Morgan Charrière vs. Felipe LimaW
UFC Fight Night · September 5, 2026 · Accor Arena · Prelims 12:00 PM ET
The brief
- The result
- Felipe Lima by Decision (unanimous), R3
- What kind of fight
- Home-crowd veteran vs. weight-class newcomer
- Finish likelihood
- Medium
- The line
- Charrière +160 · Lima -190Consensus (multiple sportsbooks)
- The stakes
- Featherweight · Prelims
The result
Felipe Lima def. Morgan Charrière — Decision (unanimous), R3 5:00
Felipe Lima put on a striking clinic to silence the Paris crowd and hand Morgan Charrière a unanimous decision loss.
Lima worked Charrière's lead leg from the opening bell and kept finding him first at range, and even after Charrière rallied with body pressure in the second and third rounds, the judges gave Lima all three scorecards, 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.
The breakdown below was written before the fight.
The read
Charrière's power and crowd support make him the more dangerous striker on paper, but Lima's well-rounded finishing rate means he is live everywhere the fight goes.
How Lima's body responds to the extra pound-and-a-half is the biggest variable.
The matchup
Charrière gets a third straight trip to the Accor Arena against a well-rounded finisher moving up from bantamweight.
Charrière's power has produced Performance of the Night bonuses in both of his previous Paris appearances, while Lima brings a 14-2 record and a former Oktagon title reign built on finishing across every phase of the fight.
Tale of the tape
| 21-12-1 | Record | 14-2 |
| 30 | Age | 28 |
| — | Height | — |
| — | Reach | — |
| — | Stance | — |
| France | Country | Brazil |
| — | Team | — |
The numbers
Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.
The fighters
Morgan Charrière 21-12-1
“The Last Pirate”
Morgan 'The Last Pirate' Charrière is a 30-year-old French featherweight out of Mantes-la-Jolie carrying a 21-12-1 record into a third trip to the Accor Arena. His first two UFC appearances in Paris both ended in first-round knockouts and Performance of the Night bonuses, and he now meets Brazil's Felipe Lima.
UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.
Felipe Lima 14-2
“Jungle Boy”
Felipe 'Jungle Boy' Lima is a 28-year-old Brazilian out of Manaus and a former Oktagon bantamweight champion, carrying a 14-2 record. He moves back up to featherweight for the first time in his UFC run to face Morgan Charrière in Paris.
UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.