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The Fight Brief

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

Morgan Charrière
Aggressive Power Striker
UFC veteran · Paris fight-night bonuses · Heavy hands
GrapplingStriking
Felipe Lima
Well-Rounded Finisher
Former Oktagon champion · Moving up in weight · High finish rate
GrapplingStriking

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

21-12-1Record14-2
30Age28
Height
Reach
Stance
FranceCountryBrazil
Team

The numbers

Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.

Morgan CharrièreFelipe Lima
Sig. strikes landed / min (volume)
Striking accuracy (precision)
Sig. strikes absorbed / min (lower is better)
Striking defense (strikes avoided)
Takedowns / 15 min (wrestling offense)
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Submission attempts / 15 min

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.

How they win
10 KO/TKO1 SUB10 DEC
Last 3 fights

UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.

Full Charrière profile →

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.

How they win
4 KO/TKO3 SUB7 DEC
How they lose
0 KO/TKO1 SUB1 DEC
Last 3 fights

UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.

Full Lima profile →