Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

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Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Nickname“Capoeira”

Record

25-10-1

Streak

L2

Age

39

Date of birth

Nov 12, 1986

Fighting out of: Francisco Beltrao, Parana
Born: Brazil
Camp: CM System
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Aug 2, 2025
Cut risk: 40%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Neil Magny

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R2 · 4:39

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park · Aug 2, 2025

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park

Chidi Njokuani

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R2 · 2:19

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · Mar 15, 2025

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2

Zachary Scroggin

Zachary Scroggin

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 1:15

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates · Nov 9, 2024

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates

Randy Brown

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 1, 2024

UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier

Rinat Fakhretdinov

#15Rinat Fakhretdinov

Welterweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · Nov 4, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi · Jun 3, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi

Benoit Saint Denis

Benoit Saint Denis

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Oct 30, 2021

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira

Muslim Salikhov

Muslim Salikhov

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · Jul 11, 2020

UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal

Aleksei Kunchenko

Aleksei Kunchenko

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira · Mar 14, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira

Li Jingliang

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 4:51

UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang · Aug 31, 2019

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang

Curtis Millender

#15Curtis Millender

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:35

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos · Mar 9, 2019

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos

Luigi Vendramini

Luigi Vendramini

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R2 · 1:20

UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · Sep 22, 2018

Flying Knee Head

UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders

Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick · R1 · 3:40

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · May 12, 2018

Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

Max Griffin

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · Oct 28, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida

Lyman Good

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum · Jul 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum

Keita Nakamura

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson · Oct 1, 2016

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson

Omari Akhmedov

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R3 · 3:03

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans · Apr 16, 2016

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans

Nicolas Dalby

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves · May 30, 2015

UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves

Outside the UFC

14-4across 18 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 11 KO · 2 sub · 1 decSmash · MF · Jungle Fight 75 · Jungle Fight 71 · Jungle Fight 65 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Eduardo Ramon26-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:07	Jungle Fight 75	Dec 18, 2014
W	Itamar Rosa10-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:59	Jungle Fight 71	Jul 19, 2014
W	Rodrigo Souza11-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:57	Jungle Fight 65	Feb 2, 2014
W	Josenildo Ramalho8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:42	Jungle Fight 59	Oct 12, 2013
L	Guilherme Vasconcelos10-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:20	Jungle Fight 54	Jun 29, 2013
W	Ricardo Silva0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:16	Smash	May 3, 2013
W	Gilmar Dutra Lima29-19-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:27	Smash	May 3, 2013
L	Franklin Jensen18-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Sparta	Sep 29, 2012
W	Misael Chamorro7-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:35	BC	May 19, 2012
L	Viscardi Andrade22-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:27	MF	Mar 17, 2012
L	Jose de Ribamar Machado Gomes40-18-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	AF	Dec 7, 2011
W	Jakson Pontes6-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:42	MF	Nov 10, 2011
W	Joao Paulo Prado3-5	KO/TKO	Retirement	R2	5:00	VFC	Aug 6, 2011
W	Misael Chamorro7-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	BBN	Nov 13, 2010
W	Dyego Roberto15-12-2	KO/TKO	Kick to the Body	R3	4:16	Samurai FC	Apr 25, 2010
W	Christian Tide Squeti18-8-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	LFS	Dec 13, 2009
W	Wellington Bruno Morgenstern0-9-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	B33F	Nov 15, 2009
W	Douglas Jandozo3-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:03	G1	Nov 8, 2009

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

Career striking

OverallB58th

41%868 / 2,071

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.60 differential

Landed4.16

Absorbed3.56

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%69th499
Body23%79th198
Leg20%75th171

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

Sig. strikes by position

73%Standing

Standing73%631
Clinch20%171
Ground8%66

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Landed per 15

Head

A

72nd

35.9

72nd

Body

A

81st

14.2

81st

Leg

A

78th

12.3

78th

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

D

39th

34.6

39th

Body

C

50th

9.4

50th

Leg

D

32nd

9.3

32nd

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	35.9	499	1,547	32%
Body	14.2	198	311	64%
Leg	12.3	171	213	80%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.6	481	1,310	37%
Body	9.4	131	206	64%
Leg	9.3	130	157	83%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

18 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 209 min

151%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

dos Santos builds (+16% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, dos Santos lifts to 151% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

dos Santos ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

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Takedown attempts

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

dos Santosattempts / min

Control time

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

dos Santos% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	3.2	3.2	0.27	12%	18
R2	6.0	4.5	4.0	0.32	15%	15
R3	6.3	5.2	3.5	0.16	17%	12

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

18 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

42/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

A

75th

48%

75th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

2

4

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
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-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	4	1-2-1	33%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	2	2-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	4	4-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	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	Neil Magny#15	Top-5	72	Aug 2, 2025
L	Chidi Njokuani	Established	26	Mar 15, 2025
W	Zachary Scroggin	Unproven	8	Nov 9, 2024
L	Randy Brown	Long-tenured vet	60	Jun 1, 2024
D	Rinat Fakhretdinov#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Nov 4, 2023
W	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Building	18	Jun 3, 2023
W	Benoit Saint Denis	Cross-div ranked	32	Oct 30, 2021
L	Muslim Salikhov	Ranked 6–15	46	Jul 11, 2020
W	Aleksei Kunchenko	Building	18	Mar 14, 2020
L	Li Jingliang	Ranked 6–15	59	Aug 31, 2019
W	Curtis Millender#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Mar 9, 2019
W	Luigi Vendramini	Unproven	8	Sep 22, 2018
W	Sean Strickland	Cross-div champ	61	May 12, 2018
W	Max Griffin	Building	15	Oct 28, 2017
W	Lyman Good	Building	15	Jul 22, 2017
W	Keita Nakamura	Unproven	8	Oct 1, 2016
W	Omari Akhmedov	Cross-div ranked	36	Apr 16, 2016
L	Nicolas Dalby	Contender-level	32	May 30, 2015

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.