Ismael Bonfim
BrazilIsmael Bonfim, “Marreta”, is a Lightweight from Brazil with an official record of 20-7. Cage Brothers holds 19 of those bouts: 14 wins and 5 losses, the wins coming 6 by knockout, 3 by submission and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round submission loss to Axel Sola at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov on 25 July 2026, the third defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2026 | Francisco Prado | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 4:23 | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Duncan |
| Jul 25, 2026 | Axel Sola | LOSS | SUBD'Arce Choke | R1 · 4:44 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Chris Padilla | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:30 | UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Nazim Sadykhov | LOSS | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R1 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues |
| May 4, 2024 | Vinc Pichel | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Benoît Saint Denis | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov |
| Jan 21, 2023 | Terrance McKinney | WIN | KOFlying Knee | R2 · 2:17 | UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Nariman Abbasov | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 6, Week 7 |
| Mar 12, 2022 | Andrey Augusto | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 126: Bilharinho vs. Delano |
| Jul 17, 2021 | Rangel de Sa | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 111: De Sa vs. Bonfim |
| Sep 5, 2020 | Jaoa Lucas NetoTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:12 | FF 2: Federal Fight 2 |
| Dec 12, 2019 | Edvan Reis | WIN | SUBSubmission (Anaconda Choke) | R1 | FS: First Sunset 1 |
| Apr 6, 2019 | Rodrigo Silva Fernandes | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 | Samurai Fight 2: Bonfim x Samuray |
| Dec 22, 2018 | Mateus Nascimento Nery da Cruz | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R2 | JF - Jungle Fight 94 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Edilson dos Santos Pires | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 | Shooto Brazil: Shooto Brazil 77 |
| May 28, 2017 | Gláucio Eliziário | WIN | KOTKO (Doctor's Stoppage) | R1 | Shooto Brazil: Shooto Brazil 73 |
| Nov 26, 2016 | Jaoa Lucas Neto | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R2 | Federal Gladiators Combat 2 |
| Dec 5, 2015 | Fabio Lima | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | JF: Jungle Fight 84 |
| Jul 19, 2014 | Renato MoicanoTitle | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:59 | JF: Jungle FIght 71 |
| May 3, 2014 | Leonardo Carvalho Muller | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R3 · 3:18 | JF: Jungle Fight 69 |
| — | Andrey Augusto | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Rangel de Sa | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Ismael Bonfim’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 20 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.
Ismael Bonfim’s record, in numbers
Ismael Bonfim’s official record is 20-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 14 wins, 5 losses — because 8 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 14 wins break down as 6 by knockout, 3 by submission and 5 by decision — 9 of 14 inside the distance, a finish rate of 64%. Across all 19 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 6 minutes 47 seconds.
Ismael Bonfim has been stopped 5 times in the 19 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 3 by submission — which is 26% of them. The last 3 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 621 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Ismael Bonfim has a finish rate above 45% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 21% of them and a two-year bout count above 81% 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.
Ismael Bonfim is listed at 5ft 8in with a reach of 71in, fights orthodox and is 30, born 28 December 1995.
These figures are recomputed from Ismael Bonfim’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.