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Welterweight MMA · 2010s

Rafael dos Anjos

32–17 · 49 recorded bouts · 2004–2024

Rafael dos Anjos finished 50% of 32 wins inside the distance — the 12th percentile for welterweight MMA, where the median is 73%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height69″ (175.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionWelterweight MMA
competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2010s
CountryBrazil

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Rafael dos Anjos, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs João Paulo Almeida (2004)loss vs Adriano Abu (2004)loss vs Jorge Britto (2005)win vs Felipe Arinelli (2005)win vs Diogo Oliveira (2006)win vs Gabriel Veiga (2007)win vs Danilo Cherman (2007)win vs Maurício Souza (2007)win vs Johil de Oliveira (2007)win vs Mateus Trindade (2007)loss vs Jeremy Stephens (2008)win vs Takafumi Otsuka (2008)win vs Takaichi Hirayama (2008)win vs Rob Emerson (2009)loss vs Tyson Griffin (2009)loss vs Clay Guida (2010)win vs Terry Etim (2010)win vs Kyle Bradley (2010)loss vs Gleison Tibau (2011)win vs George Sotiropoulos (2011)win vs Mark Bocek (2012)win vs Anthony Njokuani (2012)win vs Kamal Shalorus (2012)win vs Donald Cerrone (2013)win vs Evan Dunham (2013)win vs Nate Diaz (2014)win vs Benson Henderson (2014)win vs Jason High (2014)loss vs Khabib Nurmagomedov (2014)win vs Donald Cerrone (2015)win vs Anthony Pettis (2015)loss vs Tony Ferguson (2016)loss vs Eddie Alvarez (2016)win vs Robbie Lawler (2017)win vs Neil Magny (2017)win vs Tarec Saffiedine (2017)loss vs Kamaru Usman (2018)loss vs Colby Covington (2018)loss vs Leon Edwards (2019)win vs Kevin Lee (2019)win vs Paul Felder (2020)loss vs Michael Chiesa (2020)win vs Bryan Barberena (2022)loss vs Rafael Fiziev (2022)win vs Renato Moicano (2022)loss vs Vicente Luque (2023)loss vs Geoff Neal (2024)loss vs Mateusz Gamrot (2024)
winlossdraw / NC2004–2024

Record

MMA record

32–17

49 bouts on record

Finish rate

50%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 12th percentile

KO/TKO: 5 (16%)Submission: 11 (34%)Decision: 16 (50%)
  • KO/TKO 16%
  • Submission 34%
  • Decision 50%

The career, bout by bout

49 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2024. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

21y

2004–2024

Longest unbeaten run

9

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2007

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

49

48 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2024 L Geoff Neal KO/TKO1
2024 L Mateusz Gamrot Decision3
2023 L Vicente Luque Decision5
2022 W Bryan Barberena Submission2
2022 L Rafael Fiziev KO/TKO5
2022 W Renato Moicano Decision5
2020 W Paul Felder Decision5
2020 L Michael Chiesa Decision3
2019 L Leon Edwards Decision5
2019 W Kevin Lee Submission4
2018 L Kamaru Usman Decision5
2018 L Colby Covington Decision5
2017 W Robbie Lawler Decision5
2017 W Neil Magny Submission1
2017 W Tarec Saffiedine Decision3
2016 L Tony Ferguson Decision5
2016 L Eddie Alvarez KO/TKO1
2015 W Donald Cerrone KO/TKO1
2015 W Anthony Pettis Decision5
2014 W Nate Diaz Decision3
2014 W Benson Henderson KO/TKO1
2014 W Jason High KO/TKO2
2014 L Khabib Nurmagomedov Decision3
2013 W Donald Cerrone Decision3
2013 W Evan Dunham Decision3
2012 W Mark Bocek Decision3
2012 W Anthony Njokuani Decision3
2012 W Kamal Shalorus Submission1
2011 L Gleison Tibau Decision3
2011 W George Sotiropoulos KO/TKO1
2010 L Clay Guida KO/TKO3
2010 W Terry Etim Submission2
2010 W Kyle Bradley Decision3
2009 W Rob Emerson Decision3
2009 L Tyson Griffin Decision3
2008 L Jeremy Stephens KO/TKO3
2008 W Takafumi Otsuka Decision3
2008 W Takaichi Hirayama Submission1
2007 W Gabriel Veiga Decision3
2007 W Danilo Cherman Submission2
2007 W Maurício Souza Submission1
2007 W Johil de Oliveira Submission1
2007 W Mateus Trindade Decision3
2006 W Diogo Oliveira Submission2
2005 L Jorge Britto Decision3
2005 W Felipe Arinelli KO/TKO2
2004 W João Paulo Almeida Decision3
2004 L Adriano Abu Decision3
W Thiago Minu Submission

36 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 299 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Rafael dos Anjos on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-26. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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