Daniel Lacerda
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Striking D, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Durability, Wrestling, TD Defense · stats alone on Control.
Built on 25 minutes of tracked cage time across 6 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Edgar Chairez clear UFC Fight Night Moreno vs Royval 2 Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction (UFC Mexico) · February 19, 2024
picks Chairez again and expects a stoppage this time -- a repeat pick from their first (no-contest) meeting, no hedge on the win; parlay/price talk is about the betting line, not the outcome.
Daniel Lacerda (ASR consistently renders this as 'Lera'/'Dan Lera'; board spelling 'Lacerda' is authoritative) is a good, aggressive, forward-pressure striker who spins often and fights kill-or-be-killed, with shaky defense. His jiu-jitsu is aggressive about attacking submissions but he can end up stuck underneath on bottom, and his cardio is a real question, worsened by fighting at elevation.
vs Edgar Chairez emphatic UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs Barboza Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis (UFC Vegas 81) · October 12, 2023 · 1 read since
He says Lacerda has nothing new to show that Chairez has not already handled, plus a repeated, specific pick naming Chairez three separate times, including a stated method/time read (a finish, likely inside the first round and a half). The only hedge is that the betting line is 'too wide', a price observation, not doubt about the winner.
Labeled a good striker and good grappler on the same sparse board. In the pair's prior meeting he came forward behaving, in the analyst's words, like a banshee, pushing a heavy volume of offense and briefly getting Chairez down to land shots -- but his own defense was called pretty lacking: he got hurt, hit, taken down, and beaten up on the ground in that same fight. The analyst does not expect anything different in the rematch.
vs Edgar Chairez lean UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Shevchenko Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis (Noche UFC) · September 13, 2023 · 2 reads since
Explicit named pick for Chairez, but the only stated differentiator is Chairez's durability versus Lacerda's live finishing power, and the analyst calls the matchup unpredictable even while naming a winner -- language that signals real uncertainty about how it plays out. No hedge on the win itself beyond that framing, so it sits at lean rather than coinflip or clear.
A high-variance, 'kill or be killed' striker on a four-fight skid who comes forward trying to end things immediately; when that plan fails he tends to lose badly, usually by knockout. Hits hard enough to have dropped a lot of opponents, and the analyst separately credits him with good, aggressive jiu-jitsu (he attacks submissions hard). Also spins more than the analyst would like, which he flags as a liability.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Edgar Chairez 10-5 walk-in Submission · R1 2:17 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · February 24, 2024
NC Edgar Chairez 10-5 walk-in Overturned · R1 3:47 — Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 · September 16, 2023
L CJ Vergara 10-4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:04 — UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen · March 25, 2023
L Victor Altamirano 0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:39 — UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · August 20, 2022
L Francisco Figueiredo 11-4-1 walk-in Submission · R1 1:18 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera · April 30, 2022
L Jeff Molina 9-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:46 — UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · October 23, 2021
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
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