Maiquel Falcão "Big Rig"
Maiquel Falcão, known as "Big Rig", is a mixed martial artist from Brazil listed in the Light Heavyweight division. Maiquel Falcão holds a professional record of 39-21-0, including 1-0-0 inside the UFC. Of those UFC wins, 0 came by knockout or TKO, 0 by submission and 1 by decision. Maiquel Falcão stands 5'11", fights out of a orthodox stance, and is 45 years old. Maiquel Falcão is currently on a 5-fight losing streak and is listed as Not Fighting.
Maiquel Falcão profile
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
|---|---|
| Professional record | 39-21-0 |
| UFC record | 1-0-0 |
| Division rank | Unranked |
| Status | Not Fighting |
| Country | Brazil |
| Age | 45 |
| Date of birth | 1981-03-08 |
| Height | 5'11" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Last weigh-in | 202.2 lbs |
| Current streak | L5 |
| Total octagon time | 15 minutes |
Striking statistics
| Significant strikes landed per minute | 1.67 |
|---|---|
| Significant strikes absorbed per minute | 0.53 |
| Striking accuracy | 55.6% |
| Striking defense | 86.9% |
| Knockdowns per 15 minutes | 1 |
| Strikes to the head | 72% |
| Strikes to the body | 24% |
| Strikes to the legs | 4% |
Grappling statistics
| Takedowns per 15 minutes | 1 |
|---|---|
| Takedown defense | 71.4% |
| Submission attempts per 15 minutes | 3 |
| Average control time per fight (seconds) | 243 |
UFC finish breakdown
| UFC wins by KO/TKO | 0 |
|---|---|
| UFC wins by submission | 0 |
| UFC wins by decision | 1 |
Maiquel Falcão recorded fight history
Recorded bouts across promotions. This list can be incomplete and is not a substitute for the published full career record.
| Date | Promotion | Event | Opponent | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 | SBC 36 | SBC 36 - Serbian Battle Championship 36: Revenge! | Nemanja Uveric | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2020-12-24 | FNG | 2020 Dec 24 | Vagab Vagabov | unrecorded | Result not recorded |
| 2019-12-14 | Krepost Fight Club | Krepost Fight Club - Krepost Fighting Championship | Sergey Romanov | loss | Submission (Anaconda Choke) |
| 2019-12-07 | SBC 25 | SBC 25 - Serbian Battle Championship 25: Revenge! | Igor Pokrajac | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2019-11-03 | MFP | MFP - Parus Fight Championship | Evgeny Erokhin | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2019-09-08 | WTKF | WTKF - World Total Kombat Federation | Muzaffar Radjabov | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2019-05-04 | SBC 21 | SBC 21 - Serbian Battle Championship 21: Revenge! | Igor Pokrajac | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2019-01-19 | SFT 9 | SFT 9 - Gomes vs. Falcao | Wagner Silva | loss | Decision (Split) |
| 2018-12-08 | Jorge Velho Team | Jorge Velho Team - JVT Championship 14 | Marcus Vinicius Fialho da Silveira | loss | KO (Punches) |
| 2018-11-17 | Oktagon MMA | Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 10: Deak vs. Galloway | Attila Vegh | loss | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2018-09-09 | TAURA MMA | TAURA MMA - 5 | Patrick Quadros | win | KO (Punch) |
| 2017-11-04 | FNG | FNG - Fight Nights Global 78 | Ayub Gimbatov | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2017-09-08 | TKO 40 | TKO 40 - Denouement | Strahinja Gavrilovic | loss | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) |
| 2017-08-12 | Aspera FC 55 | Aspera FC 55 - Aspera Fighting Championship 55 | Jose Rodrigo Guelke | win | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2017-04-21 | FNG | FNG - Fight Nights Global 63 | Vladimir Mineev | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2016-12-09 | EFN | EFN - Fight Nights Global 56: Russia MMA Supercup 2016 | Vladimir Mineev | win | Decision (Majority) |
| 2016-08-13 | AFC 43 | AFC 43 - Baby vs. Dragao | Tyago Moreira | win | Submission (Guillotine Choke) |
| 2016-04-08 | M-1 Challenge 65 | M-1 Challenge 65 - Emeev vs. Falcao | Ramazan Emeev | loss | Submission (Brabo Choke) |
| 2015-11-28 | KSW 33 | KSW 33 - Materla vs. Khalidov | Aziz Karaoglu | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2015-10-31 | KSW 32 | KSW 32 - Road to Wembley | Brett Cooper | win | KO (Punch) |
| 2015-04-18 | Arena Tour 5 | Arena Tour 5 - Falcao vs. Taylor | Jesse Taylor | win | Submission (Guillotine Choke) |
| 2014-12-06 | BOS | BOS - Battle of Stars 3 | Artur Guseinov | win | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) |
| 2014-08-09 | League S-70 | League S-70 - Plotforma 5th | Vyacheslav Vasilevsky | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2014-05-17 | KSW 27 | KSW 27 - Cage Time | Mamed Khalidov | loss | Submission (Armbar) |
| 2014-02-15 | OC | OC - Oplot Challenge 100 | Dibir Zagirov | win | Submission (Guillotine Choke) |
| 2013-02-07 | Bellator MMA | Bellator MMA - Bellator 88 | Alexander Shlemenko | loss | KO (Punches) |
| 2012-05-18 | BFC | BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 69 | Andreas Spang | win | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2012-04-20 | BFC | BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 66 | Vyacheslav Vasilevsky | win | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2012-03-16 | BFC | BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 61 | Norman Paraisy | win | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2011-10-08 | AFC | AFC - Apocalypse Fighting Championship | Douglas del Rio | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2011-09-14 | AFC | AFC - Amazon Forest Combat 1 | Antonio Braga Neto | loss | Submission (Keylock) |
| 2011-07-09 | CMMA | CMMA - Centurion Mixed Martial Arts 2 | Julio Cesar Bilik | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2010-11-20 | UFC | UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida | Gerald Harris | win | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 2010-07-17 | AGF | AGF - Arena Gold Fights 2 | Wendres Carlos da Silva | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2009-10-09 | MAFC 2 | MAFC 2 - Match Point Sports Aquafit Fight Championship 2 | Daniel Ludtke | win | TKO (Knee and Punches) |
| 2009-09-05 | BFC | BFC - Blackout FC 3 | Ricardo Silva | win | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) |
| 2009-08-01 | WFC 2 | WFC 2 - Mongo Vs Seba | Arymarcel Santos | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2009-05-16 | Nitrix | Nitrix - Show Fight 2 | Eli Reger | win | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) |
| 2009-04-18 | GF | GF - Golden Fighters 1 | Allan Froes | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2009-03-07 | FF | FF - Floripa Fight 5 | Nelson Martins | win | KO |
| 2008-12-21 | CDL | CDL - Clube da Luta 1 | Daniel Ludtke | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2008-09-05 | PF | PF - Paranagua Fight 2 | Romulo Nascimento | win | KO |
| 2008-06-07 | PFC | PFC - Predador FC 11 | Rodrigo Duarte | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2008-04-26 | Predador FC 10 | Predador FC 10 - Kamae | Edson Franca | win | TKO (Submission to Punches) |
| 2008-03-29 | FF | FF - Floripa Fight 4 | Josue Makowiecky da Silva | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2008-03-15 | Predador FC 9 | Predador FC 9 - Welterweight Grand Prix | Fabio Maldonado | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2007-12-08 | DFS | DFS - Desafio Fight Show 3 | Fabiano Scherner | no contest | No Contest |
| 2007-11-10 | BOF | BOF - Bage Open Fight | Reinaldo Rodrigues | win | KO |
| 2007-09-08 | DFS | DFS - Desafio Fight Show 2 | Daniel Barbosa | win | KO (Punches) |
| 2007-08-11 | Full Fight | Full Fight - Open Vale Tudo | Alex Moura | win | TKO (Punches) |
| 2007-07-28 | SS | SS - Storm Samurai | Lucio Aguiar | win | KO |
| 2007-06-23 | DFS | DFS - Desafio Fight Show 1 | Leandro Gordo | win | KO (Punch) |
| 2007-05-19 | G1 | G1 - Open Fight 3 | Laerte Costa e Silva | win | TKO (Submission to Punches) |
| 2007-05-18 | MMMAC | MMMAC - Mariliense MMA Circuit 2 | Fabio Maldonado | loss | TKO (Punches) |
| 2007-04-11 | SF | SF - Super Fight | Felipe Miranda | win | KO (Punches) |
| 2007-03-24 | PF | PF - Paranagua Fight 1 | Silverio Bueno | win | KO (Punches) |
| 2006-10-07 | Tsunamy | Tsunamy - Tsunamy 4 | Claudio Mattos | loss | KO (Punches) |
| 2006-07-08 | CF | CF - Coliseu Fight | Rogerio Farias | win | KO |
| 2005-04-09 | Tsunamy | Tsunamy - Tsunamy 3 | Anderson Brito | win | KO |
| 2004-12-11 | Tsunamy | Tsunamy - Tsunamy 2 | Josimar Lira Rodrigues | win | Decision |
| 2004-11-21 | COVT | COVT - Camaqua Open Vale Tudo | Andre Rocha | win | TKO |
| 2004-04-24 | PF | PF - Piratini Fight | Guilherme Freitas | win | KO |
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Sources and methodology
Career records and bout history are compiled from published MMA records. UFC performance metrics use published bout statistics; percentiles and derived metrics are calculated by Verdikt AI. Data can change after official corrections.
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