Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Durability, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Accuracy, Striking D.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Junior Tafa lean UFC 298 Full Card Analysis, Breakdown, & Prediction · February 13, 2024
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.
vs Derrick Lewis coinflip UFC 291: Poirier vs Gaethje 2 · July 25, 2023 · 1 read since
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.
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
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.
vs Andrei Arlovski clear UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen Full Card Preview, Prediction, & Analysis · October 26, 2022 · 3 reads since
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.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Junior Tafa 5-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:14 — UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria · February 17, 2024
L Derrick Lewis 26-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:33 — UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · July 29, 2023
W Waldo Cortes-Acosta 9-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · April 29, 2023
W Andrei Arlovski 33-20 walk-in Submission · R1 1:50 — UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen · October 29, 2022
L Blagoy Ivanov 18-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje · May 7, 2022
W Ben Rothwell 36-13 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:32 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · November 13, 2021
W Maurice Greene 9-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson · May 8, 2021
L Alexandr Romanov 12-0 walk-in Submission · R1 4:48 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · November 7, 2020
W Ben Sosoli 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:28 — UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker · February 22, 2020
L Stefan Struve 27-11 walk-in Submission · R2 2:21 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · February 23, 2019
W Adam Wieczorek 10-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · November 3, 2018
L Ovince Saint Preux 19-10 walk-in Submission · R2 2:11 — UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov · April 22, 2017
W Jeremy Kimball 14-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:27 — UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena · January 28, 2017
L Gadzhimurad Antigulov 14-4 walk-in Submission · R1 1:07 — UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira · November 19, 2016
W Clint Hester 11-5 walk-in Submission · R1 4:35 — UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux · April 23, 2016
L Nikita Krylov 18-4 walk-in Submission · R1 2:29 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira · August 23, 2015
W Igor Pokrajac 25-11 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:59 — UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway · December 20, 2014
W Richardson Moreira 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:20 — UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado · May 31, 2014
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
Draws: 1
Fights by organization
+ 6 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 34 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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