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WelterweightReleased
“The Brazilian Samurai”
Joao Zeferino
- Wins
- 13
- Losses
- 6
- Draws
- 0
Bio
- Age
- —
- Height
- 5'11"180 cm
- 180 cm5'11"
- Weight
- 170 lb77 kg
- 77 kg170 lb
- Reach
- —
- Leg reach
- —
- Fighting style
- —
- Born
- Florianopolis, Brazil
- Trains at
- —
- Octagon debut
- May. 19, 2013
- Status
- Released
Wins by method
KO / TKO8%
1
Submission69%
9
Decision23%
3
Career averages
- Sig. strikes landed
- 0.83
- per minute
- Sig. strikes absorbed
- 2.60
- per minute
- Striking accuracy
- 37%
- 25 landed
- Striking defense
- 48%
- of strikes avoided
- Takedowns
- 0.50
- per 15 minutes
- Takedown defense
- 50%
- of attempts stopped
- Submission attempts
- 1.00
- per 15 minutes
- Knockdowns
- 0.00
- per 15 minutes
- Average fight time
- 15:00
- minutes : seconds
Significant strikes landed by position
- Standing 20 (80%)
- Clinch 3 (12%)
- Ground 2 (8%)
As published on UFC.com. For some athletes UFC.com's averages also include Dana White's Contender Series bouts.
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Source: Joao Zeferino on UFC.com , checked Oct 13, 2026. Values are copied as UFC.com publishes them, not cross-checked. Nothing here is estimated. Takedown accuracy is left out because UFC.com's figure doesn't match its own takedown counts. Sources & credits
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