Carlos Diego Ferreira

Carlos Diego Ferreira spent years as one of the lightweight division's more dangerous grapplers, a Brazilian with a strong jiu-jitsu game and the underrated power to back it up. His high point came when he submitted former champion Anthony Pettis, a result that marked him as a genuine threat.

That win came amid a strong early-2020s run, but the division's elite wrestlers and grapplers, like Mateusz Gamrot and Gregor Gillespie, eventually proved a level too far. A recent stretch of losses has signaled the late stage of a long, respected career.

For fans, Ferreira's appeal is the finishing threat he carries on the mat. He's a grappler who hunts the stoppage rather than the decision, and his submission of Pettis remains the calling card of his time in the UFC.