Reported prose from our newsroom. High-volume striker
Diego Ferreira debuted in the UFC on June 28, 2014, and carries a 10-7 promotional record over 17 fights into Saturday's card at the UFC APEX.
Ferreira lost to Saturday's headliner, Mateusz Gamrot, by second-round TKO on Dec. 18, 2021. He returned with two knockouts: Michael Johnson in the second round May 20, 2023, and Mateusz Rebecki in the third round May 11, 2024.
His last two have gone the other way. Grant Dawson beat him by unanimous decision Jan. 18, 2025, and Alexander Hernandez stopped him in the second round Sept. 13, 2025.
Each of those five bouts was contested at lightweight.
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 | pending |
| Nationality | Brazil |
| Hometown | Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas |
| Fighting out of | Fortis MMA |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Reach | 74.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 41 |
| Date of birth | Jan 18, 1985 |
| Weight | 155 lbs. |
| Pro record | 19-7 |
| 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 Diego Ferreira 3×, 2 correct (2-1 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | Billy Quarantillo | Gamrot vs Salkilld | 58% | Correct |
| 2025-09-13 | Alexander Hernandez | UFC Fight Night: Suarez vs Lemos | 51.8% | Missed |
| 2023-05-20 | Michael Johnson | UFC Fight Night: Latifi vs Nascimento | 51.9% | Correct |
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: 19-7. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
