Patrick Cummins vs Antônio Carlos Júnior

Age 45

Height 6' 2"

Reach 76.0"

Weight 205 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Age 36

Height 6' 2"

Reach 79"

Weight 185 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Career Averages - Patrick Cummins

4.26 SLpM

50.0% Str. Acc.

3.35 SApM

55.0% Str. Def.

4.49 TD Avg

41.0% TD Acc.

28.0% TD Def.

0.1 Sub. Avg

Career Averages - Antônio Carlos Júnior

1.95 SLpM

42.0% Str. Acc.

2.14 SApM

52.0% Str. Def.

3.42 TD Avg

39.0% TD Acc.

53.0% TD Def.

0.8 Sub. Avg

Patrick Cummins - Fight History

LOSS vs Ed Herman

TKO (knee and punches) R1 3:39 · UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ed Herman	0	22 of 33	66%	22 of 33	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:10
Patrick Cummins	1	11 of 35	31%	14 of 38	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ed Herman	0	22 of 33	66%	22 of 33	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:10
1	Patrick Cummins	1	11 of 35	31%	14 of 38	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ed Herman	22 of 33	66%	21 of 31	0 of 1	1 of 1	18 of 29	4 of 4	0 of 0
Patrick Cummins	11 of 35	31%	11 of 34	0 of 0	0 of 1	8 of 28	1 of 4	2 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ed Herman	22 of 33	66%	21 of 31	0 of 1	1 of 1	18 of 29	4 of 4	0 of 0
1	Patrick Cummins	11 of 35	31%	11 of 34	0 of 0	0 of 1	8 of 28	1 of 4	2 of 3

LOSS vs Misha Cirkunov

Submission (arm-triangle choke) R1 2:40 · UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith · Oct 27, 2018

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Misha Cirkunov	0	11 of 18	61%	65 of 72	1 of 1	100%	2	0	0:40
Patrick Cummins	0	3 of 5	60%	6 of 8	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:26

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Misha Cirkunov	0	11 of 18	61%	65 of 72	1 of 1	100%	2	0	0:40
1	Patrick Cummins	0	3 of 5	60%	6 of 8	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:26

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Misha Cirkunov	11 of 18	61%	2 of 6	9 of 12	0 of 0	1 of 5	9 of 12	1 of 1
Patrick Cummins	3 of 5	60%	0 of 1	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 1	3 of 4	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Misha Cirkunov	11 of 18	61%	2 of 6	9 of 12	0 of 0	1 of 5	9 of 12	1 of 1
1	Patrick Cummins	3 of 5	60%	0 of 1	3 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 1	3 of 4	0 of 0

LOSS vs Corey Anderson

Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee · Apr 21, 2018

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Corey Anderson	0	64 of 119	53%	99 of 162	12 of 13	92%	0	0	8:02
Patrick Cummins	0	31 of 99	31%	44 of 113	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:30

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Corey Anderson	43 of 75	57%	50 of 82	2 of 2	100%	1:33
1	Patrick Cummins	18 of 53	33%	22 of 58	0 of 1	0%	0:29
2	Corey Anderson	16 of 33	48%	24 of 41	5 of 5	100%	2:17
2	Patrick Cummins	8 of 32	25%	15 of 39	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Corey Anderson	5 of 11	45%	25 of 39	5 of 6	83%	4:12
3	Patrick Cummins	5 of 14	35%	7 of 16	0 of 0	---	0:01

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Corey Anderson	64 of 119	53%	56 of 107	6 of 10	2 of 2	38 of 85	16 of 22	10 of 12
Patrick Cummins	31 of 99	31%	24 of 85	6 of 12	1 of 2	18 of 79	12 of 19	1 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Corey Anderson	43 of 75	57%	38 of 68	4 of 6	1 of 1	23 of 49	11 of 15	9 of 11
1	Patrick Cummins	18 of 53	33%	12 of 46	5 of 5	1 of 2	10 of 41	7 of 11	1 of 1
2	Corey Anderson	16 of 33	48%	13 of 29	2 of 3	1 of 1	13 of 28	3 of 5	0 of 0
2	Patrick Cummins	8 of 32	25%	8 of 29	0 of 3	0 of 0	5 of 26	3 of 6	0 of 0
3	Corey Anderson	5 of 11	45%	5 of 10	0 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 8	2 of 2	1 of 1
3	Patrick Cummins	5 of 14	35%	4 of 10	1 of 4	0 of 0	3 of 12	2 of 2	0 of 0

WIN vs Gian Villante

Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum · Jul 22, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Patrick Cummins	0	86 of 182	47%	92 of 188	1 of 11	9%	0	0	3:04
Gian Villante	0	72 of 196	36%	85 of 210	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Patrick Cummins	17 of 39	43%	20 of 42	1 of 6	16%	1:39
1	Gian Villante	23 of 55	41%	35 of 68	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Patrick Cummins	37 of 71	52%	38 of 72	0 of 4	0%	0:19
2	Gian Villante	24 of 72	33%	24 of 72	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Patrick Cummins	32 of 72	44%	34 of 74	0 of 1	0%	1:06
3	Gian Villante	25 of 69	36%	26 of 70	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Patrick Cummins	86 of 182	47%	70 of 163	7 of 9	9 of 10	74 of 164	12 of 18	0 of 0
Gian Villante	72 of 196	36%	66 of 189	3 of 4	3 of 3	67 of 189	0 of 1	5 of 6

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Patrick Cummins	17 of 39	43%	15 of 37	1 of 1	1 of 1	15 of 34	2 of 5	0 of 0
1	Gian Villante	23 of 55	41%	21 of 53	1 of 1	1 of 1	18 of 49	0 of 1	5 of 5
2	Patrick Cummins	37 of 71	52%	30 of 62	5 of 7	2 of 2	35 of 67	2 of 4	0 of 0
2	Gian Villante	24 of 72	33%	21 of 68	1 of 2	2 of 2	24 of 72	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Patrick Cummins	32 of 72	44%	25 of 64	1 of 1	6 of 7	24 of 63	8 of 9	0 of 0
3	Gian Villante	25 of 69	36%	24 of 68	1 of 1	0 of 0	25 of 68	0 of 0	0 of 1

WIN vs Jan Błachowicz

Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–28, 28–28) R3 5:00 · UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 · Apr 08, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Patrick Cummins	0	73 of 121	60%	109 of 162	3 of 10	30%	0	0	7:39
Jan Błachowicz	1	53 of 99	53%	68 of 115	1 of 2	50%	0	0	1:11

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Patrick Cummins	0	16 of 36	44%	23 of 45	1 of 6	16%	1:28
1	Jan Błachowicz	1	31 of 51	60%	37 of 57	0 of 0	---	0:40
2	Patrick Cummins	0	21 of 38	55%	27 of 44	1 of 2	50%	2:28
2	Jan Błachowicz	0	13 of 30	43%	18 of 36	1 of 2	50%	0:28
3	Patrick Cummins	0	36 of 47	76%	59 of 73	1 of 2	50%	3:43
3	Jan Błachowicz	0	9 of 18	50%	13 of 22	0 of 0	---	0:03

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Patrick Cummins	73 of 121	60%	62 of 109	10 of 11	1 of 1	23 of 59	17 of 21	33 of 41
Jan Błachowicz	53 of 99	53%	43 of 88	9 of 10	1 of 1	37 of 77	11 of 15	5 of 7

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Patrick Cummins	16 of 36	44%	15 of 34	1 of 2	0 of 0	9 of 25	4 of 7	3 of 4
1	Jan Błachowicz	31 of 51	60%	26 of 45	5 of 6	0 of 0	18 of 33	10 of 13	3 of 5
2	Patrick Cummins	21 of 38	55%	13 of 30	7 of 7	1 of 1	6 of 19	2 of 2	13 of 17
2	Jan Błachowicz	13 of 30	43%	11 of 28	2 of 2	0 of 0	12 of 28	1 of 2	0 of 0
3	Patrick Cummins	36 of 47	76%	34 of 45	2 of 2	0 of 0	8 of 15	11 of 12	17 of 20
3	Jan Błachowicz	9 of 18	50%	6 of 15	2 of 2	1 of 1	7 of 16	0 of 0	2 of 2

Play-by-Play

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Jan Blachowicz vs. Patrick Cummins

Round 1
Cummins tries to press forward but gets caught by Blachowicz with an uppercut. Cummins hits the deck and tries to climb back to his feet as Blachowicz tees off with punches, looking for the early finish. Cummins stands and gets pushed against the cage, but Blachowicz slips throwing a knee and falls to the ground. Cummins catches the Polish standout in a front headlock, tries to convert it to an anaconda choke but loses Blachowicz's neck as he drops to the ground. Blachowicz separates and lands a heavy body kick, then hits the American with the uppercut again. A looping left hand to the temple from Blachowicz sends Cummins shooting for a takedown. Blachowicz easily shuts down the shot and continues to pick at Cummins with jabs, then lands another uppercut as "Durkin" comes forward. Cummins is on unsteady legs as he's underhooked and pushed against the fence by Blachowicz, who delivers uppercuts to the body in the clinch. Cummins escapes the tie-up and catches Blachowicz stepping forward with a left hand, but Blachowicz walks through it to land another uppercut. Cummins is taking a lot of punishment here, and referee John McCarthy looks close to stopping the bout at one point, but Cummins earns a reprieve with a takedown. Cummins jams Blachowicz's head against the base of the fence to make things uncomfortable, but he loses top position before the end of the round when Blachowicz threatens with an armbar.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Blachowicz
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Blachowicz
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-8 Blachowicz

Round 2
Blachowicz lands his lead uppercut again in the first 30 seconds of round two, stinging Cummins, who slows the assault with a takedown attempt. Blachowicz stays standing but winds up held against the fence for half a minute or so. When they separate, both 205ers connect with punches before Cummins shoots again and runs Blachowicz to the canvas, unintentionally aided by the referee, who could not get out of Blachowicz's way in time. Cummins stands over Blachowicz, kneels down in guard again and immediately has his right arm attacked by Blachowicz with a kimura. Cummins pulls the arm free and slams Blachowicz with a few heavy punches from the Polish fighter's open guard. Referee McCarthy calls for work, and soon after, Blachowicz kicks Cummins away and escapes to his feet. Now it's Blachowicz shooting for a takedown at the fence, pulling Cummins away from the wall and dumping him to the floor. Cummins is back on his feet within seconds, and suddenly Blachowicz is looking very tired, breathing heavily and letting his hands drop to his waist between punches. Blachowicz leans over with his hands on his knees with 20 seconds on the clock, then shoots for a late takedown and gets sprawled on by Cummins.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Cummins
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Cummins
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Cummins

Round 3
Cummins moves forward to put Blachowicz's back against the fence but can't hold him there for more than 20 seconds. When they separate, Cummins times Blachowicz's lead uppercut and ducks under to complete an effortless takedown. Blachowicz wraps up Cummins in closed guard, then swings his legs around to try an armbar; Cummins stacks up and frees the limb, then goes back to working for the guard pass. Halfway through the round, Cummins postures up to land an elbow, a few short punches. Cummins denies another armbar, but Blachowicz uses the attempt to roll to his knees and escape to his feet. Blachowicz lands a body kick and charges Cummins, who is ready to tie up Blachowicz in a front headlock. Cummins lands several knees to the leaning Blachowicz's head and receives a warning from the ref to mind the back of the head. Blachowicz drops to guard with just over one minute remaining, and Cummins jams him up against the foot of the fence again. Cummins tries to get busy with ground-and-pound in the final seconds but is tied up by Blachowicz from the bottom.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Cummins (28-28 Draw)
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Cummins (28-27 Cummins)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Cummins (28-28 Draw)

The Official Result
Patrick Cummins def. Jan Blachowicz via Majority Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28) R3 5:00

LOSS vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira

TKO (punches) R1 4:52 · UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic · May 14, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Rogério Nogueira	1	30 of 58	51%	36 of 65	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:12
Patrick Cummins	0	12 of 36	33%	14 of 38	0 of 2	0%	0	0	0:11

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	1	30 of 58	51%	36 of 65	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:12
1	Patrick Cummins	0	12 of 36	33%	14 of 38	0 of 2	0%	0	0	0:11

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Rogério Nogueira	30 of 58	51%	30 of 55	0 of 3	0 of 0	23 of 50	2 of 3	5 of 5
Patrick Cummins	12 of 36	33%	6 of 25	0 of 2	6 of 9	12 of 33	0 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	30 of 58	51%	30 of 55	0 of 3	0 of 0	23 of 50	2 of 3	5 of 5
1	Patrick Cummins	12 of 36	33%	6 of 25	0 of 2	6 of 9	12 of 33	0 of 3	0 of 0

LOSS vs Glover Teixeira

TKO (punches) R2 1:12 · UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 · Nov 07, 2015

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Glover Teixeira	0	54 of 102	52%	59 of 107	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:14
Patrick Cummins	0	33 of 90	36%	38 of 95	4 of 6	66%	0	0	1:25

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Glover Teixeira	32 of 63	50%	34 of 65	0 of 1	0%	0:02
1	Patrick Cummins	30 of 75	40%	35 of 80	4 of 5	80%	1:21
2	Glover Teixeira	22 of 39	56%	25 of 42	0 of 0	---	0:12
2	Patrick Cummins	3 of 15	20%	3 of 15	0 of 1	0%	0:04

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Glover Teixeira	54 of 102	52%	51 of 98	3 of 4	0 of 0	50 of 96	4 of 6	0 of 0
Patrick Cummins	33 of 90	36%	23 of 80	7 of 7	3 of 3	22 of 73	11 of 17	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Glover Teixeira	32 of 63	50%	30 of 60	2 of 3	0 of 0	32 of 63	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Patrick Cummins	30 of 75	40%	20 of 65	7 of 7	3 of 3	19 of 62	11 of 13	0 of 0
2	Glover Teixeira	22 of 39	56%	21 of 38	1 of 1	0 of 0	18 of 33	4 of 6	0 of 0
2	Patrick Cummins	3 of 15	20%	3 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 11	0 of 4	0 of 0

WIN vs Rafael Cavalcante

TKO (elbows) R3 0:45 · UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia · Aug 01, 2015

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Patrick Cummins	0	23 of 45	51%	24 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:03
Rafael Cavalcante	0	49 of 92	53%	102 of 162	8 of 14	57%	0	0	7:11

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Patrick Cummins	11 of 26	42%	11 of 26	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Rafael Cavalcante	20 of 41	48%	39 of 63	5 of 9	55%	2:54
2	Patrick Cummins	11 of 17	64%	12 of 19	0 of 0	---	0:03
2	Rafael Cavalcante	18 of 38	47%	51 of 85	2 of 4	50%	3:44
3	Patrick Cummins	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Rafael Cavalcante	11 of 13	84%	12 of 14	1 of 1	100%	0:33

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Patrick Cummins	23 of 45	51%	20 of 42	1 of 1	2 of 2	15 of 34	1 of 3	7 of 8
Rafael Cavalcante	49 of 92	53%	37 of 77	6 of 7	6 of 8	18 of 49	7 of 10	24 of 33

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Patrick Cummins	11 of 26	42%	9 of 24	0 of 0	2 of 2	10 of 25	1 of 1	0 of 0
1	Rafael Cavalcante	20 of 41	48%	12 of 31	2 of 2	6 of 8	14 of 32	4 of 7	2 of 2
2	Patrick Cummins	11 of 17	64%	10 of 16	1 of 1	0 of 0	4 of 7	0 of 2	7 of 8
2	Rafael Cavalcante	18 of 38	47%	14 of 33	4 of 5	0 of 0	3 of 15	3 of 3	12 of 20
3	Patrick Cummins	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Rafael Cavalcante	11 of 13	84%	11 of 13	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 2	0 of 0	10 of 11

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Antônio Carlos Júnior - Fight History

LOSS vs Brad Tavares

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 · Jan 24, 2021

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Brad Tavares	0	54 of 108	50%	73 of 135	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	34 of 103	33%	57 of 135	1 of 12	8%	0	0	6:28

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Brad Tavares	9 of 26	34%	12 of 31	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	9 of 30	30%	21 of 44	0 of 3	0%	2:47
2	Brad Tavares	25 of 49	51%	25 of 49	0 of 0	---	0:05
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	11 of 34	32%	14 of 40	1 of 4	25%	1:11
3	Brad Tavares	20 of 33	60%	36 of 55	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	14 of 39	35%	22 of 51	0 of 5	0%	2:30

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Brad Tavares	54 of 108	50%	28 of 76	6 of 8	20 of 24	50 of 102	4 of 6	0 of 0
Antônio Carlos Júnior	34 of 103	33%	24 of 93	2 of 2	8 of 8	33 of 100	1 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Brad Tavares	9 of 26	34%	2 of 16	1 of 2	6 of 8	9 of 26	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	9 of 30	30%	6 of 27	2 of 2	1 of 1	9 of 30	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Brad Tavares	25 of 49	51%	17 of 38	2 of 3	6 of 8	23 of 45	2 of 4	0 of 0
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	11 of 34	32%	9 of 32	0 of 0	2 of 2	10 of 31	1 of 3	0 of 0
3	Brad Tavares	20 of 33	60%	9 of 22	3 of 3	8 of 8	18 of 31	2 of 2	0 of 0
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	14 of 39	35%	9 of 34	0 of 0	5 of 5	14 of 39	0 of 0	0 of 0

Big Brady Expert Hesitant picked Jan 21, 2021 (3 days before fight)

Antônio Carlos Júnior

Big Brady picks Antônio Carlos Júnior as an underdog, citing his submission threat and Tavares' lack of recent wrestling opposition. He notes Carlos Jr. averages 3.7 takedowns per 15 minutes with 44% accuracy, and Tavares has 77% takedown defense but hasn't faced many grapplers lately. He predicts a submission win, despite Tavares never being submitted officially.

submission

"i'm going to take a shot on the dog here i'm going to say antonio carlos jr submits brad tavares"

DFS by the Numbers

Daniel Levi Expert Confident picked Jan 22, 2021 (2 days before fight)

Antônio Carlos Júnior

Daniel Levi picks Antônio Carlos Júnior, citing Tavares' recent decline after the Adesanya fight and lack of punching power. He believes Carlos Jr. can use his grappling to control the fight, pinning Tavares against the fence and taking his back. Levi notes Carlos Jr. showed toughness in his last fight and should be the slight favorite.

Carlos Jr. by submission or decision

"i'm going carlos jr i'm not sure if it's going to be a sub or a decision but i think he's the fresher guy with more upside at this point"

Half the Battle

MMA Lock of the Night Expert Confident picked Jan 22, 2021 (2 days before fight)

Antônio Carlos Júnior

Carlos Júnior is a big, strong grappler who should be able to close the distance and take Tavares down. Tavares has not faced a grappler of this caliber and has shown vulnerability to being controlled. Carlos Júnior has good durability and should be able to grind out a decision, possibly a submission. At plus money, there is value on him.

"I'm going with Antônio Carlos Júnior to win this fight via decision."

MMA Lock of the Night

The MMA Guru Expert Confident picked Jan 17, 2021 (7 days before fight)

Brad Tavares

The MMA Guru picks Brad Tavares to win by third-round TKO. He highlights Tavares's excellent takedown defense and counter-grappling, which he demonstrated against Thales Leites and Christoph Jotko. He expects Tavares to stuff Carlos Jr.'s takedowns, tire him out, and finish him on the feet in the third round. He notes that Carlos Jr. is a grappler who will struggle to keep Tavares down.

Third-round TKO

"brad tavares stuffs all the tape downs lands the shots in the third puts the pressure on eventually finishing antonio carlos jr"

THE MMA GURU

LOSS vs Uriah Hall

Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 14, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Uriah Hall	1	34 of 79	43%	41 of 86	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:25
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	22 of 69	31%	81 of 148	3 of 8	37%	0	0	10:42

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Uriah Hall	0	12 of 33	36%	12 of 33	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	13 of 39	33%	31 of 59	2 of 4	50%	3:08
2	Uriah Hall	1	20 of 37	54%	20 of 37	0 of 0	---	0:25
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	9 of 22	40%	32 of 45	0 of 3	0%	3:09
3	Uriah Hall	0	2 of 9	22%	9 of 16	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	0 of 8	0%	18 of 44	1 of 1	100%	4:25

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Uriah Hall	34 of 79	43%	31 of 75	3 of 4	0 of 0	22 of 61	1 of 1	11 of 17
Antônio Carlos Júnior	22 of 69	31%	16 of 63	5 of 5	1 of 1	18 of 65	2 of 2	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Uriah Hall	12 of 33	36%	11 of 32	1 of 1	0 of 0	11 of 32	1 of 1	0 of 0
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	13 of 39	33%	8 of 34	4 of 4	1 of 1	11 of 37	0 of 0	2 of 2
2	Uriah Hall	20 of 37	54%	18 of 34	2 of 3	0 of 0	9 of 20	0 of 0	11 of 17
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	9 of 22	40%	8 of 21	1 of 1	0 of 0	7 of 20	2 of 2	0 of 0
3	Uriah Hall	2 of 9	22%	2 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0 of 8	0%	0 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 0

LOSS vs Ian Heinisch

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee · May 18, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ian Heinisch	0	15 of 33	45%	25 of 43	4 of 11	36%	0	1	6:23
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	39 of 67	58%	79 of 115	1 of 1	100%	0	0	4:42

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Ian Heinisch	8 of 12	66%	13 of 17	3 of 6	50%	0	4:11
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	1 of 4	25%	8 of 11	0 of 0	---	0	0:05
2	Ian Heinisch	3 of 12	25%	5 of 14	1 of 3	33%	0	1:27
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	18 of 30	60%	39 of 54	0 of 0	---	0	1:58
3	Ian Heinisch	4 of 9	44%	7 of 12	0 of 2	0%	1	0:45
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	20 of 33	60%	32 of 50	1 of 1	100%	0	2:39

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ian Heinisch	15 of 33	45%	10 of 27	1 of 2	4 of 4	11 of 28	2 of 2	2 of 3
Antônio Carlos Júnior	39 of 67	58%	26 of 48	2 of 5	11 of 14	13 of 31	5 of 7	21 of 29

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ian Heinisch	8 of 12	66%	5 of 8	0 of 1	3 of 3	4 of 7	2 of 2	2 of 3
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	1 of 4	25%	0 of 0	0 of 1	1 of 3	1 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Ian Heinisch	3 of 12	25%	2 of 11	0 of 0	1 of 1	3 of 12	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	18 of 30	60%	11 of 22	1 of 2	6 of 6	5 of 13	2 of 3	11 of 14
3	Ian Heinisch	4 of 9	44%	3 of 8	1 of 1	0 of 0	4 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	20 of 33	60%	15 of 26	1 of 2	4 of 5	7 of 14	3 of 4	10 of 15

WIN vs Tim Boetsch

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 4:28 · UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 14, 2018

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	7 of 18	38%	13 of 24	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
Tim Boetsch	0	31 of 48	64%	35 of 52	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:32

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	7 of 18	38%	13 of 24	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
1	Tim Boetsch	0	31 of 48	64%	35 of 52	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:32

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 18	38%	4 of 14	1 of 2	2 of 2	7 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
Tim Boetsch	31 of 48	64%	23 of 40	4 of 4	4 of 4	20 of 34	2 of 2	9 of 12

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 18	38%	4 of 14	1 of 2	2 of 2	7 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Tim Boetsch	31 of 48	64%	23 of 40	4 of 4	4 of 4	20 of 34	2 of 2	9 of 12

WIN vs Jack Marshman

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 4:30 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 28, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	11 of 27	40%	35 of 51	1 of 1	100%	1	0	3:09
Jack Marshman	0	1 of 15	6%	4 of 18	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	11 of 27	40%	35 of 51	1 of 1	100%	1	0	3:09
1	Jack Marshman	0	1 of 15	6%	4 of 18	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	11 of 27	40%	9 of 23	0 of 2	2 of 2	5 of 16	0 of 1	6 of 10
Jack Marshman	1 of 15	6%	0 of 13	1 of 1	0 of 1	1 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	11 of 27	40%	9 of 23	0 of 2	2 of 2	5 of 16	0 of 1	6 of 10
1	Jack Marshman	1 of 15	6%	0 of 13	1 of 1	0 of 1	1 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0

WIN vs Eric Spicely

Submission (rear-naked choke) R2 3:49 · UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway · Jun 03, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	12 of 23	52%	37 of 56	1 of 1	100%	2	0	4:49
Eric Spicely	0	17 of 26	65%	39 of 49	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:35

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	10 of 17	58%	28 of 38	1 of 1	100%	1	1:22
1	Eric Spicely	12 of 17	70%	22 of 28	1 of 1	100%	0	0:35
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	2 of 6	33%	9 of 18	0 of 0	---	1	3:27
2	Eric Spicely	5 of 9	55%	17 of 21	0 of 1	0%	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	12 of 23	52%	9 of 19	2 of 3	1 of 1	1 of 7	0 of 1	11 of 15
Eric Spicely	17 of 26	65%	17 of 26	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 6	0 of 0	16 of 20

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	10 of 17	58%	8 of 14	1 of 2	1 of 1	1 of 3	0 of 1	9 of 13
1	Eric Spicely	12 of 17	70%	12 of 17	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	12 of 15
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	2 of 6	33%	1 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 4	0 of 0	2 of 2
2	Eric Spicely	5 of 9	55%	5 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 4	0 of 0	4 of 5

WIN vs Marvin Vettori

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey · Dec 30, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	28 of 75	37%	44 of 94	4 of 13	30%	0	0	5:33
Marvin Vettori	0	29 of 70	41%	99 of 144	1 of 1	100%	1	0	2:59

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	13 of 33	39%	14 of 34	1 of 5	20%	0	2:08
1	Marvin Vettori	5 of 21	23%	38 of 56	0 of 0	---	0	0:11
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 20	35%	14 of 29	1 of 2	50%	0	0:12
2	Marvin Vettori	20 of 38	52%	34 of 53	1 of 1	100%	1	2:43
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	8 of 22	36%	16 of 31	2 of 6	33%	0	3:13
3	Marvin Vettori	4 of 11	36%	27 of 35	0 of 0	---	0	0:05

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	28 of 75	37%	12 of 54	4 of 8	12 of 13	18 of 58	6 of 9	4 of 8
Marvin Vettori	29 of 70	41%	21 of 61	4 of 5	4 of 4	11 of 46	2 of 3	16 of 21

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	13 of 33	39%	6 of 23	2 of 4	5 of 6	11 of 28	2 of 5	0 of 0
1	Marvin Vettori	5 of 21	23%	3 of 19	1 of 1	1 of 1	5 of 21	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 20	35%	4 of 15	1 of 3	2 of 2	6 of 18	0 of 0	1 of 2
2	Marvin Vettori	20 of 38	52%	16 of 34	2 of 2	2 of 2	3 of 15	1 of 2	16 of 21
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	8 of 22	36%	2 of 16	1 of 1	5 of 5	1 of 12	4 of 4	3 of 6
3	Marvin Vettori	4 of 11	36%	2 of 8	1 of 2	1 of 1	3 of 10	1 of 1	0 of 0

Play-by-Play

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Antonio Carlos Jr. vs. Marvin Vettori

Round 1
The southpaw Vettori steps forward slinging straight punches, but before he can connect, he's poked in the left eye by the outstretched and open left hand of Carlos. Referee Mark Smith pauses the bout as Vettori steps away, blinking the damaged eye. After a few seconds and a visit with the cageside physician, Vettori says he's ready to continue. Carlos lobs out a leg kick and gets clipped on the jaw by Vettori's counter left hand. Vettori scores with a kick to the body; "Cara de Sapato" tries to shake it off. Seconds later, Carlos catches Vettori with another eye poke. Referee Smith warns the Brazilian, and the fight resumes without much of a pause. The next exchange sees Vettori poke Carlos in the left eye with an outstretched finger. Carlos says he can continue, and the ref issues a stern warning to both men to keep their hands closed. Carlos lands a hard outside leg kick, then one to the body as they hit the midway point of round one. Carlos latches on to a single, drives Vettori against the fence but can't spin him down. Carlos switches to a bodylock and holds Vettori on the fence to deliver some low knees. Vettori lands a few short punches, answered by a harder shot as Carlos releases to slug with a right. Carlos gets a rear waistlock with one minute left, turns the corner and converts it to a takedown. Vettori is back on his feet quickly, now defending a headlock/choke setup from Carlos. The Brazilian nearly drops to guard to try a guillotine, but instead thinks better of it and stands to keep Vettori on the fence for the final moments.

Sherdog Scores
Tristen Critchfield scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr.
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr.
Mike Sloan scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr.

Round 2
Carlos gets hold of an early single-leg, pushes Vettori backward and trips him to the ground. Vettori is back on his feet within seconds, now breathing with his mouth open as he swings forward with left hands. Carlos evades and resets to deliver another stiff kick to the body of the Italian. Vettori steps inside to grab a rear waistlock, but Carlos leans his weight against the fence to resist the takedown and stay standing. Vettori releases with three minutes on the clock, and now the middleweights meet back in the center of the cage. Vettori rushes forward with a left hand and Carlos drops levels as he backs up to the fence. Vettori looks for a guillotine, can't get it and instead forces Carlos to the ground. Vettori tries the choke again, but Carlos wags his finger and gives the referee a thumbs-up. Carlos slips out of a brief brabo choke setup and sits up against the fence, trying to slip around and take Vettori's back. Vettori flattens him out and begins scoring with left-handed ground-and-pound. Vettori stands and eats an upkick from Carlos, then kneels in the Brazilian's guard for a few seconds. Vettori stands again with 20 seconds left and spends the last moments kicking at Carlos' legs.

Sherdog Scores
Tristen Critchfield scores the round 10-9 Vettori
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Vettori
Mike Sloan scores the round 10-9 Vettori

Round 3
Vettori lands a leg kick, one to the body, then rushes Carlos against the fence with a left hand. Carlos immediately spins Vettori against the cage with a bodylock, works for 30 seconds and then trips him to the floor. Carlos may be looking for an arm-triangle choke as he puts his weight on Vettori to flatten him out. Vettori frees his head and arm, rolls to his knees and tries to stand; Carlos manages to keep him down at first, but Vettori eventually gets to his feet. Carlos holds him on the cage, delivering knees to Vettori's legs at the midway point of the round. Vettori separates with two minutes left, and now the middleweights are back to striking in the center of the cage. Carlos' hands are low, inviting Vettori to come forward, but Vettori slips on a kick and has to scramble up before the Brazilian can capitalize. Carlos shoots for a single-leg on the fence with one minute left; he can't take down Vettori this time and has to settle for clinch strikes. After 20 seconds of work, Carlos completes the takedown and then spins to take the kneeling Vettori's back. Vettori blocks the back-take but absorbs a few left hands to the head, now a knee to the body. Carlos finishes the fight attempting a guillotine, and this one will go to the judges.

Sherdog Scores
Tristen Critchfield scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr. (29-28 Carlos Jr.)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr. (29-28 Carlos Jr.)
Mike Sloan scores the round 10-9 Carlos Jr. (29-28 Carlos Jr.)

The Official Result
Antonio Carlos Jr. def. Marvin Vettori via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) R3 5:00

WIN vs Leonardo Augusto Guimarães

Submission (rear-naked choke) R3 4:46 · UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · Sep 17, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	32 of 60	53%	94 of 142	7 of 14	50%	1	1	10:13
Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	0	6 of 17	35%	15 of 26	0 of 0	---	2	0	0:11

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	8 of 33	24%	9 of 34	2 of 5	40%	0	0	1:21
1	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	3 of 9	33%	7 of 13	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	17 of 19	89%	74 of 92	1 of 2	50%	0	1	4:33
2	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:11
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 8	87%	11 of 16	4 of 7	57%	1	0	4:19
3	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	2 of 6	33%	7 of 11	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	32 of 60	53%	24 of 47	6 of 11	2 of 2	13 of 38	1 of 2	18 of 20
Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	6 of 17	35%	1 of 9	5 of 8	0 of 0	4 of 15	2 of 2	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	8 of 33	24%	7 of 27	0 of 5	1 of 1	6 of 31	0 of 0	2 of 2
1	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	3 of 9	33%	1 of 4	2 of 5	0 of 0	3 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Antônio Carlos Júnior	17 of 19	89%	11 of 13	6 of 6	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 1	15 of 17
2	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	1 of 2	50%	0 of 1	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 8	87%	6 of 7	0 of 0	1 of 1	6 of 6	0 of 1	1 of 1
3	Leonardo Augusto Guimarães	2 of 6	33%	0 of 4	2 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 5	1 of 1	0 of 0

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