1. In both fights, Thales Leites was much less experienced than his opponents; about Landi-Jons, Thales Leites admitted, "He was already famous when I was not even interested" in mixed martial arts.
32 Facts About Thales Leites
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In September 2006, it was announced that Thales Leites would make his UFC debut against veteran middleweight Nate Marquardt at Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter.
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However, due to issues with his travel documentation, Thales Leites was not able to compete at the event as planned.
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Thales Leites made his debut at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale, where he lost a unanimous decision to Danish kickboxer Martin Kampmann.
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Thales Leites next earned a submission victory over Floyd Sword at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale by arm-triangle choke.
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Thales Leites was then scheduled to fight Ryan Jensen at UFC 74.
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Thales Leites accepted the fight after Travis Lutter, Jensen's original opponent, was forced to withdraw from the event.
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Thales Leites defeated Jensen by armbar submission in the first round, raising his UFC record to 3 wins, 1 loss.
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Thales Leites was scheduled to fight Nate Marquardt at UFC 81, but withdrew from the bout after breaking his hand in training.
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Thales Leites finally fought Marquardt at UFC 85, winning by a controversial split decision due to point deductions in the 2nd and 3rd rounds to Marquardt.
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Thales Leites was defeated by Silva via unanimous decision in what many consider to be the worst fight in UFC history.
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On his return to the octagon, Thales Leites was defeated again via a controversial split decision against Italian Alessio Sakara.
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Thales Leites earned a decision victory over Dean Lister at MFC 23 on 4 December 2009, a submission victory over Rico Washington at Bitetti Combat MMA 6 on 25 February 2010, and a submission victory over Jesse Taylor at MFC 25 on 7 May 2010.
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Thales Leites was scheduled to face Falaniko Vitale on 14 August 2010, in California, but instead faced Matt Horwich at the event and suffered the first submission loss of his career.
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Thales Leites next faced Ed Herman on 16 November 2013 at UFC 167.
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Thales Leites faced Trevor Smith on 11 April 2014 at UFC Fight Night 39.
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Thales Leites won the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Thales Leites faced Francis Carmont on 23 August 2014 at UFC Fight Night 49.
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Thales Leites then faced Tim Boetsch on 31 January 2015 at UFC 183.
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Thales Leites won the fight via technical submission due to an arm-triangle choke in the second round.
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The win earned Thales Leites Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night bonus awards.
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Thales Leites faced Michael Bisping on 18 July 2015 at UFC Fight Night 72.
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Thales Leites faced Gegard Mousasi on 27 February 2016 at UFC Fight Night 84.
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Thales Leites next faced Chris Camozzi on 6 August 2016 at UFC Fight Night 92.
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Thales Leites won the fight by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the third round.
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Thales Leites faced Krzysztof Jotko on 19 November 2016 at UFC Fight Night 100.
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Thales Leites faced Sam Alvey on 22 April 2017 at UFC Fight Night 108.
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Thales Leites faced Brad Tavares on 7 October 2017 at UFC 216.
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Thales Leites faced Jack Hermansson on 12 May 2018 at UFC 224.
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Thales Leites lost the fight via TKO in the third round, marking the first time he's been finished by TKO in his professional MMA career.
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Thales Leites faced Hector Lombard on 22 September 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137.
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Thales Leites won the fight via unanimous decision and Leites announced his retirement after the fight.