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Brazil
Sorocaba, Sao Paulo
Fabio Maldonado
"
Caipira de Aco
"
AGE
44
/
Mar 17, 1980
HEIGHT
6'1"
/
185.42 cm
WEIGHT
227 lbs
/
102.97 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team Maldonado
/
Pitbull Brothers
CLASS
Heavyweight
Wins
28
KO
/
TKO
19
68%
SUBMISSIONS
2
7%
DECISIONS
7
25%
Losses
17
KO
/
TKO
8
47%
SUBMISSIONS
2
12%
DECISIONS
7
41%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Kirill Sidelnikov
Ural FC 1 - Ural Fighting Championship
Jul / 01 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Viktor Korneev
1
0:45
loss
Sergei Kharitonov
MFP - Parus Fight Championship
Nov / 06 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
1
3:28
win
Gabriel Kanabo
Samurai FC 25 - Samurai Fight Combat
May / 28 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Rogerio Galderio
1
1:47
win
Eli Reger
GCF 53 - Gladiator Combat Fight 53
Oct / 24 / 2020
TKO (Punches)
Charyana Gamballe Correia
1
3:32
loss
Chi Lewis-Parry
UAE Warriors - UAE Warriors 13
Sep / 25 / 2020
KO (Elbows)
Frank Trigg
1
1:08
win
Pelu Adetola
SBC 27 - Serbian Battle Championship 27: Revenge!
Mar / 14 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Velimir Mladenov
3
5:00
loss
Jiri Prochazka
Rizin FF - Rizin 19: Lightweight Grand Prix 1st Round
Oct / 12 / 2019
KO (Punches)
Ryogaku Wada
1
1:49
win
Thiago Silva Batista
VFC - Vikings Fight Club 5 - Balada Fight
Dec / 22 / 2018
KO (Punch)
Roberto Thomaz
1
1:37
loss
Ivan Shtyrkov
Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 4
Oct / 27 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Pavel Tous
2
1:23
loss
Nikita Krylov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 87
May / 19 / 2018
KO (Punch)
Jan Vobornik
2
3:33
win
Kurban Omarov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 73
Sep / 04 / 2017
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Jan Vobornik
3
3:01
win
Abdul-Khamid Davlyatov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 60
Mar / 04 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Alexander Sidorin
1
4:20
loss
Mikhail Mokhnatkin
EFN - Fight Nights Global 52
Oct / 01 / 2016
Decision (Unanimous)
Alexander Sidorin
3
5:00
loss
Fedor Emelianenko
EFN 50 - Emelianenko vs. Maldonado
Jun / 17 / 2016
Decision (Majority)
Viktor Korneev
3
5:00
loss
Corey Anderson
UFC Fight Night 77 - Belfort vs. Henderson 3
Nov / 07 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Quinton Jackson
UFC 186 - Johnson vs. Horiguchi
Apr / 25 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Hans Stringer
UFC 179 - Aldo vs. Mendes 2
Oct / 25 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
4:06
loss
Stipe Miocic
UFC - The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale
May / 31 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
Mario Yamasaki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
0:35
win
Gian Villante
UFC Fight Night 38 - Shogun vs. Henderson 2
Mar / 23 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Joey Beltran
UFC Fight Night 29 - Maia vs. Shields
Oct / 09 / 2013
Decision (Split)
Mario Yamasaki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Roger Hollett
UFC on FX 8 - Belfort vs. Rockhold
May / 18 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Leon Roberts
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Glover Teixeira
UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar
Oct / 13 / 2012
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Mario Yamasaki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
5:00
loss
Igor Pokrajac
UFC on Fuel TV 3 - Korean Zombie vs. Poirier
May / 15 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Kyle Kingsbury
UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale
Jun / 04 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Chris Tognoni
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
James McSweeney
UFC 120 - Bisping vs. Akiyama
Oct / 16 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
0:48
win
Nelson Martins
FCF - First Class Fight 4
Jun / 30 / 2010
KO (Punch)
1
0:40
win
Jackson Mora
MF - Memorial Fight Qualifying
Jun / 04 / 2010
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
1
0:00
win
Jessie Gibbs
BC - Bitetti Combat 7
May / 28 / 2010
TKO (Submission to Punches)
Pablo Rex
2
2:52
win
Alessandro Leal
CPC - Combat Power Championship
Mar / 13 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
1
0:00
win
Fernando Tressino
BC - Bitetti Combat 5
Dec / 12 / 2009
TKO (Punches)
Pablo Rex
2
3:40
win
Vitor Miranda
BC - Bitetti Combat 4
Sep / 12 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Renzo Gracie
3
5:00
win
Edgard Castaldelli Filho
PFC - Predador FC 12
Dec / 03 / 2008
TKO
2
0:00
win
Shaton Vaughn
FW 16 - International
Nov / 01 / 2008
TKO (Punches)
1
4:48
win
Maiquel Falcao
Predador FC 9 - Welterweight Grand Prix
Mar / 15 / 2008
TKO (Punches)
2
2:00
win
Renato Matos
Predador FC 8 - Kamae
Dec / 08 / 2007
TKO (Punches)
Carlos Barreto
1
4:00
loss
Alexandre Ferreira
MTL - Final
Nov / 10 / 2007
Submission (Kneebar)
1
0:27
win
Vitor Miranda
MTL - Mo Team League 2
Sep / 29 / 2007
Decision
3
5:00
win
Maiquel Falcao
MMMAC - Mariliense MMA Circuit 2
May / 18 / 2007
TKO (Punches)
3
0:46
win
Ildemar Alcantara
Predador FC 4 - Kamae
Jan / 25 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Gleison Silva de Abreu
PC - Pantanal Combat
Feb / 10 / 2006
TKO (Punches)
2
3:55
win
Bruno Alves
CDL - Clube da Luta 1
Dec / 14 / 2004
TKO (Exhaustion)
2
4:54
loss
Alessandro Leal
Meca 5 - Meca World Vale Tudo 5
Jun / 09 / 2001
Submission (Kneebar)
1
5:22
loss
Omni Santos
SFC - Surf Fight Circuit Day 2
Sep / 23 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
2
10:00
win
Augusto Menezes Santos
SFC - Surf Fight Circuit Day 1
Sep / 22 / 2000
KO (Punches)
2
3:03
win
Robson Parazinho
SFC - Surf Fight Circuit Day 1
Sep / 22 / 2000
TKO (Punches)
1
2:21
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