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Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Heavyweight · “Pezao”

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

23-10-1 UFC 11-7-0
One-Punch Power Smothering Control Sniper Accuracy Fast Starter Submission-Vulnerable
6'1"Height
75"Reach
OrthodoxStance
41Age
6KO wins
2Sub wins
72.7%Finish rate
5:43Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Above avg, rated 71 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking good · Feb 2024 · stats read 72 → nudged +5 inside the band · tag ko power: good (+3) · claims striking power +2, kicking +1, pressure +1 (+6) Accuracy — Elite, rated 98 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Striking D — Average, rated 59 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Durability — Above avg, rated 74 of 100 · 138 MMA read him durable · Jul 2023, before his knockout loss on 2023-07-29 — stats lead, that read only steps · claims chin -1 (-2) Wrestling — Below avg, rated 44 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent · Oct 2022 · stats read 55 → nudged +5 inside the band · claims td offense +1 (+2) TD Defense — Average, rated 52 of 100 · 138 MMA: wrestling decent (no takedown-defence tag), half-weighted with the stats read 64 Grappling — Average, rated 67 of 100 · 138 MMA: grappling good · Feb 2024 · stats read 68 → nudged +4 inside the band · tag sub threat: good (+3) · claims sub offense +1, ground and pound +1 (+3) Control — Elite, rated 100 of 100 · claims top control +2, ground and pound +1 (+10) Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking good
1 analyst read graded this phase
  • good UFC 298 Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction · February 13, 2024 watch ↗
grappling good
4 analyst reads graded this phase
  • good UFC 298 Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction · February 13, 2024 watch ↗
  • good UFC 291: Poirier vs Gaethje 2 · July 25, 2023 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Song vs Simon Predictions And Full Card Breakdown UFC Vegas 72 · April 25, 2023 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · October 26, 2022 watch ↗
wrestling decent
1 analyst read graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · October 26, 2022 watch ↗
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking good 1 read
grappling good 4 reads
wrestling decent 1 read
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Durability, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Accuracy, Striking D.

One-Punch Power 7 knockdowns · 1.02 per 15 min
Smothering Control 44% of every fight spent in control position
Sniper Accuracy 60% of significant strikes land
Fast Starter 138 MMA · Feb 2024 tags pace: fast starter
Submission-Vulnerable 5 of 7 losses came by submission
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.64
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.45
Striking accuracy59.6%
Striking defense52.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min1.02
Takedowns / 15 min1.6
Takedown accuracy45.8%
Takedown defense66.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.58
Control time44.5%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-5

Insider info

4 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Junior Tafa lean UFC 298 Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction · February 13, 2024
strikinggood grapplinggood wrestlingdecent

He calls it a tough one to call before picking the more well-rounded fighter, and concedes his own pick has the worse gas tank of the two -- a conceded route for the opponent that is acknowledged, not rebutted.

De Lima is presented as the more well-rounded fighter: a fast starter with good power striking (leg kicks, counters, heavy hooks in the pocket) and good jiu-jitsu, with heavy top pressure and ground and pound that the analyst says regularly forces opponents into giving up submissions. His own gas tank is flagged as a relative weakness against this particular opponent.

Strengthfast starter
Strengthgood power striking with heavy hooks in the pocket
Strengthgood jiu-jitsu with heavy top pressure and ground and pound
Weaknessworse gas tank than his opponent in this matchup
pace · fast starter
vs Derrick Lewis coinflip UFC 291: Poirier vs Gaethje 2 · July 25, 2023 · 1 read since
grapplinggood wrestlingdecent

Explicitly tells viewers to "pass on this fight" and not bet it, picks de-lima on "momentum" alone, and separately says he wants Lewis to win -- a fan-bias disclosure that does not itself lower the grade, but the staking-caution language does.

A fast starter who comes out ready to go, with powerful striking and leg kicks plus a genuinely good top-pressure ground game that can open up submissions. He is durable, but the analyst does not think that durability will matter much against this particular opponent's power.

Strengthfast starter
Strengthpowerful striking and leg kicks
Strengthheavy top pressure, ground and pound, opens up submissions
Strengthdurable
Weaknessdurability is explicitly discounted as insufficient against Lewis's power specifically
pace · fast starterchin · durablesub threat · good
vs Waldo Cortes Acosta coinflip UFC Fight Night Song vs Simon Predictions And Full Card Breakdown UFC Vegas 72 · April 25, 2023 · 2 reads since
grapplingdecent wrestlingdecent

States the pick (Cortes-Acosta by decision) then immediately rates his own conviction at 'zero confidence', adding 'I don't trust it' and asking viewers not to bet it as a lock -- a direct, explicit statement of minimal conviction.

A fast-starting, powerful striker with a nasty leg kick who the analyst expects to target Acosta's known weakness directly. Decent jiu-jitsu and decent takedowns give him a second path if the striking plan stalls, helped by being the heavier man and able to apply real top pressure. Durable, but cardio is said to fade hard around the round-and-a-half mark.

Strengthfast starter
Strengthpowerful striking with a notably effective leg kick
Strengthdecent jiu-jitsu, decent takedowns
Strengthheavier man, real top pressure
Strengthdurable
Weaknesscardio described as fading hard around a round and a half
pace · fast starterchin · durable
vs Andrei Arlovski clear UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · October 26, 2022 · 3 reads since
grapplinggood wrestlingdecent

Commits directly to a 29-28 decision for Arlovski and calls it 'pretty safe'; the void/no-contest prop-bet tangent is a separate side-wager idea, not a hedge on who wins.

Very dangerous early in a fight -- capable of a takedown-and-pound-out or a feet knockout -- with real power and decent-to-good grappling once the fight hits the mat. The defining problem is inconsistency and, specifically, cardio: the analyst calls his cardio terrible and expects him to fade hard after the first round, to the point of having nothing left by the second.

Strengthvery dangerous early, power on the feet and on the ground
Strengthdecent takedowns, good grappling once on top
Weaknessterrible cardio, fades badly after round one
Weaknessinconsistent fighter, performance varies fight to fight
ko power · good

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 8 fights · green = win
November 7, 2020 vs Alexandr Romanov — 3.75/min (L) — only 4.8 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Nov '20 May 8, 2021 vs Maurice Greene — 0.93/min (W) May '21 November 13, 2021 vs Ben Rothwell — 26.25/min (W) — only 0.5 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Nov '21 May 7, 2022 vs Blagoy Ivanov — 4.53/min (L) May '22 October 29, 2022 vs Andrei Arlovski — 3.27/min (W) — only 1.8 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Oct '22 April 29, 2023 vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta — 3.93/min (W) Apr '23 July 29, 2023 vs Derrick Lewis — 1.82/min (L) — only 0.6 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Jul '23 February 17, 2024 vs Junior Tafa — 5.29/min (W) Feb '24

Fight history

18 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
W Junior Tafa 5-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:14 — UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · February 17, 2024
33/46Sig. strikes
11/27Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
3:26Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Derrick Lewis 26-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:33 — UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · July 29, 2023
1/1Sig. strikes
17/33Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Waldo Cortes-Acosta 9-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · April 29, 2023
59/76Sig. strikes
82/150Absorbed
3/7Takedowns
5:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Andrei Arlovski 33-20 walk-in Submission · R1 1:50 — UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen · October 29, 2022
6/11Sig. strikes
2/5Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:30Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Blagoy Ivanov 18-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 7, 2022
68/133Sig. strikes
62/128Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
2:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ben Rothwell 36-13 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:32 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · November 13, 2021
14/24Sig. strikes
2/8Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Maurice Greene 9-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson · May 8, 2021
14/26Sig. strikes
5/8Absorbed
3/4Takedowns
14:06Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alexandr Romanov 12-0 walk-in Submission · R1 4:48 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · November 7, 2020
18/29Sig. strikes
6/7Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ben Sosoli 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:28 — UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker · February 22, 2020
19/34Sig. strikes
5/17Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Stefan Struve 27-11 walk-in Submission · R2 2:21 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · February 23, 2019
25/32Sig. strikes
0/3Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
5:17Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Adam Wieczorek 10-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · November 3, 2018
28/59Sig. strikes
7/38Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
8:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Ovince Saint Preux 19-10 walk-in Submission · R2 2:11 — UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov · April 22, 2017
17/45Sig. strikes
21/41Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jeremy Kimball 14-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:27 — UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena · January 28, 2017
12/25Sig. strikes
5/17Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Gadzhimurad Antigulov 14-4 walk-in Submission · R1 1:07 — UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira · November 19, 2016
2/6Sig. strikes
0/4Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:21Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Clint Hester 11-5 walk-in Submission · R1 4:35 — UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux · April 23, 2016
29/41Sig. strikes
0/5Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
3:57Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Nikita Krylov 18-4 walk-in Submission · R1 2:29 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira · August 23, 2015
5/10Sig. strikes
21/29Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Igor Pokrajac 25-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:59 — UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway · December 20, 2014
18/21Sig. strikes
3/6Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:39Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Richardson Moreira 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:20 — UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado · May 31, 2014
7/10Sig. strikes
3/4Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

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

Full pro career (Wikipedia, results only)
23-10-1Pro record
011 MMA Team, American Top TeamGym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 15
Submission 4
Decision 4
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 2
Submission 5
Decision 3
Other 0

Draws: 1

Fights by organization

UFC 18
Shooto Brazil 2
First Class Fight 2
Renegade Fight Championship 2
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 1
World X-Impact Federation 1
Inka FC 1
Fair Fight 1

+ 6 more organizations in the full career list

Full career — 34 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
L Tafon Nchukwi Decision (split) Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10
May 1, 2026
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 3 5:00
W Kodirhon Ganiev TKO (punches) World X-Impact Federation: APEC 2025 Korea Summit Commemorative World MMA Competition
October 30, 2025
World X-Impact Federation 2 3:53
W Junior Tafa TKO (leg kick and punches) UFC 298
February 17, 2024
UFC 2 1:14
L Derrick Lewis TKO (punches) UFC 291
July 29, 2023
UFC 1 0:33
W Waldo Cortes-Acosta Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón
April 29, 2023
UFC 3 5:00
W Andrei Arlovski Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen
October 29, 2022
UFC 1 1:50
L Blagoy Ivanov Decision (unanimous) UFC 274
May 7, 2022
UFC 3 5:00
W Ben Rothwell TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
November 13, 2021
UFC 1 0:32
W Maurice Greene Decision (unanimous) UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
May 8, 2021
UFC 3 5:00
L Alexander Romanov Technical Submission (forearm choke) UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira
November 7, 2020
UFC 1 4:48
W Ben Sosoli TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
February 23, 2020
UFC 1 1:28
L Stefan Struve Submission (arm-triangle choke) UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
February 23, 2019
UFC 2 2:21
W Adam Wieczorek Decision (unanimous) UFC 230
November 3, 2018
UFC 3 5:00
L Ovince Saint Preux Submission (Von Flue choke) UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov
April 22, 2017
UFC 2 2:11
W Jeremy Kimball TKO (punches) UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña
January 28, 2017
UFC 1 2:27
L Gadzhimurad Antigulov Submission (guillotine choke) UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2
November 19, 2016
UFC 1 1:07
W Clint Hester Submission (arm-triangle choke) UFC 197
April 23, 2016
UFC 1 4:35
L Nikita Krylov Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira
August 23, 2015
UFC 1 2:29
W Igor Pokrajac TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway
December 20, 2014
UFC 1 1:59
W Richardson Moreira KO (punches) The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado
May 31, 2014
UFC 1 0:20
D Ben Reiter Draw (unanimous) Inka FC 22
August 29, 2013
Inka FC 3 5:00
W Antonio Sales Junior TKO (punches) Fair Fight: MMA Edition
December 16, 2012
Fair Fight 1 3:46
W Valter Luiz da Silva TKO (punches) Max Sport 3.1
November 10, 2012
Max Sport 1 4:20
W Fabiano Adams Submission (arm-triangle choke) Shooto Brazil 31
June 29, 2012
Shooto Brazil 1 3:33
L Carlos Eduardo KO (punches) Shooto Brazil 29
April 26, 2012
Shooto Brazil 2 0:17
L Mike Kyle Decision (unanimous) Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov
September 10, 2011
Strikeforce 3 5:00
W Paulo Filho Decision (unanimous) First Class Fight 5
October 23, 2010
First Class Fight 3 5:00
W Daniel Villegas TKO (punches) MFC 4: Chile vs. The World
September 4, 2010
MFC — —
W Leonardo Lucio Nascimento TKO (punches) First Class Fight 4
June 30, 2010
First Class Fight 2 —
W Nelson Martins TKO (submission to punches) Nitrix Champion Fight 5
May 15, 2010
Nitrix Champion Fight 2 0:48
W Rafael Navas TKO (punches) Full Fight 2
October 24, 2009
Full Fight 1 3:49
W Silvério Bueno KO (punch) Ares Chaos MMA
October 17, 2009
Ares Chaos MMA 1 0:39
W Antonio Conceição KO (punch) Renegade Fight Championship 3
September 19, 2009
Renegade Fight Championship 1 1:55
W Amauri Gumz TKO (punches) Renegade Fight Championship 1
March 14, 2009
Renegade Fight Championship 1 —

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Marcos Rogério de Lima) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.

Division context

vs. 100 qualified Heavyweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 3.6 avg 3.4
Strikes absorbed /min 2.5 avg 3.3
Striking accuracy 59.6% avg 49.5%
Striking defense 52.5% avg 52.1%
Takedowns /15 min 1.6 avg 1.2
Takedown accuracy 45.8% avg 37.6%
Takedown defense 66.7% avg 61.8%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.6 avg 0.4
Control time 44.5% avg 21.4%
Finish rate 72.7% avg 63.7%

Headshot of Marcos Rogerio de Lima by MMAnytt · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped and resized

Hero photo of Marcos Rogerio de Lima by Rhdesantana · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized