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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Stefan Struve

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Stefan Struve met once (2015). Stefan Struve won in 2015 by decision.

SOURCE·Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Stefan Struve — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Antônio Rodrigo NogueiraStefan Struve
78″ (198.1 cm)Reach—
75″ (190.5 cm)Height84″ (213.4 cm)
+3.99%Reach advantage—
34–10Record28–13
71%Finish rate93%
12Longest unbeaten run12
44Recorded bouts41
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentAntônio Rodrigo NogueiraStefan Struve
Dave Herman W W
Roy Nelson L L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Yuriy Kochkine, 1999, submissionwin v Nate Schroeder, 1999, submissionwin v David Dodd, 1999, submissionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2000, submissiondraw v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 2000, drawloss v Dan Henderson, 2000, decisionwin v Jeremy Horn, 2000, decisionwin v Heath Herring, 2001, decisionwin v Mark Coleman, 2001, submissionwin v Gary Goodridge, 2001, submissionwin v Valentijn Overeem, 2001, submissionwin v Dan Henderson, 2002, submissionwin v Semmy Schilt, 2002, submissionwin v Bob Sapp, 2002, submissionwin v Sanae Kikuta, 2002, kowin v Enson Inoue, 2002, submissionwin v Mirko Cro Cop, 2003, submissionwin v Ricco Rodriguez, 2003, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2003, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2004, decisionwin v Heath Herring, 2004, submissionwin v Hirotaka Yokoi, 2004, submissionwin v Pawel Nastula, 2005, kowin v Josh Barnett, 2006, decisionwin v Fabrício Werdum, 2006, decisionwin v Wagner Martins, 2006, submissionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2006, submissionwin v Heath Herring, 2007, decisionloss v Frank Mir, 2008, kowin v Tim Sylvia, 2008, submissionwin v Randy Couture, 2009, decisionloss v Cain Velasquez, 2010, koloss v Frank Mir, 2011, submissionwin v Brendan Schaub, 2011, kowin v Dave Herman, 2012, submissionloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2013, submissionloss v Roy Nelson, 2014, koloss v Stefan Struve, 2015, decisionwin v Sergei Kharitonov, no date on recordwin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, no date on recordwin v Volk Han, no date on recordwin v Achmed Labasanov, no date on recordwin v Andrei Kopylov, no date on recordwin v Valentijn Overeem, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1999–2015 · 6 UNDATED
2000 2010 win vs Yuriy Kochkine (1999)win vs Nate Schroeder (1999)win vs David Dodd (1999)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2000)draw vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2000)loss vs Dan Henderson (2000)win vs Jeremy Horn (2000)win vs Heath Herring (2001)win vs Mark Coleman (2001)win vs Gary Goodridge (2001)win vs Valentijn Overeem (2001)win vs Dan Henderson (2002)win vs Semmy Schilt (2002)win vs Bob Sapp (2002)win vs Sanae Kikuta (2002)win vs Enson Inoue (2002)win vs Mirko Cro Cop (2003)win vs Ricco Rodriguez (2003)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2003)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2004)win vs Heath Herring (2004)win vs Hirotaka Yokoi (2004)win vs Pawel Nastula (2005)win vs Josh Barnett (2006)win vs Fabrício Werdum (2006)win vs Wagner Martins (2006)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2006)win vs Heath Herring (2007)loss vs Frank Mir (2008)win vs Tim Sylvia (2008)win vs Randy Couture (2009)loss vs Cain Velasquez (2010)loss vs Frank Mir (2011)win vs Brendan Schaub (2011)win vs Dave Herman (2012)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2013)loss vs Roy Nelson (2014)loss vs Stefan Struve (2015)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2015

Stefan Struve

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Emir Smajlovic, 2005, koloss v Romualds Garkulis, 2005, kowin v John de Wilde, 2005, submissionwin v Florian Müller, 2006, kowin v Marcus Sursa, 2006, submissionwin v Murat Bourekba, 2006, dqloss v Christian M'Pumbu, 2007, submissionwin v Tomek Smykowski, 2007, submissionwin v Tom Blackledge, 2007, submissionwin v Denis Komkin, 2007, submissionwin v Marko Šintic, 2007, submissionwin v Atte Backman, 2007, submissionwin v Mario Neto, 2008, submissionwin v Ralf Wonnink, 2008, submissionwin v Yuji Sakuragi, 2008, submissionwin v Colin Robinson, 2008, submissionwin v Paul Buentello, 2009, decisionwin v Chase Gormley, 2009, submissionwin v Denis Stojnić, 2009, submissionloss v Junior dos Santos, 2009, kowin v Sean McCorkle, 2010, kowin v Christian Morecraft, 2010, koloss v Roy Nelson, 2010, kowin v Pat Barry, 2011, submissionloss v Travis Browne, 2011, kowin v Stipe Miocic, 2012, kowin v Lavar Johnson, 2012, submissionwin v Dave Herman, 2012, koloss v Mark Hunt, 2013, koloss v Alistair Overeem, 2014, koloss v Jared Rosholt, 2015, decisionwin v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2015, decisionwin v Daniel Omielańczuk, 2016, submissionwin v Antônio Silva, 2016, koloss v Alexander Volkov, 2017, koloss v Marcin Tybura, 2018, decisionloss v Andrei Arlovski, 2018, decisionloss v Ben Rothwell, 2019, kowin v Marcos Rogério de Lima, 2019, submissionloss v Tai Tuivasa, 2020, kowin v Sergey Danish, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2005–2020 · 1 UNDATED
2010 2020 win vs Emir Smajlovic (2005)loss vs Romualds Garkulis (2005)win vs John de Wilde (2005)win vs Florian Müller (2006)win vs Marcus Sursa (2006)win vs Murat Bourekba (2006)loss vs Christian M'Pumbu (2007)win vs Tomek Smykowski (2007)win vs Tom Blackledge (2007)win vs Denis Komkin (2007)win vs Marko Šintic (2007)win vs Atte Backman (2007)win vs Mario Neto (2008)win vs Ralf Wonnink (2008)win vs Yuji Sakuragi (2008)win vs Colin Robinson (2008)win vs Paul Buentello (2009)win vs Chase Gormley (2009)win vs Denis Stojnić (2009)loss vs Junior dos Santos (2009)win vs Sean McCorkle (2010)win vs Christian Morecraft (2010)loss vs Roy Nelson (2010)win vs Pat Barry (2011)loss vs Travis Browne (2011)win vs Stipe Miocic (2012)win vs Lavar Johnson (2012)win vs Dave Herman (2012)loss vs Mark Hunt (2013)loss vs Alistair Overeem (2014)loss vs Jared Rosholt (2015)win vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2015)win vs Daniel Omielańczuk (2016)win vs Antônio Silva (2016)loss vs Alexander Volkov (2017)loss vs Marcin Tybura (2018)loss vs Andrei Arlovski (2018)loss vs Ben Rothwell (2019)win vs Marcos Rogério de Lima (2019)loss vs Tai Tuivasa (2020)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2020
Cross-references
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

The full ledger: 44 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

34–10 Stefan Struve

The same, from the other corner — 41 bouts and the cohort Struve is ranked inside.

28–13 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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