Rafael "Capoeira" Freitas MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography

Wanderlei Silva vs. ‘Popo’ Freitas: From Attempted Murder to Paper Crowns Leave it to a multinational fast-food chain to broker peace between two bitter rivals.

Boxing

Marcelo Alonso

Oct 17, 2025

By The Numbers: Ian Garry vs. Carlos Prates The welterweight hopefuls will collide in the UFC Kansas City main event on Saturday at T-Mobile Center.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Apr 22, 2025

By The Numbers: Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates The welterweights will lock horns in the UFC Vegas 100 headliner this Saturday in a showdown between veteran and upstart.

UFC

Brian Knapp

Nov 05, 2024

Vale Tudo Relics: The Career Arc of Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua The former Pride Fighting Championships grand prix winner and onetime Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight titleholder enjoyed an...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Jul 08, 2024

10 Questions for Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua The former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder will return to the cage for the first time in more than a year when he rematches Ovince St. Preux in a...

UFC

Christian Stein

May 06, 2022

Prosecutors Dismiss Rape Charges Against MMA Veteran, Jiu-Jitsu Coach Rafael de Freitas Prosecutors dropped rape charges against Albuquerque jiu-jitsu coach and MMA veteran Rafael de Freitas on Friday.

Tristen Critchfield

Apr 13, 2021

UFC 9: When a Punch Could Send a Fighter to Jail Marcelo Alonso shares some first-hand memories and anecdotes from UFC 9, the event where punches to the head were infamously banned just hours...

MMA Roots

Marcelo Alonso

Jan 10, 2021

Legal Rep: Video Proves Rafael de Freitas is Innocent of Sexual Assault Allegations Rafael de Freitas is denying the sexual assault charges levied against him by one of his students stemming from an incident on Nov. 7.

Tristen Critchfield

Dec 09, 2020

Jiu-Jitsu Coach, ‘TUF 18’ Vet Rafael ‘Barata’ Accused of Drugging, Raping Client Rafael de Freitas, a former competitor on “The Ultimate Fighter 18” and a prominent jiu-jitsu instructor in Albuquerque, N.M., has been accused of drugging and raping a client, according to a report from the...

Tristen Critchfield

Dec 06, 2020

By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 182 After an eight-bout stint at welterweight, Rafael dos Anjos is back in business at 155 pounds.

UFC

Tristen Critchfield

Nov 15, 2020

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