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Rafael Carvalho

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Rafael Carvalho's profile at Tapology 

Rank State: Iowa
Age: 38
Last 5: L L L W L
Association: LA Sports
Pro Debut Date: 2011-12-17
Pro Record: 17-8-0
Current Ranking:
#96 Light Heavyweight
'Big League' Record: 7-6-0
Last 3 Years: 1-2-0
Win Finish %: 70.6%
Combat Age: 46
Quality Perf. %: 64%
Last Quality Perf.: 2021-05-07
540 Metric: .400
Rating Points: 47
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2016

#17 Middleweight
Last Fight Date: 4/13/2024 [Ignite Fights (Driller Promotions)]
Last Opponent: [#50 LHW] Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz
Opponent's Last 5: L W W L W
Next Fight: LFL 17 - Levels Fight League 17
Next Opponent: [NR] Leandro Ataides
Opponent's Last 5:

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz KO (Punches)
Round 4
  Ignite Fights - Iowa Fight Series 2
Saturday, April 13th 2024
W Marcelo Alfaya Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  Centurion FC 16 - Mursa
Wednesday, November 15th 2023
L Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
#39 Light Heavyweight 		TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 2
  Bellator 277 - McKee vs. Pitbull 2
Friday, April 15th 2022
L Lorenz Larkin Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 258 - Archuleta vs. Pettis
Friday, May 7th 2021
L Alex Polizzi
#92 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 245 - Davis vs. Machida 2
Friday, September 11th 2020
L Vadim Nemkov
#4 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  Bellator 230 - Carvalho vs. Nemkov
Saturday, October 12th 2019
W Chidi Njokuani
#57 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator 224 - Budd vs. Rubin
Friday, July 12th 2019
L Lyoto Machida
#11 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 213 - Macfarlane vs. Letourneau
Saturday, December 15th 2018
L Gegard Mousasi
#3 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bellator 200 - Carvalho vs. Mousasi
Friday, May 25th 2018
W Alessio Sakara
#43 Light Heavyweight 		KO (Elbow)
Round 1
  Bellator 190 - Carvalho vs. Sakara
Saturday, December 9th 2017
W Melvin Manhoef
#44 Middleweight 		KO (Head Kick)
Round 4
  Bellator 176 - Carvalho vs. Manhoef 2
Saturday, April 8th 2017
W Melvin Manhoef
#35 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  Bellator 155 - Carvalho vs. Manhoef
Friday, May 20th 2016
W Brandon Halsey
#18 Middleweight 		KO (Body Kick)
Round 2
  Bellator 144 - Halsey vs. Carvalho
Friday, October 23rd 2015
W Joe Schilling
#37 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Bellator 136 - Brooks vs. Jansen
Friday, April 10th 2015
W Brian Rogers
#95 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bellator MMA - Bellator 125
Friday, September 19th 2014
W Mauri Roque
#293 Middleweight 		TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 1
  Talent MMA Circuit 9 - Sao Jose dos Pinhai...
Saturday, May 10th 2014
W Sergio Souza
#281 Middleweight 		TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 3
  IFC - Iron Fight Combat 4
Saturday, September 7th 2013
W Gustavo Machado
#168 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  SMASH Fight 2
Saturday, July 13th 2013
W Fernando Scherek TKO
Round 1
  AFT 4 - Adventure Fighters Tournament 4
Saturday, March 9th 2013
W Kaue Dudus TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  Samurai FC 9 - Water vs. Fire
Saturday, December 15th 2012
W Eduardo Gimenez TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Empire Promotions - Empire FC
Saturday, October 20th 2012
W Luiz Cado TKO (Punches)
Round 3
  Forca Jovem Parana - Nocaute ao Crack 2
Saturday, August 25th 2012
W Glauber Valadares TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  PFC - Predador FC 21
Saturday, August 11th 2012
W Flavio Rodrigo Magon TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  AF - Adrenaline Fight 4
Saturday, March 10th 2012
L Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes Submission
Round 1
  Samurai FC - Samurai FC 6
Saturday, December 17th 2011
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz   Ignite Fights - Iowa Fight Series 2
Saturday, April 13th 2024 		KO (Punches)
Round 4
W Marcelo Alfaya   Centurion FC 16 - Mursa
Wednesday, November 15th 2023 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
L Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
#39 Light Heavyweight 		  Bellator 277 - McKee vs. Pitbull 2
Friday, April 15th 2022 		TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 2
L Lorenz Larkin   Bellator 258 - Archuleta vs. Pettis
Friday, May 7th 2021 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Alex Polizzi
#92 Light Heavyweight 		  Bellator 245 - Davis vs. Machida 2
Friday, September 11th 2020 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Vadim Nemkov
#4 Light Heavyweight 		  Bellator 230 - Carvalho vs. Nemkov
Saturday, October 12th 2019 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Chidi Njokuani
#57 Middleweight 		  Bellator 224 - Budd vs. Rubin
Friday, July 12th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Lyoto Machida
#11 Middleweight 		  Bellator 213 - Macfarlane vs. Letourneau
Saturday, December 15th 2018 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
L Gegard Mousasi
#3 Middleweight 		  Bellator 200 - Carvalho vs. Mousasi
Friday, May 25th 2018 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Alessio Sakara
#43 Light Heavyweight 		  Bellator 190 - Carvalho vs. Sakara
Saturday, December 9th 2017 		KO (Elbow)
Round 1
W Melvin Manhoef
#44 Middleweight 		  Bellator 176 - Carvalho vs. Manhoef 2
Saturday, April 8th 2017 		KO (Head Kick)
Round 4
W Melvin Manhoef
#35 Middleweight 		  Bellator 155 - Carvalho vs. Manhoef
Friday, May 20th 2016 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Brandon Halsey
#18 Middleweight 		  Bellator 144 - Halsey vs. Carvalho
Friday, October 23rd 2015 		KO (Body Kick)
Round 2
W Joe Schilling
#37 Middleweight 		  Bellator 136 - Brooks vs. Jansen
Friday, April 10th 2015 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Brian Rogers
#95 Middleweight 		  Bellator MMA - Bellator 125
Friday, September 19th 2014 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Mauri Roque
#293 Middleweight 		  Talent MMA Circuit 9 - Sao Jose dos Pinhai...
Saturday, May 10th 2014 		TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 1
W Sergio Souza
#281 Middleweight 		  IFC - Iron Fight Combat 4
Saturday, September 7th 2013 		TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 3
W Gustavo Machado
#168 Middleweight 		  SMASH Fight 2
Saturday, July 13th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Fernando Scherek   AFT 4 - Adventure Fighters Tournament 4
Saturday, March 9th 2013 		TKO
Round 1
W Kaue Dudus   Samurai FC 9 - Water vs. Fire
Saturday, December 15th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Eduardo Gimenez   Empire Promotions - Empire FC
Saturday, October 20th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Luiz Cado   Forca Jovem Parana - Nocaute ao Crack 2
Saturday, August 25th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Glauber Valadares   PFC - Predador FC 21
Saturday, August 11th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Flavio Rodrigo Magon   AF - Adrenaline Fight 4
Saturday, March 10th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
L Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes   Samurai FC - Samurai FC 6
Saturday, December 17th 2011 		Submission
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2025 34 #99 Light Heavyweight 17-8-0
47
10/01/2024 1 #65 Light Heavyweight 17-8-0
70
07/01/2024 11 #64 Light Heavyweight 17-8-0
72
04/01/2024 2 #53 Light Heavyweight 17-7-0
85
01/01/2024 NR #55 Light Heavyweight 17-7-0
86
07/01/2023 4 #60 Light Heavyweight 16-7-0
80
04/01/2023 3 #56 Light Heavyweight 16-7-0
90
01/01/2023 3 #53 Light Heavyweight 16-7-0
92
10/01/2022 3 #50 Light Heavyweight 16-7-0
94
07/01/2022 NR #47 Light Heavyweight 16-7-0
96
04/01/2022 2 #24 Middleweight 16-6-0
223
01/01/2022 1 #26 Middleweight 16-6-0
223
10/01/2021 1 #27 Middleweight 16-6-0
223
07/01/2021 NR #28 Middleweight 16-6-0
223
04/01/2021   #41 Light Heavyweight 16-5-0
119
01/01/2021 2 #41 Light Heavyweight 16-5-0
121
10/01/2020 6 #39 Light Heavyweight 16-5-0
124
07/01/2020 1 #33 Light Heavyweight 16-4-0
153
04/01/2020 1 #34 Light Heavyweight 16-4-0
153
01/01/2020 NR #35 Light Heavyweight 16-4-0
153
10/01/2019 1 #20 Middleweight 16-3-0
293
07/01/2019   #21 Middleweight 15-3-0
289
04/01/2019   #21 Middleweight 15-3-0
279
01/01/2019 1 #21 Middleweight 15-3-0
287
10/01/2018   #20 Middleweight 15-2-0
291
07/01/2018 6 #20 Middleweight 15-2-0
291
04/01/2018 1 #26 Middleweight 15-1-0
291
01/01/2018   #25 Middleweight 15-1-0
291
10/01/2017 3 #25 Middleweight 14-1-0
262
07/01/2017 4 #22 Middleweight 14-1-0
262
04/01/2017 5 #26 Middleweight 13-1-0
225
01/01/2017 3 #21 Middleweight 13-1-0
225
10/01/2016 1 #18 Middleweight 13-1-0
225
07/01/2016 2 #19 Middleweight 13-1-0
225
04/01/2016 1 #17 Middleweight 12-1-0
225
01/01/2016 23 #18 Middleweight 12-1-0
225
10/01/2015 1 #41 Middleweight 11-1-0
120
07/01/2015 18 #42 Middleweight 11-1-0
120
04/01/2015   #60 Middleweight 10-1-0
96
01/01/2015 3 #60 Middleweight 10-1-0
96
10/01/2014 27 #57 Middleweight 10-1-0
96
07/01/2014 9 #84 Middleweight 9-1-0
73
04/01/2014 4 #93 Middleweight 8-1-0
67
01/01/2014 9 #97 Middleweight 8-1-0
67
10/01/2013 87 #88 Middleweight 8-1-0
67
07/01/2013 11 #175 Middleweight 6-1-0
46
04/01/2013 9 #164 Middleweight 6-1-0
46
01/01/2013 NR #173 Middleweight 5-1-0
46


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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