Wilson Gouveia

Gouveia hails from Fortaleza, Brazil, and fights out of Coconut Creek, Florida. He defeated Wes Combs at UFC 62, Seth Petruzelli at UFC Fight Night 9 and Carmelo Marrero at UFC 71. In his UFC debut he lost to Keith Jardine by a unanimous decision at The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale. He was also scheduled to fight Alessio Sakara at UFC 65 but Gouveia withdrew from the card. He was next scheduled to fight Jason Lambert at UFC 76 but had to withdraw due to a broken nose. The fight was rescheduled for UFC 80, where Wilson Gouveia KO'd Lambert by a devastating left hook. Wilson Gouveia was then on a 4-win streak in the UFC, which was ended by Goran Reljic at UFC 84 when Reljic TKO'd Gouveia in the second round, the fight won "Fight of the night award". Gouveia recently got back on the winning track when he Submitted both Ryan Jensen due to an armbar, and Jason MacDonald due to elbows on the main card on Spike's Ultimate Fighter 8 finale. Wilson lost to Nate Marquardt at UFC 95 via TKO due to strikes.

Gouveia was scheduled to fight James Irvin on August 29, 2009, at UFC 102.^[1] However, Irvin was not able to fight due to a knee injury and was replaced by Ed Herman.^[2] Wilson was then forced out with a back injury and the bout was scrapped altogether.

Gouveia's latest fight was against Alan Belcher on December 12, 2009, at UFC 107 at a catchweight of 195 lb,^[3] which he lost by TKO in the first round. However, the bout was awarded Fight of the Night honors.

Gouveia was released from the UFC following his loss to Belcher. He left the company with a 6–4 record.

Wilson was controlled and defeated by Ryan Jimmo on May 7, 2010, at MFC 25 via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–26).

After a long layoff, Wilson returned to action against Dwayne Lewis. Throughout the fight, Gouveia attacked the lower part of Lewis' leg with kicks causing Lewis to collapse. Gouveia attempted to end it on the ground with a choke and a kimura before finishing the fight with punches.

Wilson and his wife Fernanda have 4 sons named Wilson Jr, William, Wellison and Wesley Gouveia.^[4] Wilson also owns an American Top Team gym, ATT West Pines.^[5]

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Fight of the Night (Three times) vs. Seth Petruzelli, Goran Reljić and Alan Belcher
  • Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Jason Lambert
  • Submission of the Night (One time) vs. Ryan Jensen
  • UFC.com Awards
    • 2008: Ranked #9 Fight of the Year vs. Goran Reljić^[6]