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Gleison Tibau
39 - 19 - 0
Welterweight
Height
5'8" (173cm)
Division
Welterweight
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Height
5'8" (173cm)
Division
Welterweight
Born
1983-07-10
Birthplace
Natal, Rio Grande Norte, Brazil
Fighting Out Of
Dallas, Texas
Team(s)
American Top Team
Coach(s)
Ricardo Liborio
Overall Record
39 - 19 - 0
Winning Method
38.5%
Dec.
Decision
15 / 39
17.9%
Sub.
Submission
7 / 39
2.6%
KO
KO
1 / 39
Losing Method
52.6%
Dec.
Decision
10 / 19
10.5%
Sub.
Submission
2 / 19
26.3%
KO
KO
5 / 19
Past Fights
October 18, 2025
WNC 3
Matias Juarez
Win (38-19)Arm Triangle Choke • Round 1 (2:20)
September 14, 2024
Warriors Night MMA
Joel Kouadja
Win (37-19)Decision
January 21, 2024
TOP BRIGHTS 01
Burenzorig Batmunkh
Win (36-19)Decision
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October 18, 2025
WNC 3
Matias Juarez
Win (38-19)Arm Triangle Choke • Round 1 (2:20)
September 14, 2024
Warriors Night MMA
Joel Kouadja
Win (37-19)Decision
January 21, 2024
TOP BRIGHTS 01
Burenzorig Batmunkh
Win (36-19)Decision
July 28, 2023
RCC 16
Boris Medvedev
Loss (36-18)Ground & Pound • Round 1 (4:54)
February 11, 2023
RCC 14
Alexey Kunchenko
Loss (36-17)Decision
November 25, 2022
PFL 10: 2022 Championships
Magomed Magomedkerimov
Loss (36-16)Decision
May 6, 2022
PFL 3: 2022 Regular Season
Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi
Loss (36-15)Decision
August 13, 2021
PFL 2021 #7
Micah Terrill
Win (35-15)Arm Triangle Choke • Round 1 (2:18)
June 17, 2021
PFL 2021 #5
Rory MacDonald
Win (34-15)Decision
April 29, 2021
PFL 2021 #2
Joao Zeferino
Loss (34-14)Decision
July 27, 2019
Battlefield FC 2
Will Brooks
Win (33-14)Guillotine Choke • Round 1 (3:34)
November 24, 2018
Liddell vs. Ortiz 3
Efrain Escudero
Win (32-14)Decision
June 1, 2018
UFC Fight Night 131
Des Green
Loss (32-13)Decision
January 20, 2018
UFC 220: Miocic vs. N'Gannou
Islam Makhachev
Loss (32-12)Punches • Round 1 (0:57)
November 7, 2015
UFC Fight Night 77
Abel Trujillo
Loss (32-11)Result OverturnedOverturned
February 28, 2015
UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano
Tony Ferguson
Loss (32-10)Rear Naked Choke • Round 1 (2:37)
January 18, 2015
UFC Fight Night 59
Norman Parke
Win (31-10)Decision
September 13, 2014
UFC Fight Night 51
Piotr Hallmann
Win (30-10)Decision
July 16, 2014
UFC Fight Night 45
Pat Healy
Win (29-10)Decision
December 28, 2013
UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2
Michael Johnson
Loss (29-9)Punches • Round 2 (1:32)
August 31, 2013
UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2
Jamie Varner
Win (28-9)Decision
May 18, 2013
UFC on FX 8
John Cholish
Win (27-9)Guillotine Choke • Round 2 (2:34)
February 2, 2013
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar
Evan Dunham
Loss (27-8)Decision
October 13, 2012
UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar
Francisco Trinaldo
Win (26-8)Decision
July 7, 2012
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Loss (26-7)Decision
November 19, 2011
UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson
Rafael dos Anjos
Win (25-7)Decision
May 28, 2011
UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill
Rafaello Oliveira
Win (24-7)Rear Naked Choke • Round 2 (3:28)
March 19, 2011
UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
Kurt Pellegrino
Win (23-7)Decision
September 15, 2010
UFC Fight Night 22
Jim Miller
Loss (23-6)Decision
March 31, 2010
UFC Fight Night 21
Caol Uno
Win (22-6)Punches • Round 1 (4:13)
October 24, 2009
UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
Josh Neer
Win (21-6)Decision
June 20, 2009
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale
Melvin Guillard
Loss (21-5)Decision
April 1, 2009
UFC Fight Night 18
Jeremy Stephens
Win (20-5)Decision
February 7, 2009
UFC Fight Night 17
Rich Clementi
Win (19-5)Guillotine Choke • Round 1 (4:35)
July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
Joe Stevenson
Loss (19-4)Guillotine Choke • Round 2 (2:57)
February 2, 2008
UFC 81: Breaking Point
Tyson Griffin
Loss (19-3)Decision
September 8, 2007
UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
Terry Etim
Win (18-3)Decision
June 12, 2007
UFC Fight Night 10
Jeff Cox
Win (17-3)Arm Triangle Choke • Round 1 (1:52)
March 3, 2007
UFC 68: Uprising
Jason Dent
Win (15-3)Decision
November 18, 2006
UFC 65: Bad Intentions
Nick Diaz
Loss (15-2)Punches • Round 2 (2:27)
July 9, 2005
Meca World Vale Tudo
Fabricio Camoes
Win (12-2)
June 11, 2005
Storm Samurai
Marcelo Brito
Loss (12-1)
July 13, 2003
Deep 11 Impact
Eiji Mitsuoka
Loss (5-0)Corner Stoppage • Round 2 (3:41)
March 20, 2003
Bitetti Combat
Fernando Terere
Win (4-0)
November 28, 2002
Bitetti Combat
Paulo Roberto Nogueira
Win (3-0)
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