Diego Brandao

Diego Brandao's profile at Sherdog  Diego Brandao's profile at Tapology  Rank State: Nevada Age: 38 Last 5: W L W W W Association: Jackson-Wink MMA Pro Debut Date: 2005-10-01 Pro Record: 32-22-0

Current Ranking: #36 Featherweight

'Big League' Record: 8-12-0 Last 3 Years: 6-2-0 Win Finish %: 75% Combat Age: 76 Quality Perf. %: 53.7% Last Quality Perf.: 2025-10-25 540 Metric: .810 Rating Points: 194

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2012 #20 Featherweight

Last Fight Date: 10/25/2025 [Tuff-N-Uff] Last Opponent: [#37 FW] Kai Kamaka III Opponent's Last 5: W L W W L Next Fight: Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 150 Next Opponent: [#37 FW] Kai Kamaka III Opponent's Last 5: W L W W L Last Loss Date: 7/13/2024 Last Loss: [NRFW] Muratbek Kasimbay

UFC Record: 6-4-0 Octagon Time: 1:19:22 Longest Win Streak: 3 (2012-2013) Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2015) UFC Debut: 2011-12-03 Last UFC Fight: 2016-01-02

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

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Kai Kamaka III #35 Featherweight	Decision (Split) Round 5
	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 149 Saturday, October 25th 2025
W	Canaan Kawaihae #245 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 4
	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 145 Sunday, June 29th 2025
W	Jamie Siraj #102 Featherweight	KO (Spinning Wheel Kick and Punches) Round 1
	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 142 Friday, March 14th 2025
L	Muratbek Kasimbay #428 Lightweight	KO (Punch) Round 2
	Hardcore FC - Hardcore MMA: Brandao vs. Ka... Saturday, July 13th 2024
W	Mohammad Heibati #492 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Hardcore FC - Hardcore MMA 79 Thursday, November 30th 2023
L	Karshyga Dautbek #251 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Alash Pride 89 - Alash Pride FC Saturday, September 9th 2023
W	Derek Campos	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	PF 29 - Peak Fighting 29 Saturday, June 10th 2023
W	Matt Wagy	KO (Punches) Round 1
	Action Fight League - AFL: Invincible 2023 Friday, January 20th 2023
W	Oleg Lichkovakha #169 Flyweight	TKO (Knee and Punches) Round 2
	Ural FC 1 - Ural Fighting Championship Friday, July 1st 2022
L	Bibert Tumenov #88 Featherweight	KO (Punch to the Body) Round 2
	ACA 136 - Vagaev vs. Gadzhidaudov Saturday, February 26th 2022
L	Alexey Polpudnikov #98 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 3
	ACA 134 - Absolute Championship Akhmat: Ba... Friday, December 17th 2021
L	Salman Zhamaldaev #25 Featherweight	Decision (Majority) Round 3
	ACA 127 - Kerefov vs. Albaskhanov Saturday, August 28th 2021
L	Salman Zhamaldaev #31 Featherweight	Disqualification (Illegal Kick) Round 2
	ACA 120 - Froes vs. Khasbulaev Friday, March 26th 2021
L	Dzhihad Yunusov #99 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	ACA 112 - Absolute Championship Akhmat Sunday, October 4th 2020
L	Marat Balaev #61 Featherweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	ACA 103 Saturday, December 14th 2019
W	Dzhihad Yunusov #108 Featherweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	ACA 100: Part 2 Friday, October 4th 2019
L	Marcin Held #35 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	ACA 96 - Lodz Saturday, June 8th 2019
W	Vener Galiev #96 Lightweight	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
	RCC 5 Saturday, December 15th 2018
L	Daron Cruickshank #94 Lightweight	KO (Flying Knee) Round 2
	Rizin FF - Rizin 13 Sunday, September 30th 2018
W	Satoru Kitaoka #144 Lightweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	Rizin FF - Rizin 11 Saturday, July 28th 2018
L	Akhmed Aliev #41 Lightweight	TKO (Retirement) Round 2
	FNG - Fight Nights Global 73 Monday, September 4th 2017
W	Vener Galiev #107 Lightweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	FNG - Fight Nights Global 67 Thursday, May 25th 2017
W	Murad Machaev #38 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
	FNG - Fight Nights Global 58 Saturday, January 28th 2017
L	Brian Ortega #13 Featherweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 3
	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit Saturday, January 2nd 2016
W	Katsunori Kikuno #77 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson Saturday, September 26th 2015
W	Jim Hettes #90 Featherweight	TKO Round 1
	UFC on FOX 15: Machida vs. Rockhold Saturday, April 18th 2015
L	Conor McGregor #19 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao Saturday, July 19th 2014
L	Dustin Poirier #24 Featherweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC 168 - Weidman vs. Silva 2 Saturday, December 28th 2013
W	Daniel Pineda #54 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night - Shogun vs. Sonnen Saturday, August 17th 2013
W	Pablo Garza #42 Featherweight	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
	UFC on Fuel TV 9 - Mousasi vs. Latifi Saturday, April 6th 2013
W	Joey Gambino #138 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar Saturday, October 13th 2012
L	Darren Elkins #34 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir Saturday, May 26th 2012
W	Dennis Bermudez #127 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale Saturday, December 3rd 2011
W*	Bryan Caraway #40 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Semif... Wednesday, July 13th 2011
W*	Steven Siler #31 Featherweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Quart... Wednesday, July 6th 2011
W*	Jesse Newell #325 Featherweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Elimi... Tuesday, June 7th 2011
W	Nick Buschman	KO (Punches) Round 1
	ECSC - Friday Night Fights 2 Friday, February 11th 2011
W	Richard Villa #134 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	JMMAS - Jacksons MMA Series 3 Saturday, December 18th 2010
W	Michael Casteel	KO (Punches) Round 1
	ECSC - Evolution 1 Saturday, October 30th 2010
L	Ururahy Rodrigues	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UWC 8 - Judgment Day Saturday, May 22nd 2010
W	Derek Campos #487 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	KOK 8 - The Uprising Saturday, February 27th 2010
L	Gert Kocani #564 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	RIE 2 - Battle at the Burg 2 Saturday, January 30th 2010
L	Ran Weathers #238 Lightweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	SWC 7 - Discountenance Saturday, June 20th 2009
W	Fernando Vieira #309 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	MC - Mr. Cage 2 Friday, March 27th 2009
W	James King #476 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	KOK 5 - Seasons Beatings Saturday, November 22nd 2008
L	Matt Veach #146 Welterweight	TKO (Injury) Round 2
	Pro Battle MMA - Immediate Impact Saturday, October 4th 2008
W	Brian Foster #224 Middleweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	TAP Entertainment - Fight Night Friday, June 27th 2008
W	Orlean Smith #105 Bantamweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	ATK 1 - Amazon Tribal Kombat 1 Saturday, March 29th 2008
L	Jorge Clay #288 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	AC - Amazon Challenge 2 Saturday, March 1st 2008
W	Juarez Harles #588 Lightweight	KO Round 1
	AC - Amazon Challenge Saturday, September 29th 2007
W	Fabiano Silva #410 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	AC - Amazon Challenge Saturday, September 29th 2007
W	Arilson Paixao	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	CF 4 - Cassino Fight 4 Saturday, September 15th 2007
L	Ronys Torres #469 Welterweight	TKO Round 2
	CF 3 - Cassino Fight 3 Saturday, April 21st 2007
L	Daniel Trindade #407 Middleweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 3
	RC 3 - Roraima Combat 3 Sunday, April 1st 2007
W	Jorge Dalton	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	MMF - Manaus Moderna Fight Wednesday, March 28th 2007
W	Elifrank Cariolano	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	CF - Cassino Fight Saturday, December 16th 2006
W	Michel Addario Bastos	Submission Round 3
	MCVT - Mega Combat Vale Tudo Saturday, October 1st 2005

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Kai Kamaka III #35 Featherweight	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 149 Saturday, October 25th 2025	Decision (Split) Round 5
W	Canaan Kawaihae #245 Featherweight	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 145 Sunday, June 29th 2025	TKO (Punches) Round 4
W	Jamie Siraj #102 Featherweight	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 142 Friday, March 14th 2025	KO (Spinning Wheel Kick and Punches) Round 1
L	Muratbek Kasimbay #428 Lightweight	Hardcore FC - Hardcore MMA: Brandao vs. Ka... Saturday, July 13th 2024	KO (Punch) Round 2
W	Mohammad Heibati #492 Welterweight	Hardcore FC - Hardcore MMA 79 Thursday, November 30th 2023	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Karshyga Dautbek #251 Featherweight	Alash Pride 89 - Alash Pride FC Saturday, September 9th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Derek Campos	PF 29 - Peak Fighting 29 Saturday, June 10th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Matt Wagy	Action Fight League - AFL: Invincible 2023 Friday, January 20th 2023	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Oleg Lichkovakha #169 Flyweight	Ural FC 1 - Ural Fighting Championship Friday, July 1st 2022	TKO (Knee and Punches) Round 2
L	Bibert Tumenov #88 Featherweight	ACA 136 - Vagaev vs. Gadzhidaudov Saturday, February 26th 2022	KO (Punch to the Body) Round 2
L	Alexey Polpudnikov #98 Featherweight	ACA 134 - Absolute Championship Akhmat: Ba... Friday, December 17th 2021	TKO (Punches) Round 3
L	Salman Zhamaldaev #25 Featherweight	ACA 127 - Kerefov vs. Albaskhanov Saturday, August 28th 2021	Decision (Majority) Round 3
L	Salman Zhamaldaev #31 Featherweight	ACA 120 - Froes vs. Khasbulaev Friday, March 26th 2021	Disqualification (Illegal Kick) Round 2
L	Dzhihad Yunusov #99 Featherweight	ACA 112 - Absolute Championship Akhmat Sunday, October 4th 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Marat Balaev #61 Featherweight	ACA 103 Saturday, December 14th 2019	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Dzhihad Yunusov #108 Featherweight	ACA 100: Part 2 Friday, October 4th 2019	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Marcin Held #35 Lightweight	ACA 96 - Lodz Saturday, June 8th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Vener Galiev #96 Lightweight	RCC 5 Saturday, December 15th 2018	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
L	Daron Cruickshank #94 Lightweight	Rizin FF - Rizin 13 Sunday, September 30th 2018	KO (Flying Knee) Round 2
W	Satoru Kitaoka #144 Lightweight	Rizin FF - Rizin 11 Saturday, July 28th 2018	KO (Punches) Round 1
L	Akhmed Aliev #41 Lightweight	FNG - Fight Nights Global 73 Monday, September 4th 2017	TKO (Retirement) Round 2
W	Vener Galiev #107 Lightweight	FNG - Fight Nights Global 67 Thursday, May 25th 2017	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Murad Machaev #38 Lightweight	FNG - Fight Nights Global 58 Saturday, January 28th 2017	Submission (Armbar) Round 2
L	Brian Ortega #13 Featherweight	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit Saturday, January 2nd 2016	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 3
W	Katsunori Kikuno #77 Featherweight	UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson Saturday, September 26th 2015	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Jim Hettes #90 Featherweight	UFC on FOX 15: Machida vs. Rockhold Saturday, April 18th 2015	TKO Round 1
L	Conor McGregor #19 Featherweight	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao Saturday, July 19th 2014	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Dustin Poirier #24 Featherweight	UFC 168 - Weidman vs. Silva 2 Saturday, December 28th 2013	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Daniel Pineda #54 Featherweight	UFC Fight Night - Shogun vs. Sonnen Saturday, August 17th 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Pablo Garza #42 Featherweight	UFC on Fuel TV 9 - Mousasi vs. Latifi Saturday, April 6th 2013	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Joey Gambino #138 Featherweight	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar Saturday, October 13th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Darren Elkins #34 Featherweight	UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir Saturday, May 26th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Dennis Bermudez #127 Lightweight	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale Saturday, December 3rd 2011	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W*	Bryan Caraway #40 Featherweight	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Semif... Wednesday, July 13th 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W*	Steven Siler #31 Featherweight	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Quart... Wednesday, July 6th 2011	KO (Punches) Round 1
W*	Jesse Newell #325 Featherweight	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Elimi... Tuesday, June 7th 2011	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Nick Buschman	ECSC - Friday Night Fights 2 Friday, February 11th 2011	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Richard Villa #134 Welterweight	JMMAS - Jacksons MMA Series 3 Saturday, December 18th 2010	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Michael Casteel	ECSC - Evolution 1 Saturday, October 30th 2010	KO (Punches) Round 1
L	Ururahy Rodrigues	UWC 8 - Judgment Day Saturday, May 22nd 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Derek Campos #487 Lightweight	KOK 8 - The Uprising Saturday, February 27th 2010	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Gert Kocani #564 Welterweight	RIE 2 - Battle at the Burg 2 Saturday, January 30th 2010	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Ran Weathers #238 Lightweight	SWC 7 - Discountenance Saturday, June 20th 2009	KO (Punch) Round 1
W	Fernando Vieira #309 Lightweight	MC - Mr. Cage 2 Friday, March 27th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	James King #476 Lightweight	KOK 5 - Seasons Beatings Saturday, November 22nd 2008	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Matt Veach #146 Welterweight	Pro Battle MMA - Immediate Impact Saturday, October 4th 2008	TKO (Injury) Round 2
W	Brian Foster #224 Middleweight	TAP Entertainment - Fight Night Friday, June 27th 2008	KO (Punches) Round 1
W	Orlean Smith #105 Bantamweight	ATK 1 - Amazon Tribal Kombat 1 Saturday, March 29th 2008	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Jorge Clay #288 Lightweight	AC - Amazon Challenge 2 Saturday, March 1st 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Juarez Harles #588 Lightweight	AC - Amazon Challenge Saturday, September 29th 2007	KO Round 1
W	Fabiano Silva #410 Lightweight	AC - Amazon Challenge Saturday, September 29th 2007	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Arilson Paixao	CF 4 - Cassino Fight 4 Saturday, September 15th 2007	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Ronys Torres #469 Welterweight	CF 3 - Cassino Fight 3 Saturday, April 21st 2007	TKO Round 2
L	Daniel Trindade #407 Middleweight	RC 3 - Roraima Combat 3 Sunday, April 1st 2007	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 3
W	Jorge Dalton	MMF - Manaus Moderna Fight Wednesday, March 28th 2007	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Elifrank Cariolano	CF - Cassino Fight Saturday, December 16th 2006	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Michel Addario Bastos	MCVT - Mega Combat Vale Tudo Saturday, October 1st 2005	Submission Round 3

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