Brunno Ferreira

Overview

Four of his six UFC wins ended in the first round, and he has not won since December 2025. Brunno Ferreira, "The Hulk," is a Curitiba-born middleweight out of Brazilian TKO. He is 6-5 in the UFC and 15-5 as a pro across all promotions.

The wins came in bunches and so did the losses. He built a three-fight win streak in 2024 and 2025, then dropped three in a row. He carries that skid into his next fight.

Fast starts, short nights.

UFC Career

Ferreira fought on Dana White's Contender Series in September 2022, stopping Leon Aliu in the first round. That bout is a professional win, not part of his UFC record. His real UFC debut came at UFC 283 in January 2023, where he knocked out Gregory Rodrigues at 4:13 of the first round. The loss that followed was just as quick: Nursulton Ruziboev finished him with a TKO at 1:17 of round one.

Then came the best run of his career. Phil Hawes went down at 4:55 of the first round, and Dustin Stoltzfus at 4:51. Both were first-round knockouts that came late in the round. A submission loss to Abus Magomedov in round three at UFC 308 interrupted the run, but he answered with two straight submission wins: Armen Petrosyan in round two and Jackson McVey in round one. His last win, over Marvin Vettori at UFC 323, was a unanimous decision, his only one in the UFC.

The skid started with a rematch. Rodrigues stopped him in round one at UFC 326, at 1:47. Our model rates Rodrigues a strong opponent. Ferreira then lost unanimous decisions to Ikram Aliskerov and Edmen Shahbazyan, both also rated strong.

He has no UFC wins over elite opponents. He has lost to strong ones three straight times.

Fighting Style

Across his UFC career, Ferreira is an average striker by the numbers. He lands, absorbs and defends strikes at about the UFC average, and his accuracy sits in the same place. What separates him is on the ground: he rarely shoots for takedowns and doesn't hunt for submissions much either.

His finishing pattern tells more than his style does. Of his five UFC finishes, four came in the first round, including all three of his knockouts. Two of his UFC wins came by submission, one of them in round two, so he has found ways to finish without much wrestling volume behind him.

When he doesn't finish early, things get harder. Both of his decision losses went the distance, and only one of his six UFC wins came on the scorecards.

Notable Wins

• Gregory Rodrigues — KO/TKO, round 1, UFC 283 (2023)
• Phil Hawes — KO/TKO, round 1, UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 (2024)
• Armen Petrosyan — submission, round 2, UFC 313 (2025)
• Marvin Vettori — unanimous decision, UFC 323 (2025)

Quick Facts

• Division: Middleweight
• UFC record: 6-5
• Professional record (all promotions): 15-5-0
• UFC debut: 2023
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 5'10" / 72"
• Team: Brazilian TKO
• Born: Curitiba, PR, Brazil