Jailton Almeida
BrazilJailton Almeida, “Malhadinho”, is a Heavyweight from Brazil with an official record of 22-5. Cage Brothers holds 25 of those bouts: 20 wins and 5 losses, the wins coming 8 by knockout, 10 by submission and 1 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Rizvan Kuniev at UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira on 7 February 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2026 | Rizvan Kuniev | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Alexander Volkov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Serghei Spivac | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 4:53 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Alexandr Romanov | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:27 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Curtis Blaydes | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 0:36 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Derrick Lewis | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis |
| May 13, 2023 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 3:43 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida |
| Jan 21, 2023 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:56 | UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Anton Turkalj | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:27 | UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson |
| May 21, 2022 | Parker Porter | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:35 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira |
| Feb 5, 2022 | Danilo Marques | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 2:57 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:49 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 5, Week 3 |
| Feb 21, 2021 | Edvaldo Jose de OliveiraTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:40 | Thunder Fight 24 |
| Oct 11, 2020 | Ildemar Alcantara | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R1 · 4:49 | Thunder Fight 23 |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Leonardo Vasconcelos | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 1:58 | Future FC 11: Braga vs. Neto |
| Jul 13, 2019 | Ednaldo OliveiraTitle | WIN | Sumission (Arm Triangle) | R2 · 1:51 | Fight On MMA: Fight On MMA 6 |
| Mar 16, 2019 | Rian Tavares | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 | Imperium: MMA Pro 14 |
| Feb 23, 2019 | Italo Nascimento | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | PFL: Premier Fight League 20 |
| Oct 20, 2018 | Douglas Garcia | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:30 | Juiz de Fora Fight: JF Fight Evolution 19 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | David Allan | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 | UCFC: Underground Cage Fighting Championship |
| Jan 28, 2018 | Bruno Assis | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Shooto Brazil: Shooto Brazil 80 |
| Sep 23, 2017 | Anderson Nascimento | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | Spartan Fight 8: Witos vs. Hrynchuk |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Tyago Moreira | LOSS | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:16 | Katana Fight: Gold Edition 8/5 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Fagner Rakchal | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R2 · 1:15 | Fight On MMA: Fight On 4 |
| Jan 16, 2016 | Roberto Bispo Silva | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | CFC: Cross Fighting Championship 2 |
Wins, losses and draws are Jailton Almeida’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.
Jailton Almeida’s record, in numbers
Jailton Almeida’s official record is 22-5. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 20 wins, 5 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 20 wins break down as 8 by knockout, 10 by submission and 1 by decision — 18 of 20 inside the distance, a finish rate of 90%. Across all 25 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 35 seconds.
Jailton Almeida has been stopped twice in the 25 bouts on file — 2 by knockout — which is 8% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 8 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 484 Heavyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Jailton Almeida has a finish rate above 77% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 85% of them and a two-year bout count above 83% 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.
Jailton Almeida is listed at 6ft 3in with a reach of 79in, fights orthodox and is 35, born 25 June 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Jailton Almeida’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.