Reported prose from our newsroom. BJJ specialist
Brendson Ribeiro carries a 2-5 UFC record into the card. He made his promotional debut Feb. 17, 2024, and has fought all of his bouts in the light heavyweight division.
Ribeiro's two wins came in a stretch across late 2024 and early 2025. He took a split decision over Caio Machado on Nov. 2, 2024, then submitted Diyar Nurgozhay in the second round March 15, 2025.
He has lost his last three. Azamat Murzakanov stopped him by first-round knockout June 7, 2025, and Oumar Sy did the same Sept. 6, 2025. Most recently, Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev submitted him in the first round April 4, 2026. Four of Ribeiro's five UFC losses have come by stoppage.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | The Gorilla |
| Nationality | Brazil |
| Hometown | Vila Mau, Para |
| Fighting out of | Brazilian TKO |
| Height | 6' 3" |
| Reach | 81.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 29 |
| Date of birth | Sep 08, 1996 |
| Weight | 205 lbs. |
| Pro record | 17-10 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Brendson Ribeiro 3×, 1 correct (1-2 — 33.3% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 | Oumar Sy | UFC Fight Night: Bannon vs Hughes | 51.8% | Missed |
| 2024-11-02 | Caio Machado | UFC Fight Night: Shore vs Zalal | 50.6% | Correct |
| 2024-02-17 | Zhang Mingyang | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Dern | 50.9% | Missed |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 17-10. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
