Jailton Jesus Almeida Junior was born on 28 June 1991 and is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist.
22 Facts About Jailton Almeida
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Jailton Almeida currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Jailton Almeida ended up following his father's footsteps into fighting, beginning by training boxing at the age of six, and starting Brazilian jiu-jitsu at 11.
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Jailton Almeida eventually started training mixed martial arts as his jiu-jitsu training partners were training it.
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Jailton Almeida has 11 siblings, his older brother Alexandre disappeared one day after being involved with a criminal syndicate and was never seen again.
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Jailton Almeida won the bout via second-round submission and was awarded a UFC contract.
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Jailton Almeida was scheduled to make his promotional debut against Danilo Marques on November 13,2021, at UFC Fight Night 197.
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Jailton Almeida won the fight via technical knockout in round one.
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Jailton Almeida decided to move up to heavyweight to face Parker Porter.
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Jailton Almeida won the fight via rear-naked choke in round one.
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Jailton Almeida dominated the bout, taking down Turkalj and submitting him at the end of the first round via rear-naked choke.
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Jailton Almeida received his first Performance of the Night bonus award.
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Jailton Almeida won the fight via technical knockout in the second round.
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Jailton Almeida faced Jairzinho Rozenstruik on May 13,2023, at UFC on ABC 4.
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Jailton Almeida won the bout via rear naked choke in first round.
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Jailton Almeida was scheduled to face Curtis Blaydes on November 4,2023, at UFC Fight Night 231.
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Jailton Almeida registered 21:10 of ground control time, the record for a UFC heavyweight bout and fourth-most in UFC history.
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Jailton Almeida faced Curtis Blaydes on March 9,2024, at UFC 299.
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Jailton Almeida was scheduled to face Alexander Volkov on June 1,2024 at UFC 302.
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Jailton Almeida won the fight by a rear-naked choke submission in the first round.
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Jailton Almeida faced Serghei Spivac on January 18,2025 at UFC 311.
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Jailton Almeida won the fight by technical knockout at the end of the first round.