Maiquel Falcao

“Big Rig”

MMA

40-20 (1 NC)RECORD

28KO / TKO WINS

5SUBMISSION WINS

7DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Maiquel José Falcão Gonçalves
Nickname	Big Rig
Date of birth	8 Mar 1981
Died	23 Jan 2022
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Not added yet
Lives in	Pelotas, Brazil
Division	Light Heavyweight
Team	Rasthai Temple
Height	175 cm (5′9″)
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	2004–2021
Status	Not added yet
Pro debut	24 Apr 2004
Last fight	Loss vs Nemanja Uveric, 16 Oct 2021

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Background

Brazilian middleweight and light heavyweight from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, who fought once in the UFC in 2010 and later competed for Bellator, KSW, M-1 and Fight Nights Global. He died in Pelotas in January 2022.

Fight history

61 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Nemanja Uveric	TKO (punches)	1	2:30	Serbian Battle Championship 36	16 Oct 2021
Loss	Sergey Romanov	Submission (anaconda choke)	1	3:10	Krepost Fighting Championship	14 Dec 2019
Loss	Igor Pokrajac	TKO (punches)	1	3:24	Serbian Battle Championship 25	7 Dec 2019
Loss	Evgeny Erokhin	TKO (punches)	1	1:06	Parus Fight Championship	3 Nov 2019
Loss	Muzaffar Radjabov	TKO (punches)	2	0:33	World Total Kombat Federation	8 Sep 2019
Win	Igor Pokrajac	TKO (punches)	1	4:55	Serbian Battle Championship 21	4 May 2019
Loss	Wagner Silva	Decision (split)	3	5:00	SFT 9: Gomes vs. Falcao	19 Jan 2019
Loss	Marcus Vinicius Fialho da Silveira	KO (punches)	2	1:46	JVT Championship 14	8 Dec 2018
Loss	Attila Vegh	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Oktagon 10: Deak vs. Galloway	17 Nov 2018
Win	Patrick Quadros	KO (punch)	2	2:55	Taura MMA 5	9 Sep 2018
Loss	Ayub Gimbatov	TKO (punches)	1	4:12	Fight Nights Global 78	4 Nov 2017
Loss	Strahinja Gavrilovic	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	5:00	TKO 40: Denouement	8 Sep 2017
Win	Jose Rodrigo Guelke	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Aspera Fighting Championship 55	12 Aug 2017
Loss	Vladimir Mineev	TKO (punches)	1	3:35	Fight Nights Global 63	21 Apr 2017
Win	Vladimir Mineev	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	Fight Nights Global 56: Russia MMA Supercup 2016	9 Dec 2016
Win	Tyago Moreira	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:08	AFC 43: Baby vs. Dragao	13 Aug 2016
Loss	Ramazan Emeev	Submission (brabo choke)	1	2:50	M-1 Challenge 65: Emeev vs. Falcao	8 Apr 2016
Loss	Aziz Karaoglu	TKO (punches)	1	0:30	KSW 33: Materla vs. Khalidov	28 Nov 2015
Win	Brett Cooper	KO (punch)	1	0:59	KSW 32: Road to Wembley	31 Oct 2015
Win	Jesse Taylor	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:13	Arena Tour 5: Falcao vs. Taylor	18 Apr 2015
Win	Artur Guseinov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:49	Battle of Stars 3	6 Dec 2014
Loss	Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	TKO (punches)	1	0:37	League S-70: Plotforma 5th	9 Aug 2014
Loss	Mamed Khalidov	Submission (armbar)	1	4:53	KSW 27: Cage Time	17 May 2014
Win	Dibir Zagirov	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	3:27	Oplot Challenge 100	15 Feb 2014
Loss	Alexander Shlemenko	KO (punches)	2	2:18	Bellator 88	7 Feb 2013
Win	Andreas Spang	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Bellator 69	18 May 2012
Win	Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Bellator 66	20 Apr 2012
Win	Norman Paraisy	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Bellator 61	16 Mar 2012
Win	Douglas del Rio	TKO (punches)	1	1:15	Apocalypse Fighting Championship	8 Oct 2011
Loss	Antonio Braga Neto	Submission (keylock)	2	4:26	Amazon Forest Combat 1	14 Sep 2011
Win	Julio Cesar Bilik	TKO (punches)	1	0:27	Centurion Mixed Martial Arts 2	9 Jul 2011
Win	Gerald Harris	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida	20 Nov 2010	Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA
Win	Wendres Carlos da Silva	TKO (punches)	1	2:32	Arena Gold Fights 2	17 Jul 2010
Win	Daniel Ludtke	TKO (knee and punches)	1	0:52	Match Point Sports Aquafit Fight Championship 2	9 Oct 2009
Win	Ricardo Silva	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	0:12	Blackout FC 3	5 Sep 2009
Win	Arymarcel Santos	TKO (punches)	1	2:26	WFC 2: Mongo vs. Seba	1 Aug 2009
Win	Eli Reger	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:29	Nitrix Show Fight 2	16 May 2009
Win	Allan Froes	TKO (punches)	1	2:15	Golden Fighters 1	18 Apr 2009
Win	Nelson Martins	KO	1		Floripa Fight 5	7 Mar 2009
Loss	Daniel Ludtke	TKO (punches)	1	1:12	Clube da Luta 1	21 Dec 2008
Win	Romulo Nascimento	KO	1	2:10	Paranagua Fight 2	5 Sep 2008
Win	Rodrigo Duarte	TKO (punches)	2	2:24	Predador FC 11	7 Jun 2008
Win	Edson Franca	TKO (submission to punches)	2		Predador FC 10: Kamae	26 Apr 2008
Win	Josue Makowiecky da Silva	TKO (punches)	1	1:40	Floripa Fight 4	29 Mar 2008
Loss	Fabio Maldonado	TKO (punches)	2	2:00	Predador FC 9: Welterweight Grand Prix	15 Mar 2008
No contest	Fabiano Scherner	No Contest	1		Desafio Fight Show 3	8 Dec 2007
Win	Reinaldo Rodrigues	KO	1	3:00	Bage Open Fight	10 Nov 2007
Win	Daniel Barbosa	KO (punches)	1	1:40	Desafio Fight Show 2	8 Sep 2007
Win	Alex Moura	TKO (punches)	1	2:00	Full Fight: Open Vale Tudo	11 Aug 2007
Win	Lucio Aguiar	KO	1		Storm Samurai	28 Jul 2007
Win	Leandro Gordo	KO (punch)	1	0:15	Desafio Fight Show 1	23 Jun 2007
Win	Laerte Costa e Silva	TKO (submission to punches)	1	4:30	G1 Open Fight 3	19 May 2007
Loss	Fabio Maldonado	TKO (punches)	3	0:46	Mariliense MMA Circuit 2	18 May 2007
Win	Felipe Miranda	KO (punches)	1	2:00	Super Fight	11 Apr 2007
Win	Silverio Bueno	KO (punches)	1	0:42	Paranagua Fight 1	24 Mar 2007
Win	Claudio Mattos	KO (punches)	1	2:00	Tsunamy 4	7 Oct 2006		Win per Wikipedia record table
Win	Rogerio Farias	KO	1	4:00	Coliseu Fight	8 Jul 2006
Win	Anderson Brito	KO	1	4:00	Tsunamy 3	9 Apr 2005
Win	Josimar Lira Rodrigues	Decision	1	15:00	Tsunamy 2	11 Dec 2004
Win	Andre Rocha	TKO	1	4:00	Camaqua Open Vale Tudo	21 Nov 2004
Win	Guilherme Freitas	KO	1	3:30	Piratini Fight	24 Apr 2004		Pro debut