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Rafael Estevam

Flyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #36; v1.1 (shadow) #34

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 36-36: 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 1,471, deviation 187: measured from 4 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 30 (born 1996-08-10) · Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) · Reach 69 in (175 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 211 days since last bout (2026-04-04) · Last five 3-1 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,471 is the division's 39th highest of 49 board fighters; the ledger stands at -1.0 (less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (3-1 last five). Score -0.23 = -0.23 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.00 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #36.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.2370% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.23resume rating 1,471, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.00quality ledger -1.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 3-1
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #36v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#34score -0.34; score order #34

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 4 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-04-04UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. DuncanEthyn EwingunrankedLKO/TKO3 (1:44)47%
2025-08-02UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. ParkFelipe BunesunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)58%
2025-02-15UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. RodriguesJesus AguilarunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)48%
2023-11-18UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. CraigCharles JohnsonunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)51%

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 49 board fighters at Flyweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute1.87(10th percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike accuracy32%(6th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(33rd percentile at Flyweight)
Share of wins by finish0%(22nd percentile at Flyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute4.35(82nd percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike defence45%(12th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.26(61st percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career247(47th percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-04-04, 211 days ago)(84th percentile at Flyweight)
Submission losses0(51st percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.148(96th percentile at Flyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes5.02(100th percentile at Flyweight)
Takedown defence67%(54th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of cage time in control52%(98th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground16%(47th percentile at Flyweight)
Stylewrestler (15.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 52% control)
Career stage
Age30.2(37th percentile at Flyweight)
Age at UFC debut27.3(57th percentile at Flyweight)
Years since UFC debut3.0(39th percentile at Flyweight)
UFC bouts4(37th percentile at Flyweight)
Cage time, minutes57(41st percentile at Flyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.4(41st percentile at Flyweight)
Days since last bout211(78th percentile at Flyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C1020304020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-12-01: #22, Flyweight2023-12-08: #22, Flyweight2023-12-15: #22, Flyweight2024-01-12: #21, Flyweight2024-01-19: #21, Flyweight2024-02-02: #20, Flyweight2024-02-09: #19, Flyweight2024-02-16: #19, Flyweight2024-02-23: #19, Flyweight2024-03-01: #21, Flyweight2024-03-08: #22, Flyweight2024-03-15: #22, Flyweight2024-03-22: #23, Flyweight2024-03-29: #24, Flyweight2024-04-05: #24, Flyweight2024-04-12: #24, Flyweight2024-04-26: #23, Flyweight2024-05-03: #23, Flyweight2024-05-10: #24, Flyweight2024-05-17: #24, Flyweight2024-05-31: #24, Flyweight2024-06-07: #24, Flyweight2024-06-14: #24, Flyweight2024-06-21: #23, Flyweight2024-06-28: #23, Flyweight2024-07-12: #23, Flyweight2024-07-19: #23, Flyweight2024-07-26: #22, Flyweight2024-08-02: #22, Flyweight2024-08-09: #22, Flyweight2024-08-16: #23, Flyweight2024-08-23: #24, Flyweight2024-09-06: #24, Flyweight2024-09-13: #24, Flyweight2024-09-27: #22, Flyweight2024-10-04: #22, Flyweight2024-10-11: #22, Flyweight2024-10-18: #24, Flyweight2024-10-25: #24, Flyweight2024-11-01: #24, Flyweight2024-11-08: #24, Flyweight2024-11-15: #24, Flyweight2024-11-22: #24, Flyweight2024-12-06: #26, Flyweight2024-12-13: #26, Flyweight2025-01-10: #27, Flyweight2025-01-17: #27, Flyweight2025-01-31: #27, Flyweight2025-02-07: #28, Flyweight2025-02-14: #29, Flyweight2025-02-21: #23, Flyweight2025-02-28: #23, Flyweight2025-03-07: #23, Flyweight2025-03-14: #23, Flyweight2025-03-21: #23, Flyweight2025-03-28: #23, Flyweight2025-04-04: #22, Flyweight2025-04-11: #22, Flyweight2025-04-25: #22, Flyweight2025-05-02: #22, Flyweight2025-05-09: #22, Flyweight2025-05-16: #22, Flyweight2025-05-30: #19, Flyweight2025-06-06: #21, Flyweight2025-06-13: #21, Flyweight2025-06-20: #22, Flyweight2025-06-27: #22, Flyweight2025-07-11: #22, Flyweight2025-07-18: #23, Flyweight2025-07-25: #23, Flyweight2025-08-01: #22, Flyweight2025-08-08: #20, Flyweight2025-08-15: #20, Flyweight2025-08-22: #22, Flyweight2025-09-05: #20, Flyweight2025-09-12: #20, Flyweight2025-09-26: #21, Flyweight2025-10-03: #21, Flyweight2025-10-10: #21, Flyweight2025-10-17: #21, Flyweight2025-10-24: #20, Flyweight2025-10-31: #20, Flyweight2025-11-07: #20, Flyweight2025-11-14: #20, Flyweight2025-11-21: #20, Flyweight2025-12-05: #21, Flyweight2025-12-12: #20, Flyweight2026-01-23: #19, Flyweight2026-01-30: #20, Flyweight2026-02-06: #20, Flyweight2026-02-20: #20, Flyweight2026-02-27: #20, Flyweight2026-03-06: #22, Flyweight2026-03-13: #22, Flyweight2026-03-20: #22, Flyweight2026-03-27: #21, Flyweight2026-04-03: #21, Flyweight2026-04-10: #36, Flyweight2026-04-17: #35, Flyweight2026-04-24: #35, Flyweight2026-05-01: #35, Flyweight2026-05-08: #35, Flyweight2026-05-15: #34, Flyweight2026-05-29: #33, Flyweight2026-06-05: #34, Flyweight2026-06-13: #34, Flyweight2026-06-19: #34, Flyweight2026-06-26: #34, Flyweight2026-07-10: #33, Flyweight2026-07-17: #33, Flyweight2026-07-24: #33, Flyweight2026-07-31: #33, Flyweight2026-08-07: #33, Flyweight2026-08-14: #33, Flyweight2026-08-21: #34, Flyweight2026-08-28: #34, Flyweight2026-09-04: #35, Flyweight2026-09-11: #37, Flyweight2026-09-18: #37, Flyweight2026-09-25: #37, Flyweight2026-09-26: #37, Flyweight2026-10-03: #37, Flyweight2026-10-10: #37, Flyweight2026-10-17: #37, Flyweight2026-10-24: #37, Flyweight2026-10-31: #36, Flyweight#36

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 6 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,55020252026Nov 2023Oct 20262023-11-18: 1,499 (W vs Charles Johnson)2025-02-15: 1,510 (W vs Jesus Aguilar)2025-08-02: 1,538 (W vs Felipe Bunes)2026-04-04: 1,453 (L vs Ethyn Ewing)1,453

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 are in line with the rating (+2 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+12what fighters aged 30.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-10his recency-weighted mean and trend over 4 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -1 points a year
Combined+2the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with 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+1.02627282930312023-11-18 (age 27.3): W vs Charles Johnson, residual -0.012025-02-15 (age 28.5): W vs Jesus Aguilar, residual +0.052025-08-02 (age 29.0): W vs Felipe Bunes, residual +0.102026-04-04 (age 29.6): L vs Ethyn Ewing, residual -0.46+0.00

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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