Joao Paulo Silva Santos
UFC DebutNickname“JP”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- China Team
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 6'3" · 191 cm
Before the UFC
Joao Paulo Silva Santos makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
84-40-1
.677 win rate
Winning-record opponents
8 of 10
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
10 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 12 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 2 decLFA · Bison Kombat 4 · SFT 51 · Jungle Fight 123 · Thunder Fight 46 +5
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Erick Cardoso5-3 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Bison Kombat 4 | Jul 12, 2025 |
| L | Neemias Santana7-3-1 | KO/TKO | Elbow | R2 | 1:32 | SFT 51 | Sep 21, 2024 |
| L | Lucas Fernando13-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | LFA | May 3, 2024 |
| W | Lucas Rodrigues Lopes13-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 0:47 | Jungle Fight 123 | Dec 16, 2023 |
| L | Richard Martins11-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 1:36 | LFA | Sep 2, 2023 |
| W | Luis Felipe | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 0:00 | Thunder Fight 46 | Jul 1, 2023 |
| W | KO/TKO | Flying Knee and Punches | R3 | 3:18 | LFA | Mar 10, 2023 | |
| W | Edson Silva6-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SFT 37 | Sep 3, 2022 |
| L | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R2 | 2:24 | SFT 36 | Jul 23, 2022 | |
| W | Augusto Rosa | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 3:15 | Thunder Fight 33 | Dec 19, 2021 |
| W | Derik de Freitas do Amaral8-10 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 4:15 | Thunder Fight 32 | Nov 14, 2021 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 3:14 | FK | Sep 18, 2021 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.