Felipe Bunes
BrazilFelipe Bunes, “Felipinho”, is a Flyweight from Brazil with an official record of 14-9. Cage Brothers holds 19 of those bouts: 12 wins and 7 losses, the wins coming 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Édgar Cháirez at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh on 28 February 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | Édgar Cháirez | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Rafael Estevam | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park |
| Jan 11, 2025 | Jose Johnson | WIN | SUBArmbar | R1 · 2:04 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Ribas 2 |
| Jan 13, 2024 | Joshua Van | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:31 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 |
| Jan 7, 2023 | Yuma HoriuchiTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | LFA 149: Bunes vs. Horiuchi |
| Jul 9, 2022 | Wascar Cruz | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | LFA 135: Leyva vs. Reis |
| Feb 12, 2022 | Jussier Formiga | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | LFA 124: Formiga vs. Bunes |
| Sep 11, 2021 | Mikael Silander | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Armbar) | R2 | ACA 128: Goncharov vs. Omielańczuk |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Imran Bukaev | LOSS | DECDecision - Majority | R3 | ACA 105: Absolute Championship Akhmat |
| Aug 31, 2019 | Murad Magomedov | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | ACA 98: Fight Day |
| Jan 26, 2019 | Mansur Khatuev | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | ACA 91: Absolute Championship Akhmat |
| Apr 21, 2018 | Yoni Sherbatov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Armbar) | R1 | ACB 85: Leone vs. Ginazov |
| Sep 4, 2017 | Magomedgadzhi Gadzhiev | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 4:47 | FNG: Fight Nights Global 73 |
| Jan 28, 2017 | Joel Paiva de Oliveira | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | NFC: Natal Fighting Championship 13 |
| May 6, 2016 | Tarciano PereiraTitle | WIN | DQDQ | R1 · 5:00 | 1st Round Combat: 1st Round Combat 2 |
| Apr 9, 2016 | Carlos Andre | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | NFC: Natal Fighting Championship 10 |
| Nov 28, 2015 | Kelton do Carmo | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Armbar) | R1 | AF: Action Fight 2 |
| Oct 17, 2015 | Diogo Terencio de Souza | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | MFC: Maceio Fighting Championship 19 |
| Jul 20, 2013 | Joao Marcos Azevedo | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | Salford Fight Factory: Fight Ikon 10 |
| — | Yuma Horiuchi | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Wascar Cruz | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Jussier Formiga | LOSS | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Felipe Bunes’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 19 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.
Felipe Bunes’s record, in numbers
Felipe Bunes’s official record is 14-9. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 12 wins, 7 losses — because 4 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 12 wins break down as 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 2 by decision — 9 of 12 inside the distance, a finish rate of 75%. Across all 19 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 52 seconds.
Felipe Bunes has been stopped twice in the 19 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 11% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 252 Flyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Felipe Bunes has a finish rate above 70% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 54% of them and a two-year bout count above 77% 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.
Felipe Bunes is listed at 5ft 7in with a reach of 69in, fights orthodox and is 36, born 25 October 1989.
These figures are recomputed from Felipe Bunes’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.