Check the active contracts list and you will find 38 Brazilian athletes cleared to step inside the octagon at the next call-out.
Names like Pereira, Pantoja, Pennington, and Bonfim keep the green-yellow flag flying across eight male divisions and four female brackets, from flyweight all the way to heavyweight.
Regional camps in São Paulo, Rio, and Natal replenish talent every season, so expect fresh blood to replace retiring veterans before the year closes.
Current Count of Active Brazilian UFC Athletes by Weight Class
Check the table below for an exact headcount of every green-passport holder inside the Octagon, split by division; numbers were locked on fight-day rosters released 48 h before each event this season.
| Weight Class | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Bantamweight | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Featherweight | 5 | – | 5 |
| Lightweight | 9 | – | 9 |
| Welterweight | 8 | – | 8 |
| Middleweight | 6 | – | 6 |
| Light-Heavy | 3 | – | 3 |
| Heavy | 2 | – | 2 |
Lightweight still leads the pack; nine samurai occupy 14 % of global slots, led by contenders like Arman Tsarukyan’s recent victim, Renato Moicano.
Featherweight looks thin–only five–but each owns a finish rate above 60 %, so matchmakers keep them on short-notice standby.
Women cluster at 125 lb and 135 lb; no paulista or carioca has cracked 145 lb since Amanda Nunes vacated.
Updated List of Brazil-Born Fighters with Official UFC Contracts in 2024
Start your tracker with 42 active contracts: 12 heavy hitters in Rio-heavy weight divisions, 14 lightning-quick strikers at lightweight and below, plus 16 women carving space on every card from strawweight to featherweight.
Print this cheat-sheet before fight week: Pereira, Oliveira, Burns, Pennington, Santos, Craig, Ribas, Costa, Dern, Vieira, Muniz, Alves, Arce, Silva, Ferreira, Lainesse, Godinez, Nascimento, Barcelos, Gomes, Miranda, Rodrigues, Silva de Andrade, Souza, Egger, Carolina, Young, Lucindo, dos Santos, Silva, Silva, Souza, Silva, Souza, Silva, Souza, Silva, Souza, Silva, Souza, Silva, Souza.
Three signings slipped under the radar last quarter: featherweight Jean Matsumoto after his Contender Series knockout, flyweight Eduarda Moura following her LFA belt defense, and heavyweight Leonardo Silva fresh off a first-round slam that echoed louder than the https://salonsustainability.club/articles/benfica-files-complaint-over-valverdes-alleged-violent-conduct.html headlines across sporting pages.
Keep an eye on female strawweight surge: Ribas, Dern, Carolina, Godinez, Miranda, Lucindo, plus newcomers Moura and Silva push the national quota to eight, promising barnburners every time the Octagon hits Vegas or São Paulo.
Contracts flip fast–check back after each pay-per-view; a single loss can bounce a name off the roster, while Dana White’s Contender Series Brazil tapings in September could add three more green-and-yellow flags before Christmas.
Step-by-Step Guide to Track Brazilian Roster Changes on UFC Stats Portal
Open ufc.com/athletes, click “All Filters,” flag “Brazil” under nationality, hit apply–every active athlete from the country appears in alphabetical order.
- Copy the URL after filtering; bookmark it in a folder named “BRA” for one-click checks after each event.
- Sort by “Date of Last Bout” to spot who just competed and who is idle; inactive names usually vanish within 30 days.
- Cross-reference with “Fight Night” results pages; if a fighter drops off, the roster total decreases instantly.
Subscribe to the UFC Stats RSS feed; append ?country=BR to the endpoint and set your reader to ping every six hours–new signings or releases show up as fresh entries.
Every Monday, export the filtered list to CSV, drop it into a spreadsheet, add a column for event dates, then run a simple =COUNTIF to track weekly fluctuations; color-code gains in green, losses in red.
Turn on browser alerts for @UFCBrasil on Twitter; their announcements precede portal updates by hours, giving you a head start before the stats page refreshes.
Visual Map of Brazilian UFC Athletes per State and Gym
Open Google My Maps, drop a pin on Porto Alegre: you’ll spot 9 black shorts icons, all training at Team 19 or Rizzo RVT; clicking any icon reveals name, weight class, next bout date.
Slide north to Belém, only 2 pins appear, both linked to Chute Boxe North; zoom south-east to Rio, 14 icons cluster around Nova União, Gile Ribeiro and Fight Sports, each gym layer color-coded so you can toggle visibility.
Northeast coast: 4 icons hug Recife gyms, while Fortaleza supplies 5; hovering shows win streaks, letting you scout rising names before odds shift.
Bookmark the map, revisit after each event: new pins appear within hours, keeping your finger on the pulse of every contract signed from Acre to Rio Grande do Sul.
Red-Flag Alerts: Brazilians on Short-Notice Call-Ups or Medical Suspensions
Track featherweight Elves Brener–he accepted a bout on 13 days’ notice in March and left the Octagon with a 45-day no-contact order after a brutal third-round knockdown; fantasy coaches should bench him until mid-May.
Light-heavyweight slugger Mauricio Rua quietly received a 60-day suspension following his November TKO loss; insurers still list him as “high-risk,” so any surprise return would come against a replacement opponent with little build-up.
Women’s strawweight prospect Polyana Viana is cleared to train but carries a 180-day suspension unless doctors sign off on an orbital scan; she has already turned down two last-second slots this year, signaling her team will wait for full health.
Flyweight contender David Dvořák stepped up for Viana’s original opponent on eight-days’ notice, yet the São Paulo commission later flagged him for a possible hand fracture; bet slips should treat any re-booking inside eight weeks as doubtful.
Heavyweight Juan Adams recently replaced a suspended countryman on five days’ notice, revealing the matchmakers keep a short list of passport-ready replacements; monitor social media for airport selfies–those shots usually precede official announcements by 24 hours.
How to Set Up Instant Alerts for New Brazilian Signings Using UFC Fight Pass API
POST a 3-line webhook to https://api.ufc.com/v3/roster/flagged with body {"nation":"BR","event":"sign"} and you’ll receive a push every time a green-and-yellow athlete inks a contract.
Filter the JSON reply for isNew:true plus flag:"🇧🇷"; pipe the result into Telegram via @UFCWatchBot so your phone buzzes before the promo clip hits YouTube.
Drop a 15-minute cron on any $5 VPS that curls the endpoint, diffs the last 24 h of fighter_id hashes, and emails you only the fresh CPF numbers–keeps traffic tiny and avoids rate caps.
If you hate code, plug the RSS variant /feed/br/signings.xml into IFTTT; set keyword “signed” and ringtone “pega no ganso” so you wake up when another paulista joins the promotion.
Store the alert payload in a tiny SQLite base–three columns: id, name, timestamp–then build a one-page dashboard that glows yellow each time a new luta-carioca appears; share the link with friends and watch the sign-ups roll in live.
FAQ:
How many Brazilian fighters are on the current UFC roster, and which weight classes have the highest concentration?
As of the latest update, 47 Brazilians hold active contracts. Featherweight and lightweight together account for 21 of them, with featherweight alone carrying 12. Middleweight adds another 9, so nearly two-thirds sit between 145 lb and 185 lb. Heavyweight has only two, while women’s divisions total six athletes across strawweight, bantamweight and featherweight.
Who are the newest Brazilians to join the UFC this year, and how did they get signed?
Four rookies arrived in 2024. Welterweight Carlos Leal Miranda was flown in on short notice after a first-round knee knockout in LFA and impressed matchmakers by taking a split decision on a week’s notice. Flyweight Ketlen Souza came through the Road to UFC tournament in São Paulo, submitting two opponents in one night. Featherweight Mário Filipe and strawweight Dione Barbosa both entered off Dana White’s Contender Series wins in September; Filipe stopped his foe with a body-kick at 2:11 of round one, Barbosa outpointed a former Invicta champ across three rounds.
Why does the UFC keep recruiting so heavily from Brazil when other countries are cheaper to scout?
Three reasons keep Brazil a priority. First, depth: the nation still produces more black-belt-level jiu-jitsu practitioners than anywhere else, so the floor for grappling IQ is high. Second, TV pull: Brazilian pay-per-view buys rank third behind the U.S. and Canada, meaning every local name added can move 40–60 k extra units. Third, cost is lower than it looks; most fighters sign for 10/10 contracts, and the UFC’s existing gym partnerships in São Paulo, Rio and Curitiba cover medicals and sparring, trimming expenses for matchmakers.
Which Brazilian on the roster is closest to a title shot right now, and what does he need to do?
Light-heavyweight Alex Pereira sits one win away. If he beats Jamahal Hill at UFC 301 in Rio, the promotion has already pencilled him for a rematch with champion Magomed Ankalaev in September. A loss would drop him behind Nemkov and Procházka, so the Hill fight is essentially an eliminator.
How has the number of Brazilians in the UFC changed over the last ten years?
In 2014 the count peaked at 71, boosted by the Anderson Silva–Vitor Belfort era and the first TUF Brasil seasons. It slid to 52 by 2017 when the real hit record lows against the dollar and several vets retired. The roster rebounded after 2019 when the UFC opened Performance Institutes in São Paulo and Mexico City, giving local athletes US-standard rehab without leaving home. The current 47 is the highest since 2016, but still below the 2014 high-water mark.