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The Clinch

-- “The Lion” 2024-2025 · 6 rounds on file

Rafael Cerqueira

0-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 29/66
Takedown accuracy --
Sig. strikes / round 4.8
Control / round 0:05
Inside the distance --
Height
6′3″190.5 cm
Reach
76″193 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
3615 MAR 1990
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 4 fights - 0.0 takedown attempts and 2% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1503 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Striking 2 0-2-0 vs 1521 avg
Distance Striker 2 0-2-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 2 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

26 OCT 2024 - lost to Ibo Aslan · Technical Knockout 22 FEB 2025 - lost to Modestas Bukauskas · Technical Knockout 09 AUG 2025 - lost to Julius Walker · Decision (Unanimous) 22 NOV 2025 - lost to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 6 rounds across 4 of 4 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 4.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.7
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:05 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 29/66
Takedowns -- 0/0
Opponents’ accuracy 63% 94/149

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 19
Body 0% 0
Leg 34% 10

And from where

At distance 100% 29
In the clinch 0% 0
On the ground 0% 0

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 0 won Technical Knockout · 0-2
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
22 NOV 2025 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev Lost Submission R1 0:33 0 6 UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
09 AUG 2025 Julius Walker Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 19 44 UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez
22 FEB 2025 Modestas Bukauskas Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:12 9 16 UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
26 OCT 2024 Ibo Aslan Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:51 1 28 UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway