Gabriel Gonzaga (17-12, 16) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 18, 1979. At the age of 23 years on April 2, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Cicero Costa, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On November 19, 2005, 26-year old Gabriel Gonzaga made his UFC debut on his 6th professional MMA fight at UFC 56 against a 34-year old Kevin Jordan, winning the fight in the 3rd round via KO.
Gonzaga's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Alexander Emelianenko at age 38 on May 5, 2018. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought 20 times in the UFC, and has a record of 11 wins and 9 losses in the promotion.
Some of Gabriel Gonzaga's best fights have been against Mirko Cro Cop, Chris Tuchscherer, Dave Herman, Shawn Jordan, Carmelo Marrero, Justin McCully and Fabiano Scherner.
Gonzaga has 12 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29  | May 5, 2018 38 years, 11 months 17-12 (16) | 36 years, 9 months 26-7 (23) | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches and knees | |
28  | Apr 10, 2016 36 years, 10 months 17-11 (16) | 31 years, 2 months 14-4 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
27 | Dec 11, 2015 36 years, 6 months 17-10 (16) | Konstantin Erokhin | TUF | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
26  | Apr 11, 2015 35 years, 10 months 16-10 (16) | 40 years, 7 months 30-11-2 (27) | UFC | HW | 3 | TKO | LOSS Elbows and punches |
25  | Dec 13, 2014 35 years, 6 months 16-9 (16) | 36 years, 4 months 8-3 (7) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
24  | Jan 25, 2014 34 years, 8 months 16-8 (16) | 31 years, 5 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
23  | Oct 19, 2013 34 years, 5 months 16-7 (16) | 28 years, 11 months 15-4 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
22  | Jul 6, 2013 34 years, 1 months 15-7 (15) | 28 years, 9 months 21-5 (20) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
21  | Apr 13, 2013 33 years, 10 months 14-7 (14) | 30 years, 8 months 13-1-1 (11) | TUF | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Elbows |
20  | Jan 19, 2013 33 years, 8 months 14-6 (14) | 31 years, 3 months 32-8 (29) | UFC | HW | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
19 | Jan 14, 2012 32 years, 7 months 13-6 (13) | Ednaldo Oliveira | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
18  | Oct 8, 2011 32 years, 4 months 12-6 (12) | 26 years, 5 months 6-2 (4) | HW | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
17  | Oct 23, 2010 31 years, 5 months 11-6 (11) | 27 years, 7 months 6-1 (6) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
16  | Mar 21, 2010 30 years, 10 months 11-5 (11) | 26 years, 1 months 10-1 (10) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
15  | Aug 29, 2009 30 years, 3 months 11-4 (11) | 33 years, 11 months 20-1 (16) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
14  | Mar 7, 2009 29 years, 9 months 10-4 (10) | 34 years, 2 months 10-0 (10) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
13 | Nov 15, 2008 29 years, 5 months 10-3 (10) | Josh Hendricks | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
12  | Jul 5, 2008 29 years, 1 months 9-3 (9) | 32 years, 4 months 9-3-2 (6) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura |
11  | Jan 19, 2008 28 years, 8 months 8-3 (8) | 30 years, 5 months 9-3-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
10  | Aug 25, 2007 28 years, 3 months 8-2 (8) | 44 years, 2 months 15-8 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches For UFC heavyweight title |
9 | Apr 21, 2007 27 years, 11 months 8-1 (8) | 32 years, 7 months 22-4-2 (19) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick |
8  | Dec 30, 2006 27 years, 7 months 7-1 (7) | 25 years, 11 months 6-0 (3) | UFC | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
7  | May 27, 2006 27 years 6-1 (6) | 33 years, 10 months 5-2 (5) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
6  | Nov 19, 2005 26 years, 6 months 5-1 (5) | 34 years, 10 months 8-3 (5) | UFC | 3 | KO | WIN Superman punch | |
5 | Oct 23, 2004 25 years, 5 months 4-1 (4) | Walter Farias | 2 | SUB | WIN Neck crank | ||
4 | May 15, 2004 24 years, 11 months 3-1 (3) | Charlie Brown | 3 | TKO | WIN Exhaustion | ||
3 | Sep 13, 2003 24 years, 3 months 2-1 (2) | 26 years, 1 months 2-0-1 (2) | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
2  | Aug 1, 2003 24 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | 30 years 5-5 (5) | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
1 | Apr 2, 2003 23 years, 10 months 1-0 (1) | Cicero Costa | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches |
