Andre Lima
Skill profile
Built on 79 minutes of tracked cage time across 6 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
Andre Lima favored over Namsrai Batbayar clear UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · August 19, 2026
Names him plainly as the pick, acknowledging a prior loss where he got outworked but not treating it as likely to repeat.
Coming off his only career defeat and facing some skepticism because of it, expected to be the cleaner striker here and to exploit standup flaws the opponent hasn't fully ironed out.
Andre Lima favored over Kevin Borjas clear UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Horiguchi · June 16, 2026 · 1 read since
Picked clearly -- the analyst calls him the better striker overall and says the opponent is in real trouble here.
Called the better striker in this matchup -- a very clean striker with nice step-in elbows, a high guard, a heavy leg kick, an excellent cross, clean combinations, good body work, and real power. Good grappler with good takedown defense, staying safe on the mat, good scrambling, good top control, and a willingness to attack submissions off his back specifically to create sweeps (a kimura-into-sweep being the most recognizable example). Genuinely a dirty fighter -- was cheating in the same fight where he's best known for being on the receiving end of a biting incident -- which the analyst flags as a real point-deduction risk given how much more willing officials are to dock points now, though he doesn't expect it to matter in this fight.
Gap-fill reads
Andre Lima favored over Namsrai Batbayar clear agrees with 138 MMA Half The Battle · UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · August 27, 2026
Still regarded as a special prospect at 27 despite a disappointing recent result, and the diagnosis of that loss is unusually specific: it is described as a timing failure rather than a skills failure. He did not lose because of takedown defence, chin or conditioning — he simply started too late against an opponent who spent the fight retreating, and never adjusted. That is treated as fixable in the gym. The caveat offered is that his fundamental patience is a permanent feature of his style rather than something coaching removes, so the expectation is more urgency, not a different fighter. Against a pressure fighter who comes forward, his counter-heavy game is expected to have the openings it lacked last time.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Namsrai Batbayar 0-0 walk-in Submission · R3 3:03 — UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · August 29, 2026
L Kevin Borjas 1-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi · June 20, 2026
W Daniel Barez 1-1 walk-in Submission · R3 3:05 — UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · March 15, 2025
W Felipe dos Santos 1-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady · September 7, 2024
W Mitch Raposo 0-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · June 1, 2024
W Igor Severino 8-0 walk-in DQ · R2 2:52 — UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas · March 23, 2024
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Full career — 12 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kevin Borjas | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi
June 20, 2026 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Daniel Barez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
March 15, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 3:03 |
| W | Felipe dos Santos | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
September 7, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mitch Raposo | Decision (split) | UFC 302
June 1, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Igor Severino | DQ (biting) | UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas
March 23, 2024 |
UFC | 2 | 2:52 |
| W | Rickson Thai Zenidim | Decision (unanimous) | Dana White's Contender Series 66
October 10, 2023 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Igor Taylon | TKO (elbows) | LFA 162
July 7, 2023 |
LFA | 2 | 4:59 |
| W | Alexandre Rodrigues | KO (punch) | R1 Fighting Series 2
May 28, 2023 |
R1 Fighting Series | 1 | 2:11 |
| W | Natan Ziele | TKO (punches) | Spartacus MMA 29
February 11, 2023 |
Spartacus MMA | 1 | 3:45 |
| W | Victor Santos | Decision (unanimous) | Spartacus MMA 25
December 17, 2022 |
Spartacus MMA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Luiz Henrique Martin | TKO (punches) | Spartacus MMA 20
November 12, 2022 |
Spartacus MMA | 1 | 1:01 |
| W | João Vitor Oliveira | KO (punch to the body) | Spartacus MMA 16
October 8, 2022 |
Spartacus MMA | 1 | 1:55 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (André Lima (fighter)) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.