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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Raphael Pessoa
"
Bebezao
"
AGE
35
/
Mar 9, 1989
HEIGHT
6'4"
/
193.04 cm
WEIGHT
247 lbs
/
112.04 kg
ASSOCIATION
HWB _ Heavyweight Brothers MMA
CLASS
Heavyweight
Wins
10
KO
/
TKO
6
60%
SUBMISSIONS
1
10%
DECISIONS
3
30%
Losses
5
KO
/
TKO
4
80%
SUBMISSIONS
1
20%
DECISIONS
0
0%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Adam Bogatyrev
ACA 141 - Froes vs. Suleymanov
Jul / 22 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Viktor Korneev
1
1:08
loss
Daniel James
ACA 132 - Johnson vs. Vakhaev
Nov / 19 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Maxim Protasov
2
2:14
loss
Mukhomad Vakhaev
ACA 127 - Kerefov vs. Albaskhanov
Aug / 28 / 2021
KO (Punches)
Maxim Protasov
1
4:28
loss
Tanner Boser
UFC on ESPN 14 - Whittaker vs. Till
Jul / 25 / 2020
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
2:36
win
Jeff Hughes
UFC Fight Night 162 - Maia vs. Askren
Oct / 26 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Thomas Fan
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Ciryl Gane
UFC Fight Night 156 - Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2
Aug / 10 / 2019
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Eduardo Herdy
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:12
win
Brian Heden
LFA 50 - Allen vs. Hiley
Sep / 21 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Travis Metteer
1
1:39
win
Wagner Maia
Shooto Brazil - Shooto Brazil 78
Nov / 26 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Osiris Maia
3
5:00
win
Diego Pimenta
DC Fighters 1 - DC Pro 1
Aug / 26 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Diogo Sagat
1
0:23
win
Carlos Alexandre
NCE 16 - New Corpore Extreme 16: NCE Ladies
Jul / 15 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Alan Diogo
1
2:56
win
Luan Mendes Oliveira
Full Fight 1 - Full Fight Championship 1
Jun / 11 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
1
0:48
win
Leonardo Alves Nascimento
NCE 13 - New Corpore Extreme 13
May / 13 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Fabio Marongiu
NCE 11 - New Corpore Extreme 11
Mar / 18 / 2017
TKO (Retirement)
Willian Viana
2
5:00
win
Romulo Ismael
NCE 10 - New Corpore Extreme 10
Feb / 04 / 2017
Submission (Kimura)
Marcos Barbosa
1
1:34
win
Bruno Luiz Nicolau
NCE 9 - New Corpore Extreme 9
Dec / 10 / 2016
KO
1
0:26
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