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Rafael dos Anjos

32–17 · 49 recorded bouts · 2004–2024

MMA record

32–17

Rafael dos Anjos finished 50% of 32 wins inside the distance — the 12th percentile for welterweight MMA, where the median is 73%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

200020102020UNFILEDwin v João Paulo Almeida, 2004, decisionloss v Adriano Abu, 2004, decisionloss v Jorge Britto, 2005, decisionwin v Felipe Arinelli, 2005, kowin v Diogo Oliveira, 2006, submissionwin v Gabriel Veiga, 2007, decisionwin v Danilo Cherman, 2007, submissionwin v Maurício Souza, 2007, submissionwin v Johil de Oliveira, 2007, submissionwin v Mateus Trindade, 2007, decisionloss v Jeremy Stephens, 2008, kowin v Takafumi Otsuka, 2008, decisionwin v Takaichi Hirayama, 2008, submissionwin v Rob Emerson, 2009, decisionloss v Tyson Griffin, 2009, decisionloss v Clay Guida, 2010, kowin v Terry Etim, 2010, submissionwin v Kyle Bradley, 2010, decisionloss v Gleison Tibau, 2011, decisionwin v George Sotiropoulos, 2011, kowin v Mark Bocek, 2012, decisionwin v Anthony Njokuani, 2012, decisionwin v Kamal Shalorus, 2012, submissionwin v Donald Cerrone, 2013, decisionwin v Evan Dunham, 2013, decisionwin v Nate Diaz, 2014, decisionwin v Benson Henderson, 2014, kowin v Jason High, 2014, koloss v Khabib Nurmagomedov, 2014, decisionwin v Donald Cerrone, 2015, kowin v Anthony Pettis, 2015, decisionloss v Tony Ferguson, 2016, decisionloss v Eddie Alvarez, 2016, kowin v Robbie Lawler, 2017, decisionwin v Neil Magny, 2017, submissionwin v Tarec Saffiedine, 2017, decisionloss v Kamaru Usman, 2018, decisionloss v Colby Covington, 2018, decisionloss v Leon Edwards, 2019, decisionwin v Kevin Lee, 2019, submissionwin v Paul Felder, 2020, decisionloss v Michael Chiesa, 2020, decisionwin v Bryan Barberena, 2022, submissionloss v Rafael Fiziev, 2022, kowin v Renato Moicano, 2022, decisionloss v Vicente Luque, 2023, decisionloss v Geoff Neal, 2024, koloss v Mateusz Gamrot, 2024, decisionwin v Thiago Minu, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2004–2024 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Rafael dos Anjos — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-26

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-26. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 299 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2024 L Geoff Neal KO/TKO1
2024 L Mateusz Gamrot Decision3
2023 L Vicente Luque Decision5
2022 W Bryan Barberena Submission2
2022 L Rafael Fiziev KO/TKO5
2022 W Renato Moicano Decision5
2020 W Paul Felder Decision5
2020 L Michael Chiesa Decision3
2019 L Leon Edwards Decision5
2019 W Kevin Lee Submission4
2018 L Kamaru Usman Decision5
2018 L Colby Covington Decision5
2017 W Robbie Lawler Decision5
2017 W Neil Magny Submission1
2017 W Tarec Saffiedine Decision3
2016 L Tony Ferguson Decision5
2016 L Eddie Alvarez KO/TKO1
2015 W Donald Cerrone KO/TKO1
2015 W Anthony Pettis Decision5
2014 W Nate Diaz Decision3
2014 W Benson Henderson KO/TKO1
2014 W Jason High KO/TKO2
2014 L Khabib Nurmagomedov Decision3
2013 W Donald Cerrone Decision3
2013 W Evan Dunham Decision3
2012 W Mark Bocek Decision3
2012 W Anthony Njokuani Decision3
2012 W Kamal Shalorus Submission1
2011 L Gleison Tibau Decision3
2011 W George Sotiropoulos KO/TKO1
2010 L Clay Guida KO/TKO3
2010 W Terry Etim Submission2
2010 W Kyle Bradley Decision3
2009 W Rob Emerson Decision3
2009 L Tyson Griffin Decision3
2008 L Jeremy Stephens KO/TKO3
2008 W Takafumi Otsuka Decision3
2008 W Takaichi Hirayama Submission1
2007 W Gabriel Veiga Decision3
2007 W Danilo Cherman Submission2
2007 W Maurício Souza Submission1
2007 W Johil de Oliveira Submission1
2007 W Mateus Trindade Decision3
2006 W Diogo Oliveira Submission2
2005 L Jorge Britto Decision3
2005 W Felipe Arinelli KO/TKO2
2004 W João Paulo Almeida Decision3
2004 L Adriano Abu Decision3
undated W Thiago Minu Submission—

36 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Rafael dos Anjos — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-26

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height69″ (175.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2010s — 25 of 48 dated bouts
CountryBrazil

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Rafael dos Anjos, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs João Paulo Almeida (2004)loss vs Adriano Abu (2004)loss vs Jorge Britto (2005)win vs Felipe Arinelli (2005)win vs Diogo Oliveira (2006)win vs Gabriel Veiga (2007)win vs Danilo Cherman (2007)win vs Maurício Souza (2007)win vs Johil de Oliveira (2007)win vs Mateus Trindade (2007)loss vs Jeremy Stephens (2008)win vs Takafumi Otsuka (2008)win vs Takaichi Hirayama (2008)win vs Rob Emerson (2009)loss vs Tyson Griffin (2009)loss vs Clay Guida (2010)win vs Terry Etim (2010)win vs Kyle Bradley (2010)loss vs Gleison Tibau (2011)win vs George Sotiropoulos (2011)win vs Mark Bocek (2012)win vs Anthony Njokuani (2012)win vs Kamal Shalorus (2012)win vs Donald Cerrone (2013)win vs Evan Dunham (2013)win vs Nate Diaz (2014)win vs Benson Henderson (2014)win vs Jason High (2014)loss vs Khabib Nurmagomedov (2014)win vs Donald Cerrone (2015)win vs Anthony Pettis (2015)loss vs Tony Ferguson (2016)loss vs Eddie Alvarez (2016)win vs Robbie Lawler (2017)win vs Neil Magny (2017)win vs Tarec Saffiedine (2017)loss vs Kamaru Usman (2018)loss vs Colby Covington (2018)loss vs Leon Edwards (2019)win vs Kevin Lee (2019)win vs Paul Felder (2020)loss vs Michael Chiesa (2020)win vs Bryan Barberena (2022)loss vs Rafael Fiziev (2022)win vs Renato Moicano (2022)loss vs Vicente Luque (2023)loss vs Geoff Neal (2024)loss vs Mateusz Gamrot (2024)
winlossdraw / NC2004–2024

Record

MMA record

32–17

49 bouts on record

Finish rate

50%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 12th percentile

KO/TKO: 5 (16%)Submission: 11 (34%)Decision: 16 (50%)
  • KO/TKO 16%
  • Submission 34%
  • Decision 50%

The career, bout by bout

49 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

21y

2004–2024

Longest unbeaten run

9

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2007

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

49

48 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Rafael dos Anjos's record?
32–17 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 49 bouts individually.
How many of Rafael dos Anjos's bouts have no date?
1 of 49. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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