Rafael Cavalcante

“Feijão”

MMA · Active

13-7 (1 NC)RECORD

13KO / TKO WINS

0SUBMISSION WINS

0DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Feijão
Date of birth	5 Apr 1980
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Ilha Solteira, Brazil
Lives in	Not added yet
Division	Light Heavyweight
Team	X-Gym Team Nogueira
Height	183 cm (6′0″)
Reach	188 cm (74″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 2006
Status	Active
Pro debut	10 Feb 2006
Last fight	Win vs Dan Konecke, 1 Jul 2017

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Titles and honours

Former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion
Fight of the Night (x1)

Background

Brazilian light heavyweight from Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, who won the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship in 2010. He fought in the UFC from 2013 to 2016.

Fight history

21 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Dan Konecke	TKO (punches)	1	4:10	World Fight Tour 7: Road to Bellator	1 Jul 2017	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Loss	Ovince Saint Preux	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson	6 Feb 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Patrick Cummins	TKO (elbows)	3	0:45	UFC 190: Rousey vs Correia	1 Aug 2015	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loss	Ryan Bader	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 174: Johnson vs Bagautinov	14 Jun 2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win	Igor Pokrajac	TKO (knees and punches)	1	1:18	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2	9 Nov 2013	Goiania, Goias, Brazil
Loss	Thiago Silva	KO (punches)	1	4:29	UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum	8 Jun 2013	Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Fight of the Night
No contest	Mike Kyle	No contest (overturned)	1	0:33	Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier	19 May 2012	San Jose, California, USA	Originally a submission win; overturned after a failed drug test
Win	Yoel Romero	KO (punches)	2	4:51	Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov	10 Sep 2011	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Loss	Dan Henderson	TKO (punches)	3	0:50	Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson	5 Mar 2011	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Lost the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	Muhammed Lawal	TKO (punches and elbows)	3	1:14	Strikeforce: Houston	21 Aug 2010	Houston, Texas, USA	Won the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	Antwain Britt	KO (punches)	1	3:45	Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery	15 May 2010	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title eliminator
Win	Aaron Rosa	TKO (punches)	2	3:35	Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Bears	20 Nov 2009	Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Loss	Mike Kyle	TKO (punches)	2	4:05	Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields	6 Jun 2009	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Win	Travis Galbraith	KO (knees)	1	3:01	EliteXC: Unfinished Business	26 Jul 2008	Stockton, California, USA
Win	Wayne Cole	TKO (punches)	1	2:47	EliteXC: Return of the King	14 Jun 2008	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win	John Doyle	TKO (knee to the body)	1	2:17	EliteXC: Street Certified	16 Feb 2008	Miami, Florida, USA	Light heavyweight debut
Loss	Márcio Cruz	DQ (illegal upkick)	3	3:42	IFL: Las Vegas	16 Jun 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Devin Cole	TKO (punches)	2	0:26	IFL: Atlanta	23 Feb 2007	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Win	Rubens Xavier	TKO (submission to punches)	1	2:30	MF 5	9 Dec 2006	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Miodrag Petkovic	TKO (knee and punches)	2	1:37	WFC: Europe vs Brazil	20 May 2006	Koper, Slovenia
Win	Eduardo Maiorino	KO (punches)	1	4:13	Pantanal Combat	10 Feb 2006	Cuiabá, Brazil	Pro debut