João Roque (7-2-4, 5) was born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola on July 22, 1971. At the age of 25 years on October 18, 1996, he made his professional MMA debut against Abdelaziz Cherigui, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On June 9, 2000, 28-year old João Roque made his UFC debut on his 5th professional MMA fight at UFC 26 against a 25-year old Jens Pulver but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Roque's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Alexandre Franca Nogueira at age 33 on March 11, 2005. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 loss in the promotion.
Some of João Roque's best fights have been against Hiroyuki Abe, Naoya Uematsu, Takehiro Murahama and Ryan Bow.
Roque has 2 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13  | Mar 11, 2005 33 years, 7 months 7-2-4 (5) | 27 years, 1 months 11-2-2 (6) | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
12  | Jan 24, 2004 32 years, 6 months 7-1-4 (5) | 26 years, 7 months 3-0 (1) | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
11  | Sep 21, 2003 32 years, 1 months 7-1-3 (5) | 33 years, 7 months 5-2-2 (3) | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
10  | Jan 24, 2003 31 years, 6 months 6-1-3 (4) | 24 years, 4 months 11-1-2 (7) | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
9 | Sep 7, 2002 31 years, 1 months 5-1-3 (4) | Ryan Bow | DEEP | 3 | MD | WIN | |
8 | Mar 30, 2002 30 years, 8 months 4-1-3 (4) | Takehiro Murahama | DEEP | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
7 | Nov 3, 2001 30 years, 3 months 3-1-3 (3) | Stephen Palling | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
6 | Aug 18, 2001 30 years 2-1-3 (2) | Takehiro Murahama | DEEP | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
5  | Jun 9, 2000 28 years, 10 months 1-1-3 (1) | 25 years, 6 months 6-1-1 (6) | UFC | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
4 | Dec 11, 1999 28 years, 4 months 1-0-3 (1) | Hisao Ikeda | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
3  | Oct 25, 1998 27 years, 3 months 1-0-2 (1) | 30 years, 9 months 19-3-3 (13) | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
2  | Nov 29, 1997 26 years, 4 months 1-0-1 (1) | 25 years, 10 months 7-0 (4) | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
1 | Oct 18, 1996 25 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | Abdelaziz Cherigui | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
