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From the tape · 18 May 2013

Jussier Formiga vs Chris Cariaso

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold · Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Result

Jussier Formiga beat Chris Cariaso

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
FlyweightMain cardReferee · Kevin Mulhall

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

JF
Red corner JussierFormigaAmerican Top Team · Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
VSOn the tape
CC
Blue corner ChrisCariaso“Kamikaze”Fight and Fitness · San Francisco, California
Flyweight3 rounds18 May 2013
The story going in
  • Carries 30 points more takedown defence than Cariaso.
  • 6 UFC bouts deep — 5 more than Formiga.
  • Lands 1.9 more significant strikes a minute than Formiga.
23-8
Record
17-8
−3 yr28
Age
31
+2″5' 5"
Height
5' 3"
+3″67″
Reach
64″
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1
UFC bouts
+56
American Top Team
Gym
Fight and Fitness
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
From
San Francisco, California
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Jussier Formiga3 sig landed
HEAD33%1 of 5BODY0%0 landedLEGS67%2 of 2
Chris Cariaso2 sig landed
HEAD0%0 of 12BODY100%2 of 4LEGS0%0 of 1
3 of 7
Sig.
strikes
2 of 17
2 of 3
Take-
downs
0 of 0
3:31
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 3Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 0Clinch 2Ground 0
Judges · this round · Formiga firstBen Cartlidge10–9Douglas Crosby10–9Howard Hughes10–9
Round 25:00 of action
Jussier Formiga6 sig landed
HEAD67%4 of 11BODY17%1 of 2LEGS17%1 of 1
Chris Cariaso7 sig landed
HEAD43%3 of 21BODY57%4 of 8LEGS0%0 landed
6 of 14
Sig.
strikes
7 of 29
1 of 2
Take-
downs
0 of 0
3:19
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 5
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 4Ground 0
Judges · this round · Formiga firstBen Cartlidge10–9Douglas Crosby10–9Howard Hughes10–9
Round 35:00 of action1 sub attemptEnded 5:00
Jussier Formiga1 sig landed
HEAD0%0 of 4BODY0%0 landedLEGS100%1 of 1
Chris Cariaso17 sig landed
HEAD71%12 of 36BODY29%5 of 8LEGS0%0 landed
1 of 5
Sig.
strikes
17 of 44
1 of 3
Take-
downs
1 of 1
2:01
Control
1:22
0
Sub
attempts
1
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 5Ground 9
Judges · this round · Formiga firstBen Cartlidge9–10Douglas Crosby9–10Howard Hughes9–10

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

The cards, totalled

The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.

Official card

Unanimous Decision

Referee · Kevin Mulhall
Jussier FormigaChris Cariaso
Official totals — Jussier Formiga first
JudgeTotal
Ben Cartlidge2.1 avg spread · 45% wide29–28
Douglas Crosby29–28
Howard Hughes2.0 avg spread · 43% wide29–28

Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.

Media cards — 11 scored, Jussier Formiga first · unofficial

Jason Floyd TheMMAReport.com29–28
Adam Martin Sportsnet.ca29–28
John Pollock The Fight Network29–28
MM AJunkie.com29–28
Jordan Breen Sherdog.com29–28
Chris Nelson Sherdog.com29–28
Mike Whitman Sherdog.com29–28
Shaun Al- Shatti MMAFighting.com29–28
MM AWeekly.com29–28
Nathan McCarter BleacherReport.com29–28
Tim Burke BloodyElbow.com29–28

Fan vote · unofficial

29-28 Formiga · 100%

13 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.

Official cards come from the UFCStats fight record and MMA Decisions. Media cards and the fan vote are MMA Decisions’ own collection and are not official. Judge tendency figures are that judge’s whole recorded history, not this bout — they are context for how a card was scored, never a claim that it was scored wrongly.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Jussier Formiga

1.82takedowns / 15 min
1.82 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.11 / 15m
5.20 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
2.85 / 15m
35%
ACCURACY
39%
0.60 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.80 / 15m

Chris Cariaso

1.11takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.00 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Flyweight

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Jussier Formiga vs Chris Cariaso.

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