Carlos Diego Ferreira (19-7, 12) was born in Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas, Brazil on January 18, 1985. At the age of 26 years on April 15, 2011, he made his professional MMA debut against Joseph Daily, winning the fight via 3-round split decision.
On June 28, 2014, 29-year old Carlos Diego Ferreira made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens against a 26-year old Colton Smith, winning the fight in the 1st round via submission.
Ferreira's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Alexander Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva at age 40 on September 13, 2025. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 17 times in the UFC, and has a record of 10 wins and 7 losses in the promotion.
Some of Carlos Diego Ferreira's best fights have been against Ramsey Nijem, Mateusz Rębecki, Colton Smith, Jared Gordon, Mairbek Taisumov, Kyle Nelson and Anthony Pettis. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Carlos Diego Ferreira".
Ferreira has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Carlos Diego Ferreira Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26  | Sep 13, 2025 40 years, 7 months 19-7 (12) | 32 years, 11 months 17-8 (9) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches |
25  | Jan 18, 2025 40 years 19-6 (12) | 30 years, 10 months 22-2-1 (18) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
24  | May 11, 2024 39 years, 3 months 19-5 (12) | 31 years, 7 months 19-1 (16) | UFC | LT | 3 | TKO | Win Punches |
23  | May 20, 2023 38 years, 4 months 18-5 (11) | 36 years, 11 months 21-18 (11) | UFC | LT | 2 | KO | Win Punch |
22  | Dec 18, 2021 36 years, 11 months 17-5 (10) | 31 years 19-1 (11) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Loss Submission to knee to the body |
21  | May 8, 2021 36 years, 3 months 17-4 (10) | 33 years, 5 months 13-1 (11) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Loss Elbows and punches |
20  | Feb 6, 2021 36 years 17-3 (10) | 31 years, 9 months 19-4-1 (13) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | Loss |
19  | Jan 18, 2020 35 years 17-2 (10) | 32 years, 11 months 22-9 (18) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
18  | Sep 7, 2019 34 years, 7 months 16-2 (9) | 31 years 27-5 (25) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
17  | Feb 23, 2019 34 years, 1 months 15-2 (9) | 32 years, 3 months 23-3 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
16  | Dec 8, 2018 33 years, 10 months 14-2 (9) | 27 years, 7 months 12-1 (8) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
15  | Feb 18, 2018 33 years, 1 months 13-2 (8) | 29 years, 5 months 14-1 (8) | UFC | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
14  | Jan 30, 2016 31 years 12-2 (7) | 26 years, 11 months 7-1 (6) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
13  | Apr 4, 2015 30 years, 2 months 11-2 (7) | 26 years, 2 months 16-4 (13) | UFC | LT | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
12 | Oct 25, 2014 29 years, 9 months 11-1 (7) | 25 years, 5 months 8-1 (7) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
11  | Aug 30, 2014 29 years, 7 months 11-0 (7) | 26 years, 4 months 9-4 (5) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
10  | Jun 28, 2014 29 years, 5 months 10-0 (6) | 26 years, 10 months 3-3 (2) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
9  | Nov 15, 2013 28 years, 9 months 9-0 (5) | 40 years, 6 months 34-13-2 (27) | LT | 5 | UD | Win Won Legacy FC lightweight title | |
8 | Oct 11, 2013 28 years, 8 months 8-0 (5) | Chris Feist | LT | 3 | UD | Win | |
7  | May 31, 2013 28 years, 4 months 7-0 (5) | 31 years, 11 months 31-13-1 (18) | LT | 3 | UD | Win | |
6 | Feb 22, 2013 28 years, 1 months 6-0 (5) | Danny Salinas | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
5 | Dec 7, 2012 27 years, 10 months 5-0 (4) | Jorge Cortez | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Kimura | |
4 | Jun 30, 2012 27 years, 5 months 4-0 (3) | Travonne Hobbs | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
3 | May 4, 2012 27 years, 3 months 3-0 (2) | Hector Muñoz | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
2 | Nov 26, 2011 26 years, 10 months 2-0 (1) | Clint Roberts | MD | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
1 | Apr 15, 2011 26 years, 2 months 1-0 (0) | Joseph Daily | MD | 3 | SD | Win |
