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Manoel Sousa arrives at UFC Vegas: Gamrot vs. Salkilld with a 1-0 UFC record.
He debuted March 14, 2026, and stopped Bolaji Oki by KO/TKO in the third round of a lightweight bout. That is the whole of his UFC file: one fight, one finish, no losses and no decisions.
One result leaves most of the questions open. The promotion has no tape of Sousa fighting from behind, and no second data point to show whether the March stoppage reflects a pattern or a favorable matchup.
Saturday at the UFC APEX is his second walk to the Octagon.
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 | Manumito |
| Nationality | Brazil |
| Hometown | Acarau, Ceara |
| Fighting out of | Academia Octogono |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Reach | 70.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 29 |
| Date of birth | Jun 04, 1997 |
| Weight | 155 lbs. |
| Pro record | 14-1 |
| 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 Manoel Sousa 2×, 2 correct (2-0 — 100% 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 | Richie Miranda | Gamrot vs Salkilld | 68.2% | Correct |
| 2026-03-14 | Bolaji Oki | UFC Fight Night: Petrino vs Asplund | 65.7% | 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: 14-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
