Joao Zeferino
“The Brazilian Samurai”
- 27-11-0
- (Win - Loss - Draw)
- Country
Brazil- Weight Class
- Welterweight
- Birth Date
- 1986-01-15
- Age
- 41
- Height
- 180.3 cm
- Weight
- 77.1 kg
“The Brazilian Samurai”
Joao Zeferino (The Brazilian Samurai) is a Welterweight fighter from Brazil. a record of 27-11 and 38 fights.
Of 27 career wins, 5 came by KO/TKO, 17 by submission, and 5 by decision, for a finish rate of 81%. This makes them a finisher who excels at ending fights early.
Over the last 5 fights, they hold a 3W-2L record. In their most recent bout, they beat Andronico Borges by KO/TKO.
| Opponent | Method | |
|---|---|---|
| W | Andronico Borges | Knockout |
| L | Mikhail Ragozin | Decision |
| L | Dilano Taylor | Decision |
| W | Jason Ponet | Submission |
| W | Gleison Tibau | Decision |
| Title Fights | 4 |
| Main Events | 9 |
| 1R Finishes | 15 |
| Current Win Streak | 1 |
| Max Win Streak | 7 |
| Max Loss Streak | 3 |
| Debut | 2005.11.26 |
| Last Fight | 2025.09.06 |
| Avg. Fight Time | 7:22 |
| Career Duration | 19y 10m |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 5 | 18.5% | |
| └ Head kick | 2 | 40.0% | |
| └ Punch | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Submission | 17 | 63.0% | |
| └ Arm Triangle Choke | 4 | 23.5% | |
| └ Rear Naked Choke | 4 | 23.5% | |
| └ Heel Hook | 4 | 23.5% | |
| └ Armbar | 3 | 17.6% | |
| └ Keylock | 1 | 5.9% | |
| └ Guillotine choke | 1 | 5.9% | |
| Decision | 5 | 18.5% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 5 | 100.0% |
| Method | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 4 | 36.4% | |
| └ Punch | 2 | 50.0% | |
| └ Your kick | 1 | 25.0% | |
| └ Other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Decision | 7 | 63.6% | |
| └ unanimous decision | 5 | 71.4% | |
| └ Split | 2 | 28.6% |
| Promotion | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Fighters League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| World Series of Fighting | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nitrix Champion Fight | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sao Jose Super Fight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UFC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sul Fight Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Floripa Fight Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brothers Fight Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Cagefighting Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Imortal Fight Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Octtagon Fight Night | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fighten MMA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MMA Rocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bad Boy Fight Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Black Trunk Fight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North American Fighting Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Konquer the Kage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ultimate Event Promotions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Battlegrounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Atlas Fights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curitiba Top Fight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jaragua Fight Samurai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weight Class | W | L | D | NC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lightweight | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Middleweight | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Catchweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 194lb Catchweight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| welterweight | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| middleweight | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#39
2026.06.06
#38
26-11-0
2025.09.06
1-13-0
Knockout(Head kick)
1Round 0:10
#37
26-10-0
22-6-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#36
26-9-0
8-1-0
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#35
25-9-0
20-13-1
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
2Round 2:16
#34
24-9-0
35-14-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#33
23-9-0
16-10-2
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#32
22-9-0
11-6-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
3Round 1:10
#31
21-9-0
24-8-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 1:58
#30
21-8-0
14-3-1
Decision(Split)
3Round 5:00
#29
20-8-0
2016.10.07
20-5-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
3Round 0:51
#28
20-7-0
2016.04.02
28-7-1
Decision(unanimous decision)
5Round 5:00
#27
19-7-0
2015.11.20
26-7-0
Submission(Heel Hook)
1Round 1:46
#26
18-7-0
2015.11.20
38-15-2
Submission(Heel Hook)
1Round 1:24
#25
18-6-0
2015.11.20
24-7-0
Knockout(Punch)
2Round 4:51
#24
17-6-0
2015.06.13
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 1:29
#23
16-6-0
2014.12.13
0-0-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 1:35
#22
15-6-0
2014.11.21
24-13-1
Submission(Heel Hook)
1Round 3:57
#21
14-6-0
2014.05.11
5-2-0
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 3:25
#20
13-6-0
2014.03.29
8-6-0
Knockout(Head kick)
1Round N/A
#19
13-5-0
2013.09.04
8-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#18
13-4-0
2013.05.19
15-4-1
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#17
12-4-0
2013.03.09
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
1Round 2:46
#16
11-4-0
2012.12.08
4-1-0
Submission(Keylock)
1Round 2:30
#15
10-4-0
2012.08.18
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#14
9-4-0
2012.07.15
2-1-0
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 1:30
#13
8-4-0
2012.06.09
10-7-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#12
7-4-0
2011.11.26
0-2-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
1Round 2:45
#11
6-4-0
2011.11.18
18-17-0
Submission(Heel Hook)
1Round 0:25
#10
6-3-0
2009.07.25
3-3-0
Technical Knockout(Punch)
2Round 0:32
#9
5-3-0
2009.03.21
2-0-0
Submission(Armbar)
1Round 2:32
#8
4-3-0
2009.03.14
5-5-0
Submission(Rear Naked Choke)
1Round 2:25
#7
3-3-0
2009.02.21
2-0-0
Submission(Guillotine choke)
1Round 2:49
#6
2-3-0
2007.12.12
0-1-0
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
1Round 0:00
#5
1-3-0
2007.06.24
0-0-0
Submission(Arm Triangle Choke)
1Round 0:00
#4
1-2-0
2007.03.10
3-3-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 5:00
#3
1-1-0
2006.11.04
3-0-0
Knockout(Your kick)
2Round 0:00
#2
1-0-0
2006.07.16
0-0-0
Knockout
2Round 0:00
#1
0-0-0
2005.11.26
0-0-0
Decision(unanimous decision)
3Round 0:00
| Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round / Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SCHEDULED | Liga Monstro Combate - LMC 1 2026.06.06 | |||
WIN 26-11-0 | Andronico Borges 1-13-0 | BFC 3 - Brothers Fight Champion 3 2025.09.06 | Knockout(Head kick) | 1Round0:10 |
LOSS 26-10-0 | Mikhail Ragozin 22-6-0 | Russian Cagefighting Championship - RCC 20 2024.10.18 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 26-9-0 | Dilano Taylor 8-1-0 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 3: 2022 Regular Season 2022.05.06 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 25-9-0 | Jason Ponet 20-13-1 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 5: 2021 Regular Season 2021.06.17 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 2Round2:16 |
WIN 24-9-0 | Gleison Tibau 35-14-0 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 2: 2021 Regular Season 2021.04.29 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 23-9-0 | Bojan Velickovic 16-10-2 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 4: 2019 Regular Season 2019.07.11 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 22-9-0 | Yuri Villefort 11-6-0 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 6: 2018 Regular Season 2018.08.16 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 3Round1:10 |
WIN 21-9-0 | Paul Bradley 24-8-0 | Professional Fighters LeaguePFL 3: 2018 Regular Season 2018.07.05 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round1:58 |
LOSS 21-8-0 | Herman Terrado 14-3-1 | Professional Fighters League - PFL: Daytona 2017.06.30 | Decision(Split) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 20-8-0 | Jason High 20-5-0 | WSOF 33 - Branch vs Magalhaes 2016.10.07 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 3Round0:51 |
LOSS 20-7-0 | Jon Fitch 28-7-1 | WSOF 30 - Branch vs Starks 2016.04.02 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 5Round5:00 |
WIN 19-7-0 | Brian Foster 26-7-0 | WSOF 25 - 8-Man Lightweight Tournament 2015.11.20 | Submission(Heel Hook) | 1Round1:46 |
WIN 18-7-0 | Jorge Patino 38-15-2 | WSOF 25 - 8-Man Lightweight Tournament 2015.11.20 | Submission(Heel Hook) | 1Round1:24 |
LOSS 18-6-0 | Brian Foster 24-7-0 | WSOF 25 - 8-Man Lightweight Tournament 2015.11.20 | Knockout(Punch) | 2Round4:51 |
WIN 17-6-0 | Imortal FC 1 - The Invasion 2015.06.13 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round1:29 | |
WIN 16-6-0 | Jeovane Santana 0-0-0 | OFN - Octtagon Fight Night 2014.12.13 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round1:35 |
WIN 15-6-0 | Gilmar Dutra Lima 24-13-1 | NCF - Nitrix Fight Evolution 4 2014.11.21 | Submission(Heel Hook) | 1Round3:57 |
WIN 14-6-0 | Jackson Miranda 5-2-0 | Fighten - Decagon MMA Championship 2014.05.11 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round3:25 |
WIN 13-6-0 | Edson Mosca 8-6-0 | SJSF - Sao Jose Super Fight 5 2014.03.29 | Knockout(Head kick) | 1RoundN/A |
LOSS 13-5-0 | Elias Silverio 8-0-0 | UFC Fight Night 28 - Teixeira vs Bader 2013.09.04 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 13-4-0 | Rafael Natal 15-4-1 | UFC on FX 8 - Belfort vs Rockhold 2013.05.19 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 12-4-0 | NCF - Nitrix Champion Fight 14 2013.03.09 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 1Round2:46 | |
WIN 11-4-0 | Thiago Rela 4-1-0 | MMA Rocks - MMA Rocks 2012.12.08 | Submission(Keylock) | 1Round2:30 |
WIN 10-4-0 | NCF - Nitrix Champion Fight 12 2012.08.18 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 | |
WIN 9-4-0 | Deyvison Santos 2-1-0 | BBFC - Bad Boy Fight Challenge 1 2012.07.15 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round1:30 |
WIN 8-4-0 | Vagner Tiburcio 10-7-0 | SJSF - Sao Jose Super Fight 2 2012.06.09 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
WIN 7-4-0 | Fabio Selim 0-2-0 | BTF - Black Trunk Fight 3 2011.11.26 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 1Round2:45 |
WIN 6-4-0 | Sean Salmon 18-17-0 | NAFC - Unleashed 2011.11.18 | Submission(Heel Hook) | 1Round0:25 |
LOSS 6-3-0 | Eddie Larrea 3-3-0 | KTK 26 - Konquer the Kage 26 2009.07.25 | Technical Knockout(Punch) | 2Round0:32 |
WIN 5-3-0 | Joshua Thorpe 2-0-0 | UEP - Battle by the Bay 2009.03.21 | Submission(Armbar) | 1Round2:32 |
WIN 4-3-0 | Eric Thompson 5-5-0 | BG 5 - Battlegrounds 5 2009.03.14 | Submission(Rear Naked Choke) | 1Round2:25 |
WIN 3-3-0 | Colby McMahon 2-0-0 | Atlas Fights - USA vs Brazil 2009.02.21 | Submission(Guillotine choke) | 1Round2:49 |
WIN 2-3-0 | Eduardo Baby 0-1-0 | SFC 3 - Sul Fighting Championship 3 2007.12.12 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 1Round0:00 |
WIN 1-3-0 | Marcelo Silva 0-0-0 | CTF - Curitiba Top Fight 2007.06.24 | Submission(Arm Triangle Choke) | 1Round0:00 |
LOSS 1-2-0 | Kaue Dudus 3-3-0 | FF - Floripa Fight 3 2007.03.10 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round5:00 |
LOSS 1-1-0 | Leandro Gordo 3-0-0 | SFC 2 - Sul Fight Championship 2 2006.11.04 | Knockout(Your kick) | 2Round0:00 |
LOSS 1-0-0 | Fausto Black 0-0-0 | JFS 2 - Jaragua Fight Samurai 2 2006.07.16 | Knockout | 2Round0:00 |
WIN 0-0-0 | Bruno Amorim 0-0-0 | FF - Floripa Fight 1 2005.11.26 | Decision(unanimous decision) | 3Round0:00 |
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