Morgan Charrière vs. Felipe Lima
UFC Fight Night · September 5, 2026 · Accor Arena · Prelims 12:00 PM ET
The brief
- What kind of fight
- Home-crowd veteran vs. weight-class newcomer
- Finish likelihood
- Medium
- The line
- No line posted yet
- The stakes
- Featherweight · Prelims
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.