Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

"Minotauro"

AGE	49 / Jun 2, 1976
HEIGHT	6'3" / 190.5 cm
WEIGHT	240 lbs / 108.86 kg

ASSOCIATION
Team Nogueira

CLASS
Heavyweight

STYLE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Wins 34

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

62%

DECISIONS

29%

Draws 1

Losses 10

KO / TKO

30%

SUBMISSIONS

20%

DECISIONS

50%

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Stefan Struve	UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia Aug / 01 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Roy Nelson	UFC Fight Night 39 - Nogueira vs. Nelson Apr / 11 / 2014	KO (Punch) Leon Roberts VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:37
loss	Fabricio Werdum	UFC on Fuel TV 10 - Nogueira vs. Werdum Jun / 08 / 2013	Submission (Armbar) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:41
win	Dave Herman	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar Oct / 13 / 2012	Submission (Armbar) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:31
loss	Frank Mir	UFC 140 - Jones vs. Machida Dec / 10 / 2011	Technical Submission (Kimura) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:38
win	Brendan Schaub	UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami Aug / 27 / 2011	KO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:09
loss	Cain Velasquez	UFC 110 - Nogueira vs. Velasquez Feb / 20 / 2010	KO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:20
win	Randy Couture	UFC 102 - Couture vs. Nogueira Aug / 29 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Frank Mir	UFC 92 - The Ultimate 2008 Dec / 27 / 2008	TKO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	1:54
win	Tim Sylvia	UFC 81 - Breaking Point Feb / 02 / 2008	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Herb Dean	3	1:28
win	Heath Herring	UFC 73 - Stacked Jul / 07 / 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Yves Lavigne	3	5:00
win	Josh Barnett	Pride FC - Shockwave 2006 Dec / 31 / 2006	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
loss	Josh Barnett	Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute Sep / 10 / 2006	Decision (Split) Daisuke Noguchi	2	5:00
win	Fabricio Werdum	Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute Jul / 01 / 2006	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
win	Wagner da Conceicao Martins	Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute May / 05 / 2006	Submission (Armbar) Daisuke Noguchi	1	2:17
win	Kiyoshi Tamura	Pride 31 - Dreamers Feb / 26 / 2006	Submission (Armbar) Yuji Shimada	1	2:24
win	Pawel Nastula	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005 Jun / 26 / 2005	TKO (Punches) Daisuke Noguchi	1	8:38
loss	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride FC - Shockwave 2004 Dec / 31 / 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Yuji Shimada	3	5:00
NC	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004 Aug / 15 / 2004	No Contest (Accidental Clash of Heads) Minoru Toyonaga	1	3:52
win	Sergei Kharitonov	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004 Aug / 15 / 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	2	5:00
win	Heath Herring	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004 Jun / 20 / 2004	Submission (Anaconda Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	2	0:30
win	Hirotaka Yokoi	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2004 Apr / 25 / 2004	Submission (Anaconda Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	2	1:25
win	Mirko Filipovic	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003 Nov / 09 / 2003	Submission (Armbar) Yuji Shimada	2	1:45
win	Ricco Rodriguez	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003 Aug / 10 / 2003	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
loss	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride 25 - Body Blow Mar / 16 / 2003	Decision (Unanimous) Yuji Shimada	3	5:00
win	Dan Henderson	Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 Dec / 23 / 2002	Submission (Armbar) Yuji Shimada	3	1:49
win	Semmy Schilt	Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 Nov / 24 / 2002	Submission (Triangle Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	1	6:36
win	Bob Sapp	Pride FC - Shockwave Aug / 28 / 2002	Submission (Armbar) Yuji Shimada	2	4:03
win	Sanae Kikuta	UFO - Legend Aug / 08 / 2002	KO (Punch)	2	0:29
win	Enson Inoue	Pride 19 - Bad Blood Feb / 24 / 2002	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	1	6:17
win	Heath Herring	Pride 17 - Championship Chaos Nov / 03 / 2001	Decision (Unanimous) Yuji Shimada	3	5:00
win	Mark Coleman	Pride 16 - Beasts From The East Sep / 24 / 2001	Submission (Triangle Armbar) Yuji Shimada	1	6:10
win	Gary Goodridge	Pride 15 - Raging Rumble Jul / 29 / 2001	Submission (Triangle Choke) Keiji Shiozaki	1	2:37
win	Valentijn Overeem	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final Feb / 24 / 2001	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:20
win	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final Feb / 24 / 2001	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	0:27
win	Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final Feb / 24 / 2001	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Kiyoshi Tamura	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A Oct / 09 / 2000	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:29
win	Achmed Labasanov	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A Oct / 09 / 2000	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:38
draw	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Rings - Millennium Combine 3 Aug / 23 / 2000	Draw	2	5:00
loss	Dan Henderson	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final Feb / 26 / 2000	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
win	Andrei Kopylov	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final Feb / 26 / 2000	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
win	Jeremy Horn	WEF 8 - Goin' Platinum Jan / 15 / 2000	Decision (Unanimous) Kipp Kollar	3	8:00
win	Yuriy Kochkine	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block A Oct / 28 / 1999	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	0:40
win	Valentijn Overeem	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block A Oct / 28 / 1999	Technical Submission (Keylock)	1	1:51
win	Nate Schroeder	WEF 7 - Stomp in the Swamp Oct / 09 / 1999	Submission (Armbar) Kipp Kollar	1	1:52
win	David Dodd	WEF 5 - World Extreme Fighting 5 Jun / 12 / 1999	Submission (Crucifix)	1	3:12

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