. Win vs Hector Lombard · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · Sep 2018
  2. Loss vs Jack Hermansson · KO/TKO · R3 2:10 · UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · May 2018
  3. Loss vs Brad Tavares · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee · Oct 2017
  4. Win vs Sam Alvey · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov · Apr 2017
  5. Loss vs Krzysztof Jotko · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira · Nov 2016

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.1
Accuracy
41%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.19

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.0
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.9
Opp. Accuracy Against
47%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.8
Takedown Accuracy
27%
Takedown Defense
31%
Control Time / Fight
3:46
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.9

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
14% Sub
R2
5% KO
5% Sub
R3+
0% KO
5% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Thales Leites vs Average

Thales Leites lands 7.9 strikes in R1 but 9.7 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Thales Leites's UFC Fight History

21 UFC fights on record (13-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WHector LombardDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders2018-09-22
LJack HermanssonKO/TKOR3 · 2:10UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington2018-05-12
LBrad TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee2017-10-07
WSam AlveyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov2017-04-22
LKrzysztof JotkoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira2016-11-19
WChris CamozziSubmissionR3 · 2:58UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres2016-08-06
LGegard MousasiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping2016-02-27
LMichael BispingDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites2015-07-18
WTim BoetschSubmissionR2 · 3:45UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz2015-01-31
WFrancis CarmontKO/TKOR2 · 0:20UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos2014-08-23
WTrevor SmithKO/TKOR1 · 0:45UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson2014-04-11
WEd HermanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks2013-11-16
WTom WatsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung2013-08-03
LAlessio SakaraDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 101: Declaration2009-08-08
L★Anderson SilvaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 97: Redemption2009-04-18
WDrew McFedriesSubmissionR1 · 1:18UFC 90: Silva vs Cote2008-10-25
WNate MarquardtDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 85: Bedlam2008-06-07
WRyan JensenSubmissionR1 · 3:47UFC 74: Respect2007-08-25
WFloyd SwordSubmissionR1 · 3:50The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale2007-06-23
WPete SellDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 69: Shootout2007-04-07
LMartin KampmannDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale2006-11-11

How Leites Ranks at Middleweight

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

Striking volume2.1 sig. strikes/min
24th percentile
Striking accuracy41%
19th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.0/min
57th percentile
Takedowns1.8/fight
85th percentile
Takedown defense31%
12th percentile
Knockdown power0.19/fight
51st percentile

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