Official MMA record
Antonio Nogueira
“Minotauro”
Professional record
34-10-1
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Team
- Black House
- Age
- 50
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 246 lb
- Gender
- Male
- Fighting out of
- Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia
Profile summary
Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He has a black belt in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo. Nogueira competes in the heavyweight division of the UFC, where he is a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. Nogueira rose to prominence in the PRIDE Fighting Championship promotion, where he was the PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from November 2001 to March 2003, as well as a PRIDE FC Heavyweight Grand Prix finalist. He is the first and only fighter to have held championship titles in both PRIDE and the UFC. Nogueira appeared as a coach on the SpikeTV reality series, The Ultimate Fighter 8.
Career file
Professional career statistics
34-10-1
Total fights
45
Rounds fought
74.5
Current streak
3 L
Finish rate
70.6%
Win methods
Loss methods
Career length
16y 1m 20d
Fights per year
2.8
Longest layoff
1y 6m 7d
Quickest turnaround
19d
Quick hits
Fastest win
00:00
Fastest KO
00:40
Fastest submission
00:00
Finished rate
50%
Avg. fight length · wins
07:53
Avg. fight length · losses
09:25
Avg. rounds · wins
1.6
Avg. rounds · losses
1.9
Official record
Professional fight record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Division | Method / event | Round / time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2015 | L | Stefan Struve | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision UFC 190: Rousey vs CorreiraVerified | R3/05:00 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | L | Roy Nelson | Heavyweight | KO · Strike UFC Fight Night:Nelson vs. NogueiraVerified | R1/03:37 |
| Jun 8, 2013 | L | Fabricio Werdum | Heavyweight | Submission · Arm Bar Fuel TV 10: Werdum vs. NogueiraVerified | R2/02:41 |
| Oct 13, 2012 | W | Dave Herman | Heavyweight | Submission · Arm Bar UFC 153: Silva vs. BonnarVerified | R2/04:31 |
| Dec 10, 2011 | L | Frank Mir | Heavyweight | TKO/RSC · Referee Stoppage UFC 140: Machida vs. JonesVerified | R1/03:38 |
| Aug 27, 2011 | W | Brendan Schaub | Heavyweight | KO UFC 134 Silva vs. OkamiVerified | R1/03:09 |
| Feb 20, 2010 | L | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | KO · Strike UFC 110: Nogueira vs. VelasquezVerified | R1/02:20 |
| Aug 29, 2009 | W | Randy Couture | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision UFC 102: Couture vs. NogueiraVerified | R3/05:00 |
| Dec 27, 2008 | L | Frank Mir | Heavyweight | TKO/RSC · Referee Stoppage from Strikes UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008VerifiedTitle bout | R2/01:54 |
| Feb 2, 2008 | W | Tim Sylvia | Heavyweight | Submission · Guillotine Choke UFC 81: Breaking PointVerifiedTitle bout | R3/01:28 |
| Jul 7, 2007 | W | Heath Herring | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision UFC 73Verified | R3/05:00 |
| Dec 31, 2006 | W | Josh Barnett | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride: Shock Wave 2006 | R3/05:00 |
| Sep 10, 2006 | L | Josh Barnett | — | Decision · Split Decision Pride: Final Conflict Absolute 2006 | R2/05:00 |
| Jul 1, 2006 | W | Fabricio Werdum | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride: Critical Countdown Absolute 2006 | R3/05:00 |
| May 5, 2006 | W | Wagner da Conceicao Martins | — | Submission · Arm Bar Pride: Total Elimination Absolute 2006 | R1/02:17 |
| Feb 26, 2006 | W | Kiyoshi Tamura | — | Submission · Arm Bar Pride 31: Unbreakable | R1/02:24 |
| Jun 26, 2005 | W | Pawel Nastula | — | TKO/RSC · Strikes Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 | R1/08:38 |
| Dec 31, 2004 | L | Fedor Emelianenko | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride: Shock Wave 2004Title bout | R3/05:00 |
| Aug 15, 2004 | NC | Fedor Emelianenko | Super-Heavyweight | No Contest · No Contest due to a Cut Pride: Final Conflict 2004 | R1/10:00 |
| Aug 15, 2004 | W | Sergei Kharitonov | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride: Final Conflict 2004 | R2/05:00 |
| Jun 20, 2004 | W | Heath Herring | — | Submission · Twisting Choke Pride: Critical Countdown 2004 | R2/00:30 |
| Apr 25, 2004 | W | Hirotaka Yokoi | — | Submission · Front Choke Pride: Total Elimination 2004 | R2/01:25 |
| Nov 9, 2003 | W | Mirko Cro Cop | — | Submission · Arm Bar Pride: Final Conflict 2003 | R2/01:45 |
| Aug 10, 2003 | W | Ricco Rodriguez | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride: Total Elimination 2003 | R3/05:00 |
| Mar 16, 2003 | L | Fedor Emelianenko | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride 25: Body BlowTitle bout | R3/05:00 |
| Dec 23, 2002 | W | Dan Henderson | — | Submission · Arm Lock Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 | R3/01:49 |
| Nov 24, 2002 | W | Semmy Schilt | — | Submission · Triangle Choke Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 | R1/06:36 |
| Aug 28, 2002 | W | Bob Sapp | — | Submission · Arm Bar Pride: Shock Wave | R2/00:00 |
| Aug 8, 2002 | W | Sanae Kikuta | — | KO · Punch Universal Fighting-Arts Organization: Legend | R2/00:29 |
| Feb 24, 2002 | W | Enson Inoue | — | KO · Triangle Choke Pride 19: Bad Blood | R1/06:17 |
| Nov 3, 2001 | W | Heath Herring | Heavyweight | Decision · Unanimous Decision Pride 17: Championship ChaosTitle bout | R3/05:00 |
| Sep 24, 2001 | W | Mark Coleman | — | Submission · Arm Bar Pride 16: Beasts From The East | R1/06:10 |
| Jul 29, 2001 | W | Gary Goodridge | — | Submission · Triangle Choke Pride 15: Raging Rumble | R1/02:37 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | W | Valentijn Overeem | — | Submission · Arm Triangle Choke Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | R1/01:20 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | W | Volk Han | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | R2/05:00 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | W | Hiromitsu Kanehara | — | Submission · Rear Naked Choke Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | R2/00:27 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | W | Kiyoshi Tamura | — | Submission · Arm Bar Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A | R2/02:29 |
| Oct 9, 2000 | W | Achmed Labasanov | — | Submission · Arm Bar Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A | R1/01:38 |
| Aug 23, 2000 | D | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | — | Draw · [(20-20), (20-20), (20-19)] Rings: Millennium Combine 3 | R2/05:00 |
| Feb 26, 2000 | L | Dan Henderson | — | Decision · Split Decision Rings: King of Kings 1999 Final | R3/05:00 |
| Feb 26, 2000 | W | Andrei Kopylov | — | Decision · Majority Decision Rings: King of Kings 1999 Final | R5/05:00 |
| Jan 15, 2000 | W | Jeremy Horn | — | Decision · Unanimous Decision World Extreme Fighting 8: Goin' Platinum | R3/08:00 |
| Oct 28, 1999 | W | Iouri Kotchkine | — | TKO/RSC · Referee Stoppage from an Arm Bar Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A | R1/00:40 |
| Oct 28, 1999 | W | Valentijn Overeem | — | TKO/RSC · Referee Stoppage from a Keylock Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A | R1/01:51 |
| Oct 9, 1999 | W | Nate Schroeder | — | Submission · Arm Bar World Extreme Fighting 7: Stomp in the Swamp | R1/01:52 |
| Jun 12, 1999 | W | David Dodd | — | Submission · Crucifix World Extreme Fighting 5 | —/05:00 |