Gleison Tibau

Gleison Tibau's profile at Sherdog  Gleison Tibau's profile at Tapology  Rank State: New York Age: 42 Last 5: L L W W W Association: American Top Team Pro Debut Date: 1999-05-18 Pro Record: 39-18-0

Current Ranking: #90 Welterweight

'Big League' Record: 18-15-0 Last 3 Years: 3-3-0 Win Finish %: 51.3% Combat Age: 66 Quality Perf. %: 49.1% Last Quality Perf.: 2021-06-17 540 Metric: .645 Rating Points: 121

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2012 #13 Lightweight

Last Fight Date: 10/18/2025 [Warriors Night Championship (Switzerland)] Last Opponent: [#559 MW] Matias Juarez Opponent's Last 5: W L L W L Last Loss Date: 7/28/2023 Last Loss: [#44 WW] Boris Medvedev Opponent's Last 5: W W W W W

UFC Record: 16-11-0 , 1 NC Octagon Time: 5:08:57 Longest Win Streak: 3 (2014-2015) Next Best Win Streak: 3 (2011) UFC Debut: 2006-11-18 Last UFC Fight: 2018-06-01

Records & Trivia: 26 y, 153 d career age

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Matias Juarez #794 Welterweight	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 1
	WNC 3 - Warriors Night Championship 3 Saturday, October 18th 2025
W	Joel Kouadja #649 Middleweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Warriors Night MMA - Warriors Night MMA 1 Saturday, September 14th 2024
W	Burenzorig Batmunkh #416 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	TB 1 - Top Brights 1 Sunday, January 21st 2024
L	Boris Medvedev #56 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 16 Friday, July 28th 2023
L	Alexey Kunchenko #107 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 14 Saturday, February 11th 2023
L	Magomed Magomedkerimov #27 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	PFL 10: 2022 Championships Friday, November 25th 2022
L	Jarrah Al-Silawi #50 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2022... Friday, May 6th 2022
W	Micah Terrill #285 Welterweight	Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
	Professional Fighters League - PFL 7: 2021... Friday, August 13th 2021
W	Rory MacDonald	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2021... Thursday, June 17th 2021
L	Joao Zeferino	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2021... Thursday, April 29th 2021
W	Will Brooks #21 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Battlefield FC 2 Saturday, July 27th 2019
W	Efrain Escudero #77 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Golden Boy MMA - Liddell vs. Ortiz 3: Wars... Saturday, November 24th 2018
L	Desmond Green #69 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 131 - Rivera vs. Moraes Friday, June 1st 2018
L	Islam Makhachev #42 Lightweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	UFC 220 - Miocic vs. Ngannou Saturday, January 20th 2018
NC	Abel Trujillo #62 Lightweight	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 77 - Belfort vs. Henderson 3 Saturday, November 7th 2015
L	Tony Ferguson #21 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	UFC 184 - Rousey vs. Zingano Saturday, February 28th 2015
W	Norman Parke #63 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Siver Sunday, January 18th 2015
W	Piotr Hallmann #44 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night - Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2 Saturday, September 13th 2014
W	Pat Healy #39 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night - Cerrone vs. Miller Wednesday, July 16th 2014
L	Michael Johnson #19 Lightweight	KO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC 168 - Weidman vs. Silva 2 Saturday, December 28th 2013
W	Jamie Varner #32 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC 164 - Henderson vs. Pettis 2 Saturday, August 31st 2013
W	John Cholish #120 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
	UFC on FX 8 - Belfort vs. Rockhold Saturday, May 18th 2013
L	Evan Dunham #32 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC 156 - Aldo vs. Edgar Saturday, February 2nd 2013
W	Francisco Trinaldo #86 Middleweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar Saturday, October 13th 2012
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov #58 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 148 - Silva vs. Sonnen 2 Saturday, July 7th 2012
W	Rafael dos Anjos #17 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC 139 - Shogun vs. Henderson Saturday, November 19th 2011
W	Rafaello Oliveira #117 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	UFC 130 - Rampage vs. Hamill Saturday, May 28th 2011
W	Kurt Pellegrino #20 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC 128 - Shogun vs. Jones Saturday, March 19th 2011
L	Jim Miller #10 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC - Fight Night 22 Wednesday, September 15th 2010
W	Caol Uno #36 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC - Fight Night 21 Wednesday, March 31st 2010
W	Josh Neer #38 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun Saturday, October 24th 2009
L	Melvin Guillard #96 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Saturday, June 20th 2009
W	Jeremy Stephens #41 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC - Fight Night 18 Wednesday, April 1st 2009
W	Rich Clementi #35 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	UFC - Fight Night 17 Saturday, February 7th 2009
L	Joe Stevenson #17 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
	UFC 86 - Jackson vs. Griffin Saturday, July 5th 2008
L	Tyson Griffin #16 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 81 - Breaking Point Saturday, February 2nd 2008
W	Terry Etim #69 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 75 - Champion vs. Champion Saturday, September 8th 2007
W	Jeff Cox #130 Welterweight	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
	UFC - Fight Night 10 Tuesday, June 12th 2007
W	Antonio Moreno	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	NCC - Nordest Combat Championship Wednesday, May 9th 2007
W	Jason Dent #161 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 68 - Uprising Saturday, March 3rd 2007
L	Nick Diaz #13 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC 65 - Bad Intentions Saturday, November 18th 2006
W	Jedrzej Kubski #203 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	KO - Arena 4 Saturday, March 11th 2006
W	Edilson Florencio	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	MCM - Mega Combate Mossoro Friday, December 2nd 2005
W	Fabricio Camoes #258 Middleweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Meca 12 - Meca World Vale Tudo 12 Saturday, July 9th 2005
L	Marcelo Brito	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	SS 7 - Storm Samurai 7 Saturday, June 11th 2005
W	Josenildo Rodrigues de Oliveira	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	COVT - Ceara Open Vale Tudo 2 Thursday, March 10th 2005
W	Anderson Cruz	KO (Punches) Round 1
	OF - Octagon Fight Thursday, February 24th 2005
W	Josenildo Ramalho #118 Middleweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	BC 2 - Brazilian Challenger 2 Thursday, October 21st 2004
W	Carlos Alexandre Pereira	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	CN 11 - Champions Night 11 Thursday, October 7th 2004
W	Adriano Martins #56 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	AF - Amazonia Fight 1 Sunday, June 20th 2004
W	Daniel Maia	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	CN 10 - Champions Night 10 Friday, May 21st 2004
W	Romario Manoel da Silva	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Desafio - Natal vs. Nordeste Tuesday, March 9th 2004
L	Eiji Mitsuoka #31 Welterweight	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 2
	Deep - 11th Impact Sunday, July 13th 2003
W	Fernando Terere	Decision (Split) Round 3
	BC - Bitetti Combat Nordeste 2 Thursday, March 20th 2003
W	Paulo Roberto Nogueira da Silva Junior	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	BC - Bitetti Combat Nordeste 1 Thursday, November 28th 2002
W	Thiago Alves	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
	CN - Champions Night 2 Saturday, June 30th 2001
W	Ricardo Ricardo	TKO (Retirement) Round 1
	MOVT 3 - Mossoro Open de Vale Tudo 3 Friday, December 24th 1999
W	Rivanio Regis	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	CNVTO - Currais Novos Vale Tudo Open Tuesday, May 18th 1999

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Matias Juarez #794 Welterweight	WNC 3 - Warriors Night Championship 3 Saturday, October 18th 2025	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Joel Kouadja #649 Middleweight	Warriors Night MMA - Warriors Night MMA 1 Saturday, September 14th 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Burenzorig Batmunkh #416 Welterweight	TB 1 - Top Brights 1 Sunday, January 21st 2024	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Boris Medvedev #56 Welterweight	Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 16 Friday, July 28th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Alexey Kunchenko #107 Welterweight	Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 14 Saturday, February 11th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Magomed Magomedkerimov #27 Welterweight	PFL 10: 2022 Championships Friday, November 25th 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Jarrah Al-Silawi #50 Welterweight	Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2022... Friday, May 6th 2022	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Micah Terrill #285 Welterweight	Professional Fighters League - PFL 7: 2021... Friday, August 13th 2021	Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Rory MacDonald	Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2021... Thursday, June 17th 2021	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Joao Zeferino	Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2021... Thursday, April 29th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Will Brooks #21 Lightweight	Battlefield FC 2 Saturday, July 27th 2019	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
W	Efrain Escudero #77 Welterweight	Golden Boy MMA - Liddell vs. Ortiz 3: Wars... Saturday, November 24th 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Desmond Green #69 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 131 - Rivera vs. Moraes Friday, June 1st 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Islam Makhachev #42 Lightweight	UFC 220 - Miocic vs. Ngannou Saturday, January 20th 2018	KO (Punch) Round 1
NC	Abel Trujillo #62 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 77 - Belfort vs. Henderson 3 Saturday, November 7th 2015	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Tony Ferguson #21 Lightweight	UFC 184 - Rousey vs. Zingano Saturday, February 28th 2015	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Norman Parke #63 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Siver Sunday, January 18th 2015	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Piotr Hallmann #44 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night - Bigfoot vs. Arlovski 2 Saturday, September 13th 2014	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Pat Healy #39 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night - Cerrone vs. Miller Wednesday, July 16th 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Michael Johnson #19 Lightweight	UFC 168 - Weidman vs. Silva 2 Saturday, December 28th 2013	KO (Punches) Round 2
W	Jamie Varner #32 Lightweight	UFC 164 - Henderson vs. Pettis 2 Saturday, August 31st 2013	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	John Cholish #120 Lightweight	UFC on FX 8 - Belfort vs. Rockhold Saturday, May 18th 2013	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
L	Evan Dunham #32 Lightweight	UFC 156 - Aldo vs. Edgar Saturday, February 2nd 2013	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Francisco Trinaldo #86 Middleweight	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar Saturday, October 13th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov #58 Lightweight	UFC 148 - Silva vs. Sonnen 2 Saturday, July 7th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Rafael dos Anjos #17 Lightweight	UFC 139 - Shogun vs. Henderson Saturday, November 19th 2011	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Rafaello Oliveira #117 Lightweight	UFC 130 - Rampage vs. Hamill Saturday, May 28th 2011	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Kurt Pellegrino #20 Lightweight	UFC 128 - Shogun vs. Jones Saturday, March 19th 2011	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Jim Miller #10 Lightweight	UFC - Fight Night 22 Wednesday, September 15th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Caol Uno #36 Lightweight	UFC - Fight Night 21 Wednesday, March 31st 2010	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Josh Neer #38 Lightweight	UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun Saturday, October 24th 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Melvin Guillard #96 Lightweight	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Saturday, June 20th 2009	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Jeremy Stephens #41 Lightweight	UFC - Fight Night 18 Wednesday, April 1st 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Rich Clementi #35 Lightweight	UFC - Fight Night 17 Saturday, February 7th 2009	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
L	Joe Stevenson #17 Lightweight	UFC 86 - Jackson vs. Griffin Saturday, July 5th 2008	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
L	Tyson Griffin #16 Lightweight	UFC 81 - Breaking Point Saturday, February 2nd 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Terry Etim #69 Lightweight	UFC 75 - Champion vs. Champion Saturday, September 8th 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jeff Cox #130 Welterweight	UFC - Fight Night 10 Tuesday, June 12th 2007	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Antonio Moreno	NCC - Nordest Combat Championship Wednesday, May 9th 2007	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Jason Dent #161 Lightweight	UFC 68 - Uprising Saturday, March 3rd 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Nick Diaz #13 Welterweight	UFC 65 - Bad Intentions Saturday, November 18th 2006	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Jedrzej Kubski #203 Welterweight	KO - Arena 4 Saturday, March 11th 2006	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Edilson Florencio	MCM - Mega Combate Mossoro Friday, December 2nd 2005	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Fabricio Camoes #258 Middleweight	Meca 12 - Meca World Vale Tudo 12 Saturday, July 9th 2005	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Marcelo Brito	SS 7 - Storm Samurai 7 Saturday, June 11th 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Josenildo Rodrigues de Oliveira	COVT - Ceara Open Vale Tudo 2 Thursday, March 10th 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Anderson Cruz	OF - Octagon Fight Thursday, February 24th 2005	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Josenildo Ramalho #118 Middleweight	BC 2 - Brazilian Challenger 2 Thursday, October 21st 2004	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Carlos Alexandre Pereira	CN 11 - Champions Night 11 Thursday, October 7th 2004	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Adriano Martins #56 Welterweight	AF - Amazonia Fight 1 Sunday, June 20th 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Daniel Maia	CN 10 - Champions Night 10 Friday, May 21st 2004	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Romario Manoel da Silva	Desafio - Natal vs. Nordeste Tuesday, March 9th 2004	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Eiji Mitsuoka #31 Welterweight	Deep - 11th Impact Sunday, July 13th 2003	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 2
W	Fernando Terere	BC - Bitetti Combat Nordeste 2 Thursday, March 20th 2003	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Paulo Roberto Nogueira da Silva Junior	BC - Bitetti Combat Nordeste 1 Thursday, November 28th 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Thiago Alves	CN - Champions Night 2 Saturday, June 30th 2001	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
W	Ricardo Ricardo	MOVT 3 - Mossoro Open de Vale Tudo 3 Friday, December 24th 1999	TKO (Retirement) Round 1
W	Rivanio Regis	CNVTO - Currais Novos Vale Tudo Open Tuesday, May 18th 1999	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3

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