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Leites faced Jack Hermansson on 12 May 2018 at UFC 224. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round, marking the first time he's been finished by TKO in his professional MMA career.

Leites faced Hector Lombard on 22 September 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137. He won the fight via unanimous decision and Leites announced his retirement after the fight.

Leites faced Sam Alvey on 22 April 2017 at UFC Fight Night 108. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Leites faced Brad Tavares on 7 October 2017 at UFC 216. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Leites faced Gegard Mousasi on 27 February 2016 at UFC Fight Night 84. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Leites next faced Chris Camozzi on 6 August 2016 at UFC Fight Night 92. He won the fight by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the third round.

Leites faced Krzysztof Jotko on 19 November 2016 at UFC Fight Night 100. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Leites then faced Tim Boetsch on 31 January 2015 at UFC 183. He won the fight via technical submission due to an arm-triangle choke in the second round. The win also earned Leites Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night bonus awards.

Leites faced Michael Bisping on 18 July 2015 at UFC Fight Night 72. He lost the fight via split decision.

Leites faced Trevor Smith on 11 April 2014 at UFC Fight Night 39. He won the fight via TKO in the first round.

Leites faced Francis Carmont on 23 August 2014 at UFC Fight Night 49. He won the fight via second-round knockout. The win also earned Leites his first Performance of the Night bonus award.

Although Leites held an unblemished record, he did not gain much mainstream exposure until his bouts with Osami Shibuya in Japan's MARS promotion, and Jose Landi-Jons in Brazil's Jungle Fight promotion. In both fights, Leites was much less experienced than his opponents; about Landi-Jons, Leites admitted, "He was already famous when I was not even interested" in mixed martial arts. Despite the experience disparity, Leites defeated both opponents, scoring a unanimous decision over Shibuya, and submitting Landi-Jons with an arm-triangle choke, increasing Leites' professional record to 9–0.

After winning three in a row, Leites was signed by the UFC and made his return against Tom Watson on 3 August 2013 at UFC 163. He won the fight via dominant unanimous decision.

Leites next faced Ed Herman on 16 November 2013 at UFC 167. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

He was scheduled to face Falaniko Vitale on 14 August 2010, in California, but instead faced Matt Horwich at the event and suffered the first submission loss of his career.

In the Superior Challenge promotion, Leites submitted top European Middleweight Tor Troéng at Superior Challenge 6 on 29 October 2010, and fought Jeremy Horn to a split decision victory at Superior Challenge 7 on 30 April 2011.

Leites earned a decision victory over Dean Lister at MFC 23 on 4 December 2009, a submission victory over Rico Washington at Bitetti Combat MMA 6 on 25 February 2010, and a submission victory over Jesse Taylor at MFC 25 on 7 May 2010.

Leites and his girlfriend had a daughter named Valentina in July 2009.

In September 2006, it was announced that Leites would make his UFC debut against veteran middleweight Nate Marquardt at Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter. However, due to issues with his travel documentation, Leites was not able to compete at the event as planned.

Leites made his mixed martial arts debut at Shooto Brazil in 2003, defeating Felipe Arinelli by arm-triangle choke submission. Leites would win his next two fights in Vitória before making his debut in the United States in Hawaii's Rumble on the Rock promotion in 2005, where he defeated Adam Roland in his fourth consecutive mixed martial arts victory.

Thales Leites Lourenço (Portuguese pronunciation:  [ˈtaliʒ ˈlejtʃiʃ] ; born 6 September 1981) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist best known for competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Leites was scheduled to fight Nate Marquardt at UFC 81, but withdrew from the bout after breaking his hand in training. Leites finally fought Marquardt at UFC 85, winning by a controversial split decision due to point deductions in the 2nd and 3rd rounds to Marquardt.