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Brazil
Dores do Indaia, Minas Gerais
Rousimar Palhares
"
Toquinho
"
AGE
44
/
Feb 20, 1980
HEIGHT
5'8"
/
172.72 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team Nogueira
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
19
KO
/
TKO
0
0%
SUBMISSIONS
16
84%
DECISIONS
3
16%
Draws
1
Losses
13
KO
/
TKO
9
69%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
4
31%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Florent Betorangal
Kongs Fighting Championship - Kongs FC 2
Mar / 30 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Karim Benmabrouk
3
5:00
loss
Anatoliy Boyko
ACA 149 - Vagaev vs. Slipenko
Dec / 16 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
1
3:52
loss
Ibragim Magomedov
ACA 140 - Reznikov vs. Ramos
Jun / 17 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Gerikhan Shibilov
1
2:09
loss
Georgy Kichigin
Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 5
Dec / 15 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Michael Wachter
1
3:53
loss
Aliaskhab Khizriev
FNG - Fight Nights Global 85
Mar / 30 / 2018
KO (Punches)
Jan Vobornik
1
0:58
draw
Shamil Amirov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 73
Sep / 04 / 2017
Draw (Overturned by Promoter)
Magomed Sultanakhmedov
3
5:00
win
Alexei Ivanov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 70
Jul / 07 / 2017
Submission (Heel Hook)
Jan Vobornik
1
0:37
loss
Michal Materla
KSW 36 - Materla vs. Palhares
Oct / 01 / 2016
KO (Punch)
Tomasz Bronder
2
1:27
loss
Emil Meek
Venator FC 3 - Palhares vs. Meek
May / 21 / 2016
KO (Punches and Elbows)
Lorenzo Spoto
1
0:45
win
Jake Shields
WSOF 22 - Palhares vs. Shields
Aug / 01 / 2015
Submission (Kimura)
Steve Mazzagatti
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
2:02
win
Jon Fitch
WSOF 16 - Palhares vs. Fitch
Dec / 13 / 2014
Submission (Kneebar)
Edward Collantes
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:30
win
Steve Carl
WSOF 9 - Carl vs. Palhares
Mar / 29 / 2014
Submission (Inverted Heel Hook)
Yves Lavigne
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:09
win
Mike Pierce
UFC Fight Night 29 - Maia vs. Shields
Oct / 09 / 2013
Submission (Heel Hook)
Keith Peterson
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
0:31
loss
Hector Lombard
UFC on FX 6 - Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson
Dec / 15 / 2012
KO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:38
loss
Alan Belcher
UFC on Fox 3 - Diaz vs. Miller
May / 05 / 2012
TKO (Punches and Elbows)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:18
win
Mike Massenzio
UFC 142 - Aldo vs. Mendes
Jan / 14 / 2012
Submission (Heel Hook)
Leon Roberts
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:03
win
Dan Miller
UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami
Aug / 27 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
David Branch
UFC Live 3 - Sanchez vs. Kampmann
Mar / 03 / 2011
Submission (Heel Hook)
Mario Yamasaki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
1:44
loss
Nate Marquardt
UFC Fight Night 22 - Marquardt vs. Palhares
Sep / 15 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:28
win
Tomasz Drwal
UFC 111 - St. Pierre vs. Hardy
Mar / 27 / 2010
Submission (Heel Hook)
Kevin Mulhall
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
0:45
win
Lucio Linhares
UFC 107 - Penn vs. Sanchez
Dec / 12 / 2009
Submission (Heel Hook)
Greg Franklin
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
3:21
win
Jeremy Horn
UFC 93 - Franklin vs. Henderson
Jan / 17 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Leon Roberts
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Dan Henderson
UFC 88 - Breakthrough
Sep / 06 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Ivan Salaverry
UFC 84 - Ill Will
May / 24 / 2008
Submission (Armbar)
Mario Yamasaki
1
2:36
win
Daniel Acacio
Fury FC 5 - Final Conflict
Dec / 06 / 2007
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
1:22
win
Fabio Nascimento
Fury FC 5 - Final Conflict
Dec / 06 / 2007
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
2:45
win
Flavio Luiz Moura
Fury FC 4 - High Voltage
Aug / 04 / 2007
Submission (Ankle Lock)
1
1:21
win
Helio Dipp Jr.
FF - Floripa Fight 3
Mar / 10 / 2007
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
1:40
win
Claudio Mattos
SS 12 - Storm Samurai 12
Nov / 25 / 2006
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
0:15
loss
Arthur Cesar Jacintho
RMMAC - Rio MMA Challenge 2
Jun / 21 / 2006
Decision (Majority)
3
5:00
win
Renan Moraes
GFC 1 - Gold Fighters Championship
May / 20 / 2006
Submission (Armbar)
1
N/A
win
Bruno Bastos
FF - Floripa Fight 2
Apr / 29 / 2006
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
loss
Leandro Silva
BFC - Banni Fight Combat 2
May / 10 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
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