Daniel Santos Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#14Dooho Choi Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Body At Distance	R2	4:29	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa	May 16, 2026
W	JooSang Yoo Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:21	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	JeongYeong Lee Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena	May 10, 2025
W	Johnny Munoz Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi	Jun 3, 2023
W	John Castaneda Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R2	4:28	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan	Oct 1, 2022
L	Julio Arce Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie	Apr 9, 2022

Outside the UFC

10-1across 11 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 sub · 3 decFighten · WEF 91 / Brave CF 32 · Future FC 6 · ACA 91 · ACB 80 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nizambek Abdrashitov12-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:37	WEF 91 / Brave CF 32	Dec 14, 2019
W	Henrique Fantini7-2-1	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Kick	R1	2:21	Future FC 6	Jun 28, 2019
L	Murad Kalamov19-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ACA 91	Jan 26, 2019
W	Dukvaha Astamirov6-4	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	ACB 80	Feb 16, 2018
W	Cleverson Silva20-13	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Kick to the Body	R1	3:10	Fighten	Sep 11, 2016
W	Jose Alexandre28-18	KO/TKO	Punches and Knees	R3	3:30	Thunder Fight 6	Apr 2, 2016
W	Lucas Eurico7-7	KO/TKO	—	R2	0:20	CE	Oct 6, 2015
W	Irwing Romero Machado21-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Fighten	Aug 22, 2015
W	Ary dos Santos0-1	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R3	2:42	AFU	Mar 30, 2015
W	Jose Mauro dos Santos7-4	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Elbow	R2	—	FA	Mar 30, 2014
W	Caio Forastieri5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WOG	Aug 17, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

2 wins, 0 losses

W2

L0

Decision

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.33

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Daniel Santos

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.84 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.76 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Daniel Santos

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

2W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC49th

40%357 / 882

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.23 differential

Landed5.15

Absorbed5.38

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%81st238
Body22%77th79
Leg11%57th40

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%273
Clinch9%32
Ground15%52

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Daniel Santos

Landed per 15

Head

A+

89th

51.5

89th

Body

A

85th

17.1

85th

Leg

C

57th

8.7

57th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

11th

57.1

11th

Body

F

19th

16.2

19th

Leg

C

52nd

7.4

52nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.5	238	703	34%
Body	17.1	79	122	65%
Leg	8.7	40	57	70%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	57.1	264	615	43%
Body	16.2	75	100	75%
Leg	7.4	34	38	89%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Daniel Santos

33%

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.7 min net

On top4.5

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

A

72nd

2.6

72nd

TD accuracy

C

45th

33%

45th

Sub attempts

C

43rd

0.0

43rd

Control

A

71st

4.5 min

71st

Defense

TD defense

B

66th

73%

66th

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	12 / 36
Submission attempts	0
Control time	20:48

Defense

TDs defended	11 / 15
Control absorbed	3:52

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (69min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Daniel Santos

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 69 min

112%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Santos holds steady (+0% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Santos lifts to 112% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Santos — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Santoslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Santosattempts / min

Control time

Santos% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.9	4.7	5.9	0.47	21%	6
R2	9.7	7.0	5.4	0.45	33%	6
R3	7.0	3.1	4.3	0.73	43%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Daniel Santos

6 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

37th

28%

37th

Win quality

B

63rd

43%

63rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Dooho Choi#14	Top-15	65	May 16, 2026
W	JooSang Yoo	Unproven	8	Oct 4, 2025
W	JeongYeong Lee	Building	18	May 10, 2025
W	Johnny Munoz	Unproven	12	Jun 3, 2023
W	John Castaneda	Building	18	Oct 1, 2022
L	Julio Arce	Established	26	Apr 9, 2022

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

6 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

3-1

4 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

8 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Daniel Santos

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Dooho Choi · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-1As underdog 2-1

81.5

DK avg

106.2

Median

112.8

Ceiling

30.8

Floor

67%

Boom

0%

Bust

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