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Gabriel Bonfim

Welterweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #6; v1.1 (shadow) #8

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 6-6: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights (the position does not depend on the weights). Rating 1,682, deviation 136: measured from 8 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 29 (born 1997-08-20) · Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) · Reach 72 in (183 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 148 days since last bout (2026-06-06) · Last five 5-0 · Streak W5

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,682 is the division's 10th highest of 76 board fighters; the ledger stands at +1.2 (+2.2 from quality wins, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 3 quality wins in 15 years, 1 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (5-0 last five). Score +0.48 = +0.37 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.11 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #8; the head-to-head rule (the winner of the most recent meeting within three years moves directly above the loser when ranked at most three places behind, six within a year) placed him #6.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.4870% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.37resume rating 1,682, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.11quality ledger +1.2: +2.2 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 5-0
Quality wins, 15 years31 over top-10 opponents, 2 over top-15
Placementscore order #8; head-to-head -> #6v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#8score +0.48; score order #9; placement rules -> #8

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 8 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-06-06UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. BonfimBelal Muhammad#5Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)49%
2025-11-08UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. BrownRandy BrownunrankedWKO/TKO2 (1:40)52%
2025-07-12UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. TeixeiraStephen Thompson#12Wsplit decision3 (5:00)53%
2025-02-15UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. RodriguesKhaos WilliamsunrankedWsubmission2 (4:58)44%
2024-07-13UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. CortezAnge LoosaunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)59%
2023-11-04UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. LewisNicolas DalbyunrankedLKO/TKO2 (4:33)46%
2023-07-29UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2Trevin GilesunrankedWsubmission1 (1:13)57%
2023-01-21UFC 283: Teixeira vs. HillMounir LazzezunrankedWsubmission1 (0:49)40%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 76 board fighters at Welterweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.69(64th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike accuracy48%(42nd percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.18(42nd percentile at Welterweight)
Share of wins by finish57%(49th percentile at Welterweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.56(53rd percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike defence64%(95th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.18(57th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career296(59th percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2023-11-04, 1,093 days ago)(70th percentile at Welterweight)
Submission losses0(66th percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.106(70th percentile at Welterweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes2.52(76th percentile at Welterweight)
Takedown defence79%(71st percentile at Welterweight)
Share of cage time in control15%(54th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground8%(17th percentile at Welterweight)
Stylemixed (4.9 takedown attempts per 15 min; 15% control)
Career stage
Age29.2(24th percentile at Welterweight)
Age at UFC debut25.4(20th percentile at Welterweight)
Years since UFC debut3.8(51st percentile at Welterweight)
UFC bouts8(61st percentile at Welterweight)
Cage time, minutes83(61st percentile at Welterweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(82nd percentile at Welterweight)
Days since last bout148(62nd percentile at Welterweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C102030405020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #27, Welterweight2023-10-13: #26, Welterweight2023-10-20: #27, Welterweight2023-11-03: #27, Welterweight2023-11-10: #43, Welterweight2023-11-17: #43, Welterweight2023-12-01: #43, Welterweight2023-12-08: #45, Welterweight2023-12-15: #44, Welterweight2024-01-12: #45, Welterweight2024-01-19: #47, Welterweight2024-02-02: #46, Welterweight2024-02-09: #46, Welterweight2024-02-16: #47, Welterweight2024-02-23: #49, Welterweight2024-03-01: #49, Welterweight2024-03-08: #48, Welterweight2024-03-15: #47, Welterweight2024-03-22: #47, Welterweight2024-03-29: #46, Welterweight2024-04-05: #47, Welterweight2024-04-12: #48, Welterweight2024-04-26: #47, Welterweight2024-05-03: #48, Welterweight2024-05-10: #46, Welterweight2024-05-17: #46, Welterweight2024-05-31: #47, Welterweight2024-06-07: #47, Welterweight2024-06-14: #46, Welterweight2024-06-21: #46, Welterweight2024-06-28: #46, Welterweight2024-07-12: #46, Welterweight2024-07-19: #38, Welterweight2024-07-26: #38, Welterweight2024-08-02: #39, Welterweight2024-08-09: #39, Welterweight2024-08-16: #39, Welterweight2024-08-23: #38, Welterweight2024-09-06: #38, Welterweight2024-09-13: #37, Welterweight2024-09-27: #37, Welterweight2024-10-04: #36, Welterweight2024-10-11: #34, Welterweight2024-10-18: #35, Welterweight2024-10-25: #35, Welterweight2024-11-01: #33, Welterweight2024-11-08: #33, Welterweight2024-11-15: #32, Welterweight2024-11-22: #32, Welterweight2024-12-06: #32, Welterweight2024-12-13: #30, Welterweight2025-01-10: #29, Welterweight2025-01-17: #28, Welterweight2025-01-31: #28, Welterweight2025-02-07: #29, Welterweight2025-02-14: #29, Welterweight2025-02-21: #19, Welterweight2025-02-28: #18, Welterweight2025-03-07: #19, Welterweight2025-03-14: #18, Welterweight2025-03-21: #17, Welterweight2025-03-28: #18, Welterweight2025-04-04: #18, Welterweight2025-04-11: #19, Welterweight2025-04-25: #18, Welterweight2025-05-02: #18, Welterweight2025-05-09: #18, Welterweight2025-05-16: #18, Welterweight2025-05-30: #17, Welterweight2025-06-06: #17, Welterweight2025-06-13: #17, Welterweight2025-06-20: #18, Welterweight2025-06-27: #17, Welterweight2025-07-11: #17, Welterweight2025-07-18: #17, Welterweight2025-07-25: #17, Welterweight2025-08-01: #18, Welterweight2025-08-08: #18, Welterweight2025-08-15: #18, Welterweight2025-08-22: #16, Welterweight2025-09-05: #17, Welterweight2025-09-12: #17, Welterweight2025-09-26: #17, Welterweight2025-10-03: #18, Welterweight2025-10-10: #18, Welterweight2025-10-17: #17, Welterweight2025-10-24: #17, Welterweight2025-10-31: #17, Welterweight2025-11-07: #16, Welterweight2025-11-14: #13, Welterweight2025-11-21: #14, Welterweight2025-12-05: #14, Welterweight2025-12-12: #14, Welterweight2026-01-23: #14, Welterweight2026-01-30: #14, Welterweight2026-02-06: #14, Welterweight2026-02-20: #14, Welterweight2026-02-27: #14, Welterweight2026-03-06: #14, Welterweight2026-03-13: #14, Welterweight2026-03-20: #15, Welterweight2026-03-27: #15, Welterweight2026-04-03: #15, Welterweight2026-04-10: #15, Welterweight2026-04-17: #15, Welterweight2026-04-24: #14, Welterweight2026-05-01: #14, Welterweight2026-05-08: #14, Welterweight2026-05-15: #16, Welterweight2026-05-29: #16, Welterweight2026-06-05: #15, Welterweight2026-06-13: #7, Welterweight2026-06-19: #7, Welterweight2026-06-26: #7, Welterweight2026-07-10: #7, Welterweight2026-07-17: #7, Welterweight2026-07-24: #6, Welterweight2026-07-31: #6, Welterweight2026-08-07: #6, Welterweight2026-08-14: #6, Welterweight2026-08-21: #6, Welterweight2026-08-28: #6, Welterweight2026-09-04: #6, Welterweight2026-09-11: #6, Welterweight2026-09-18: #6, Welterweight2026-09-25: #6, Welterweight2026-09-26: #6, Welterweight2026-10-03: #6, Welterweight2026-10-10: #6, Welterweight2026-10-17: #6, Welterweight2026-10-24: #6, Welterweight2026-10-31: #6, Welterweight#6

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5501,6001,6501,7001,7501,8001,850202420252026Jan 2023Oct 20262023-01-21: 1,578 (W vs Mounir Lazzez)2023-07-29: 1,649 (W vs Trevin Giles)2023-11-04: 1,630 (L vs Nicolas Dalby)2024-07-13: 1,673 (W vs Ange Loosa)2025-02-15: 1,747 (W vs Khaos Williams)2025-07-12: 1,759 (W vs Stephen Thompson)2025-11-08: 1,778 (W vs Randy Brown)2026-06-06: 1,810 (W vs Belal Muhammad)1,810

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 55 points ahead of the rating: fighters this age typically run 22 points ahead of their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 33 points ahead.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+22what fighters aged 29.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+33his recency-weighted mean and trend over 8 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +2 points a year
Combined+55the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingahead of ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0242526272829302023-01-21 (age 25.4): W vs Mounir Lazzez, residual +0.532023-07-29 (age 25.9): W vs Trevin Giles, residual +0.432023-11-04 (age 26.2): L vs Nicolas Dalby, residual -0.562024-07-13 (age 26.9): W vs Ange Loosa, residual +0.272025-02-15 (age 27.5): W vs Khaos Williams, residual +0.612025-07-12 (age 27.9): W vs Stephen Thompson, residual +0.152025-11-08 (age 28.2): W vs Randy Brown, residual +0.522026-06-06 (age 28.8): W vs Belal Muhammad, residual +0.50+0.08

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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