defense Personal life His moniker "Capoeira” was coined as he started his combat sport in Capoeira. Mixed martial arts record |- |Win |align=center|23–7 |Benoît Saint-Denis |Decision (unanimous) |UFC 267 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |- |Loss |align=center|22–7 |Muslim Salikhov |Decision (split) |UFC 251 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |- |Win |align=center|22–6 |Alexey Kunchenko |Decision (unanimous) |UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Brasília, Brazil | |- |Loss |align=center|21–6 |Li Jingliang |TKO (punches) |UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang | |align=center|3 |align=center|4:51 |Shenzhen, China | |- |Win |align=center|21–5 |Curtis Millender |Submission (rear-naked choke) |UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:36 |Wichita, Kansas, United States | |- |Win |align=center|20–5 |Luigi Vendramini |KO (flying knee and punches) |UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders | |align=center|2 |align=center|1:20 |São Paulo, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center|19–5 |Sean Strickland |KO (spinning wheel kick and punches) |UFC 224 | |align=center|1 |align=center|3:40 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center|18–5 |Max Griffin |Decision (unanimous) |UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |São Paulo, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center| 17–5 |Lyman Good |Decision (split) |UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Uniondale, New York, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 16–5 | Keita Nakamura | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 15–5 | Omari Akhmedov | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 3:03 | Tampa, Florida, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–5 | Nicolas Dalby | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Goiânia, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 14–4 | Eduardo Ramon | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Jungle Fight 75 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:07 | Belém, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 13–4 | Itamar Rosa | KO (punches) | Jungle Fight 71 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:59 | São Paulo, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 12–4 | Rodrigo Souza | KO (punches) | Jungle Fight 65 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:57 | Bahia, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 11–4 | Josenildo Ramalho | KO (punches) | Jungle Fight 59 |