Roan Carneiro

Roan Carneiro Pereira In the quarterfinals, he defeated Randall Wallace by submission in the first round. In the semifinals, he defeated Trey Houston by TKO in the second round. In the finals, Carneiro defeated Brock Larson by unanimous decision to be crowned the tournament champion.

UFC return In December 2014, it was announced that Carneiro had been re-signed with the UFC. In his return fight, Carneiro replaced Caio Magalhaes against Mark Muñoz on 28 February 2015 at UFC 184. He won the fight via technical submission from a rear-naked choke in the first round.

Carneiro was expected to face Gegard Mousasi on 27 September 2015 at UFC Fight Night 75. However, Carneiro was forced to pull out of the bout in mid-August with an elbow injury and was replaced by Uriah Hall.

Carneiro faced Derek Brunson on 21 February 2016 at UFC Fight Night 83. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.

Carneiro next faced Kenny Robertson on 17 September 2016 at UFC Fight Night 94. He won the fight via split decision.

As the last fight of his prevailing contract, Carneiro faced Ryan LaFlare on 11 February 2017 at UFC 208. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. UFC elected not to renew Carneiro's contract, making him a free agent.

Carneiro returned to action on 30 November 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand where he won WKN Middleweight MMA title by submission in the first round against previously 15-fight undefeated Kelvin Joseph in the main event of WKN World Cup 2019.

Acting Carneiro had an acting role as fictional MMA fighter Marco Santos in the MMA movie Warrior.

Personal life Carneiro has a son and a daughter.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts BattleGrounds MMA BattleGrounds MMA Grand Prix Championship World Kickboxing Network WKN Middleweight MMA title

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Abu Dhabi Brazilian Trials Winner Pan American Champion Rio de Janeiro State Champion

Mixed martial arts record Win

Kelvin Joseph Submission (rear-naked choke) WKN World Cup 2019

Auckland, New Zealand Loss

Husein Kushagov Decision (split) ACA 91: Agujev vs. Silvério

Grozny, Russia Loss

Aslambek Saidov Decision (unanimous) |ACB 81: Saidov vs. Carneiro

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Loss

Ryan LaFlare Decision (unanimous) UFC 208

Brooklyn, New York, United States Win

Kenny Robertson Decision (split) UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson

Hidalgo, Texas, United States Loss

Derek Brunson TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Win

Mark Muñoz Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 184

Los Angeles, California, United States Win

Brock Larson Decision (unanimous)

Win

Trey Houston TKO (punches)

Win

Randall Wallace Submission (straight armbar)

Win

Sean Huffman Submission (rear-naked choke) Wild Bill's Fight Night 60

Duluth, Georgia, United States Win

Jung Hwan Cha Technical Submission (armbar) Road FC 7: Recharged

Seoul, South Korea Loss

Tommy Depret Submission (armbar) United Glory 13

Charleroi, Belgium Win

Luis Ramos Decision (unanimous) United Glory 12

Amsterdam, Netherlands Win

Jorge Patino Decision (unanimous) Shine Fights 2: ATT vs. The World

Miami, Florida, United States Loss

Ryo Chonan Decision (split) UFC 88

Atlanta, Georgia, United States Loss

Kevin Burns Submission (triangle choke) UFC 85

London, England Win

Tony DeSouza TKO (punches) UFC 79

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss

Jon Fitch Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher

Hollywood, Florida, United States Win

Rich Clementi Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss

Fabio Negao Decision (unanimous) Cla Fighting Championships 1

São Paulo, Brazil Win

Yoshitomo Watanabe Submission (arm-triangle choke) Show Fight 5

São Paulo, Brazil Win

Daisuke Ishii Decision (unanimous) DEEP: 25 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Leonardo Lucio Nascimento TKO (corner stoppage)

Win

Matt Horwich Decision (split)

Win

Gregory Bouchelaghem Decision (unanimous)

Win

Claudio Mattos Submission Fight for Respect 1

Lisbon, Portugal Loss

Ryo Chonan TKO (doctor stoppage) DEEP: 18th Impact

Tokyo, Japan Win

Paul Jenkins Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto: Switzerland 2

Zurich, Switzerland Win

Rodrigo Ruas Decision (unanimous) Absolute FC: Brazil 1

Nova Friburgo, Brazil Win

Adriano Verdelli Submission (anaconda choke) Meca World Vale Tudo 9

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Win

Sebastian Borean Submission (choke) Argentina Fighting Championships 1

Buenos Aires, Argentina Win

Carlos Esponja TKO (submission to punches) Meca World Vale Tudo 7

Curitiba, Brazil Loss

Anderson Silva TKO (submission to punches) Meca World Vale Tudo 6

Curitiba, Brazil Loss

Marcelo Belmiro Decision (unanimous) Heroes 1

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil