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Rafael Dos Anjos
Record
21-16
Rating
1915 ± 140
Since last event
–
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
42
42
Current streak
4 losses
4 losses
Wins by
4 KO · 5 sub · 12 dec
4 KO · 5 sub · 12 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 21-16
- Division
- Lightweight
- Our rank
- #26
- Rating
- 1915 ± 140
- Style label
- balanced
- Country
- unknown
- Height
- 68"
- Reach
- 70"
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Date of birth
- 1984-10-26
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Rafael Dos Anjos | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 48.0 ± 1.4 27th percentile | 47.8 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 56.6 ± 3.6 76th percentile | 58.5 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.98 ± 0.56 71st percentile | 4.72 |
| Takedown defence % | 55 ± 3 39th percentile | 54 |
| Control time s /15 min | 223 ± 52 86th percentile | 193 |
| Striking defence % | 54 ± 1 79th percentile | 53 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.66 ± 0.03 41st percentile | 0.67 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.54 ± 0.17 30th percentile | 0.64 |
| Metric | Rafael Dos Anjos | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 63.7 ± 1.2 60th percentile | 63.6 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 60.2 ± 6.6 81st percentile | 62.5 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.73 ± 2.74 90th percentile | 3.73 |
| Takedown defence % | 63 ± 3 58th percentile | 63 |
| Control time s /15 min | 199 ± 67 94th percentile | 174 |
| Striking defence % | 49 ± 4 90th percentile | 48 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.30 ± 0.16 15th percentile | 1.36 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.40 ± 0.14 19th percentile | 0.45 |
| Metric | Rafael Dos Anjos | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 55.4 ± 3.8 81st percentile | 54.9 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 67.3 ± 9.6 81st percentile | 68.6 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 5.62 ± 1.63 81st percentile | 5.40 |
| Takedown defence % | 59 ± 16 12th percentile | 60 |
| Control time s /15 min | 196 ± 5 35th percentile | 196 |
| Striking defence % | 46 ± 4 88th percentile | 45 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.45 ± 0.18 12th percentile | 0.47 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.06 ± 0.06 88th percentile | 0.06 |
UFC fight history
| L | Alexander Hernandez
UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang · 2026-10-03 |
KO/TKO R2 |
| L | Geoff Neal
UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway · 2024-10-26 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Mateusz Gamrot
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · 2024-03-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Vicente Luque
UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos · 2023-08-12 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Bryan Barberena
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · 2022-12-03 |
Submission R2 |
| L | Rafael Fiziev
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · 2022-07-09 |
KO/TKO R5 |
| W | Renato Moicano
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · 2022-03-05 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Paul Felder
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos · 2020-11-14 |
Decision - Split R5 |
| L | Michael Chiesa
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos · 2020-01-25 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Leon Edwards
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards · 2019-07-20 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Kevin Lee
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee · 2019-05-18 |
Submission R4 |
| L | Kamaru Usman
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale · 2018-11-30 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| L | Colby Covington
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · 2018-06-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Robbie Lawler
UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · 2017-12-16 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Neil Magny
UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 · 2017-09-09 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Tarec Saffiedine
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia · 2017-06-17 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Tony Ferguson
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson · 2016-11-05 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| L | Eddie Alvarez
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · 2016-07-07 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Donald Cerrone
UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 · 2015-12-19 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Anthony Pettis
UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos · 2015-03-14 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Nate Diaz
UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic · 2014-12-13 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Benson Henderson
UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos · 2014-08-23 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Jason High
UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Khabilov · 2014-06-07 |
KO/TKO R2 |
| L | Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne · 2014-04-19 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Donald Cerrone
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann 2 · 2013-08-28 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Evan Dunham
UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold · 2013-05-18 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Mark Bocek
UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit · 2012-11-17 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Anthony Njokuani
UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs Weidman · 2012-07-11 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Kamal Shalorus
UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier · 2012-05-15 |
Submission R1 |
| L | Gleison Tibau
UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson · 2011-11-19 |
Decision - Split R3 |
| W | George Sotiropoulos
UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber · 2011-07-02 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Clay Guida
UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen · 2010-08-07 |
Submission R3 |
| W | Terry Etim
UFC 112: Invincible · 2010-04-10 |
Submission R2 |
| W | Kyle Bradley
UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz · 2010-01-11 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Rob Emerson
UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort · 2009-09-19 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Tyson Griffin
UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann · 2009-04-01 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| L | Jeremy Stephens
UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar · 2008-11-15 |
KO/TKO R3 |