Greatest Brazilian MMA Players
The greatest Brazilian mma players in history — ranked by career achievements, honours and legacy.
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Browse all 17 brazilian mma athletes in our database.
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Alex Pereira
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian striker and former kickboxing champion who became the 9th UFC fighter to win titles in…
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Alexandre Pantoja
Flyweight
Grappling-heavy Brazilian flyweight who won the belt in 2023 and made four defenses before losing…
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Amanda Nunes
Bantamweight/Featherweight (retired)
Retired Brazilian two-division champion who ended her career in 2023 with a title-defense win,…
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Anderson Silva
Middleweight (retired)
Legendary Brazilian who dominated the middleweight division for nearly seven years and once held…
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Charles Oliveira
Lightweight
Charles Oliveira is a former UFC Lightweight Champion and the UFC's all-time leader in submissions…
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Cristiane Justino (Cyborg)
Featherweight
Cris Cyborg is regarded as one of the greatest female MMA fighters ever, the only fighter in…
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Deiveson Figueiredo
Bantamweight (former Flyweight)
Deiveson Figueiredo is a hard-hitting Brazilian former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion now…
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Glover Teixeira
Light Heavyweight
Submitted Jan Błachowicz to win the title in 2021, then lost it to Jiří Procházka in his first…
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Jessica Andrade
Strawweight/Flyweight
Explosive Brazilian 'Bate Estaca' known for a 2019 slam KO of Rose Namajunas to win the strawweight…
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Junior dos Santos
Heavyweight
Brazilian heavyweight knockout artist who won UFC gold with a 64-second KO of Cain Velasquez in…
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Lyoto Machida
Light Heavyweight (also fought Middleweight)
'The Dragon' used unorthodox karate footwork to become one of the most defensively gifted strikers…
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Maurício Rua
Light Heavyweight
A PRIDE Grand Prix winner who later captured UFC gold before an iconic rivalry with Jon Jones and…
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Paulo Costa
Middleweight
Belo Horizonte-born knockout artist known for a granite chin and explosive Muay Thai/BJJ style.
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Royce Gracie
Open weight (early UFC era)
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu icon whose tournament dominance in 1993-1994 launched the UFC and BJJ into…
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Wanderlei Silva
Middleweight (PRIDE) / Light Heavyweight (UFC)
Brazilian legend who dominated PRIDE's middleweight division through the early 2000s and later…
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Vitor Belfort
Light Heavyweight (also fought Heavyweight/Middleweight)
Vitor Belfort, known as 'The Phenom,' won the UFC 12 heavyweight tournament as a teenager and later…
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Thiago Silva
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian striker known for violent knockouts who fought for UFC, WSOF, and ACB across a turbulent…