Rafael Cavalcante
Mixed martial arts record

Rafael Cavalcante

Section Title: Mixed martial arts record
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Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes

Win	13–7 (1)	Dan Konecke	TKO (punches)	World Fight Tour 7: Road To Bellator	July 1, 2017	1	4:10	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain

Loss	12–7 (1)	Ovince Saint Preux	Decision (unanimous)	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	February 6, 2016	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Loss	12–6 (1)	Patrick Cummins	TKO (elbows)	UFC 190	August 1, 2015	3	0:45	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Loss	12–5 (1)	Ryan Bader	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 174	June 14, 2014	3	5:00	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Win	12–4 (1)	Igor Pokrajac	Submission (knees and punches)	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson	November 9, 2013	1	1:18	Goiânia, Brazil

Loss	11–4 (1)	Thiago Silva	KO (punches)	UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum	June 8, 2013	1	4:29	Fortaleza, Brazil	Fight of the Night.

NC	11–3 (1)	Mike Kyle	NC (overturned)	Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier	May 19, 2012	1	0:33	San Jose, California, United States	Originally a submission (guillotine choke) win for Cavalcante; overturned after he tested positive for stanozolol.

Win	11–3	Yoel Romero	KO (punches)	Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov	September 10, 2011	2	4:51	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Loss	10–3	Dan Henderson	TKO (punches)	Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson	March 5, 2011	3	0:50	Columbus, Ohio, United States	Lost the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship.

Win	10–2	Muhammed Lawal	TKO (punches and elbows)	Strikeforce: Houston	August 21, 2010	3	1:14	Houston, Texas, United States	Won the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship.

Win	9–2	Antwain Britt	KO (punches)	Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery	May 15, 2010	1	3:45	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title eliminator.

Win	8–2	Aaron Rosa	TKO (punches)	Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Bears	November 20, 2009	2	3:35	Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Loss	7–2	Mike Kyle	TKO (punches)	Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields	June 6, 2009	2	4:05	St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Win	7–1	Travis Galbraith	KO (knees)	EliteXC: Unfinished Business	July 26, 2008	1	3:01	Stockton, California, United States

Win	6–1	Wayne Cole	TKO (punches)	EliteXC: Return of the King	June 14, 2008	1	2:47	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Win	5–1	John Doyle	TKO (knee to the body)	EliteXC: Street Certified	February 16, 2008	1	2:17	Miami, Florida, United States	Light Heavyweight debut.

Loss	4–1	Márcio Cruz	DQ (illegal upkick)	IFL: Las Vegas	June 16, 2007	3	3:42	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Win	4–0	Devin Cole	TKO (punches)	IFL: Atlanta	February 23, 2007	2	0:26	Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Win	3–0	Rubens Xavier	Submission (punches)	MF 5	December 9, 2006	1	2:30	São Paulo, Brazil

Win	2–0	Miodrag Petkovic	TKO (knee and punches)	WFC: Europe vs Brazil	May 20, 2006	2	1:37	Koper, Slovenia

Win	1–0	Eduardo Maiorino	KO (punches)	Pantanal Combat	February 10, 2006	1	4:13	Cuiabá, Brazil

Sentence(s)

Cavalcante faced Yoel Romero on September 10, 2011, at "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov."

final_sentence: Cavalcante faced Yoel Romero on September 10, 2011, at "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov."