Carlos Leal
BrazilCarlos Leal, “The Lion”, is a Welterweight from Brazil with an official record of 23-7. Cage Brothers holds 25 of those bouts: 20 wins and 5 losses, the wins coming 9 by knockout, 2 by submission and 8 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez on 21 February 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | Randy Brown | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Nolan |
| Feb 21, 2026 | Chidi Njokuani | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Muslim Salikhov | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 0:42 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Alex Morono | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 4:16 | UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Rinat Fakhretdinov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway |
| Jul 7, 2024 | Manuel Mena | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | LFA 187: Brazil vs. Latin America |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Marcio Breno | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 4:10 | UAE Warriors 48 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Sadibou Sy | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Dilano Taylor | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | 2023 PFL Regular Season: Welterweights & Lightweights |
| Apr 14, 2023 | David Zawada | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 2:25 | 2023 PFL Regular Season: Welterweights & Lightweights |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Sadibou Sy | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2022 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Heavyweights |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Ray Cooper III | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | 2022 PFL Regular Season: Welterweights & Women's Lightweights |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Chris Brown | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | PFL Challenger Series: Week 8 |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Korey Kuppe | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:56 | PFL Challenger Series: Week 2 |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Diego Dias | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | LFA 112: Welterweight Grand Prix |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Uyran CarlosTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 112: Welterweight Grand Prix |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Dhouglas Ribeiro | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke with Armbar) | R3 | Sicario MMA - Sicario 06 |
| Dec 9, 2017 | Mihail Nica | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 190: Carvalho vs. Sakara |
| Mar 25, 2017 | Francivaldo Trinaldo | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | Katana Fight: Gold Edition 3/25 |
| Jun 11, 2016 | Francisco Cylderlan Lima da SilvaTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 3:46 | Samurai FC/PFE 13: Bushido |
| Oct 10, 2015 | Antonuce ConceicaoTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 · 4:20 | Samurai FC 12: Hearts on Fire |
| Sep 28, 2014 | Eduardo Garvon | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | THF: The Hill Fighters 4 |
| May 10, 2014 | Andre Ricardo | WIN | DECDecision - Majority | R3 · 5:00 | Talent MMA Circuit 9: Sao Jose dos Pinhais 2014 |
| Feb 22, 2014 | Ricardo Kogus | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 0:29 | Talent MMA Circuit 6: Etapa Curitiba 2014 |
| Dec 15, 2012 | Daniel Snaider | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | VFC: Victory Fighting Championship 38 |
| Oct 6, 2012 | Pedro Cabelo | WIN | DQDQ | R1 | MF: Moema Fight |
| — | Dilano Taylor | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Ray Cooper III | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Manuel Mena | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Chris Brown | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Korey Kuppe | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Diego Dias | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Uyran Carlos | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Carlos Leal’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Carlos Leal’s record, in numbers
Carlos Leal’s official record is 23-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 20 wins, 5 losses — because 5 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 20 wins break down as 9 by knockout, 2 by submission and 8 by decision — 11 of 20 inside the distance, a finish rate of 55%. Across all 25 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 3 seconds.
Carlos Leal has been stopped once in the 25 bouts on file, by knockout — 4% of them.
Of the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 2 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 566 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Carlos Leal has a finish rate above 28% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 90% of them and a two-year bout count above 90% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Carlos Leal is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 74in, fights orthodox and is 32, born 3 May 1994.
These figures are recomputed from Carlos Leal’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.