Junior Dos Santos Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#14Ciryl Gane Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbow to Head In Clinch	R2	2:34	UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno	Dec 12, 2020
L	#6Jairzinho Rozenstruik Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:47	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020
L	#3Curtis Blaydes Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	1:06	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos	Jan 25, 2020
L	#2Francis Ngannou Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:11	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019
W	#2Derrick Lewis Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	1:58	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos	Mar 9, 2019
W	#11Tai Tuivasa Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa	Dec 1, 2018
W	Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov	Jul 14, 2018
L	CStipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:22	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos	May 13, 2017
W	#4Ben Rothwell Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos	Apr 10, 2016
L	#9Alistair Overeem Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:43	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2	Dec 19, 2015
W	#4Stipe Miocic Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs. Miocic	Dec 13, 2014
L	CCain VelasquezTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head On Ground	R5	3:09	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3	Oct 19, 2013
W	#9Mark Hunt Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R3	4:18	UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2	May 25, 2013
L	Cain VelasquezTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II	Dec 29, 2012
W	Frank MirTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:04	UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir	May 26, 2012
W	Cain VelasquezTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:04	UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos	Nov 12, 2011
W	Shane Carwin Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin	Jun 11, 2011
W	Roy Nelson Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen	Aug 7, 2010
W	Gabriel Gonzaga Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:53	UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones	Mar 21, 2010
W	Gilbert Yvel Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:07	UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva	Jan 2, 2010
W	Mirko Filipovic Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance Submission - Eye Injury	R3	2:00	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009
W	Stefan Struve Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:54	UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson	Feb 21, 2009
W	Fabricio Werdum Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:21	UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote	Oct 25, 2008

Outside the UFC

8-3across 11 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 sub · 1 decDF · MTL · XFC · Most Valuable Promotions · GFC 7 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Robelis Despaigne6-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:59	Most Valuable Promotions	May 16, 2026
W	Alan Belcher19-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:39	GFC 7	Mar 2, 2024
W	Fabricio Werdum24-10-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	GFC 5	Sep 8, 2023
L	Yorgan De Castro12-7	KO/TKO	Shoulder Injury	R3	0:35	EFC 47	May 20, 2022
W	Geronimo dos Santos44-26-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	—	DF	May 24, 2008
L	Joaquim Ferreira22-12	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:13	MTL	Nov 10, 2007
W	Jair Goncalves Jr.11-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:52	MTL	Sep 29, 2007
W	Joaquim Ferreira22-12	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	5:00	XFC	Apr 29, 2007
W	Edson Ramos14-12	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	8:46	XFC	Apr 29, 2007
W	Eduardo Maiorino3-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:50	MF	Dec 9, 2006
W	Jailson Silva Santos1-6	KO/TKO	Soccer Kick	R1	2:58	DF	Jul 16, 2006

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

16 wins, 9 losses

W16

L9

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

10

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.61

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.04

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

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

Junior Dos Santos

PowerChin

Knockout rate

43%

10 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

14

2.05 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

7

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

1.27 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

6 scorecards on file

Junior Dos Santos

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 100%

5W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

4 rounds total

1

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB70th

47%1,109 / 2,313

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.16 differential

Landed4.49

Absorbed3.33

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head61%73rd682
Body34%94th378
Leg4%35th49

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

Sig. strikes by position

85%Standing

Standing85%942
Clinch8%94
Ground7%73

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Junior Dos Santos

Landed per 15

Head

A

76th

41.4

76th

Body

A+

97th

23.0

97th

Leg

D

32nd

3.0

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

41st

33.5

41st

Body

B

65th

6.4

65th

Leg

D

26th

10.1

26th

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	41.4	682	1,693	40%
Body	23.0	378	560	68%
Leg	3.0	49	60	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.5	552	1,544	36%
Body	6.4	105	141	74%
Leg	10.1	166	195	85%

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

Junior Dos Santos

50%

Takedown accuracy

82%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.0 min net

On top0.5

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

D

38th

0.3

38th

TD accuracy

B

65th

50%

65th

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.1

53rd

Control

F

21st

0.5 min

21st

Defense

TD defense

A

78th

82%

78th

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 10
Submission attempts	1
Control time	7:36

Defense

TDs defended	72 / 88
Control absorbed	39:48

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (247min 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

Junior Dos Santos

23 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 247 min

113%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Santos builds (+7% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Santos lifts to 113% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

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

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	4.3	4.2	3.2	0.01	2%	23
R2	4.5	4.1	3.3	0.05	5%	16
R3	5.4	5.1	3.3	0.07	2%	9
R4	5.0	4.5	3.8	0.12	3%	5
R5	5.7	5.6	3.3	0.00	2%	5

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

Junior Dos Santos

23 resolved UFC bouts · 12 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

80/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

80%

98th

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

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

7

9

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	7	3-4	43%
Top-5	9	5-4	56%
Top-15	5	5-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	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	Ciryl Gane#14	Top-5	83	Dec 12, 2020
L	Jairzinho Rozenstruik#6	Top-5	81	Aug 15, 2020
L	Curtis Blaydes#3	Top-5	86	Jan 25, 2020
L	Francis Ngannou#2	Champion	96	Jun 29, 2019
W	Derrick Lewis#2	Top-5	87	Mar 9, 2019
W	Tai Tuivasa#11	Top-5	78	Dec 1, 2018
W	Blagoy Ivanov	Top-15	49	Jul 14, 2018
L	Stipe MiocicCHAMP	Champion	100	May 13, 2017
W	Ben Rothwell#4	Top-5	81	Apr 10, 2016
L	Alistair Overeem#9	Top-5	83	Dec 19, 2015
W	Stipe Miocic#4	Champion	93	Dec 13, 2014
L	Cain VelasquezCHAMP	Champion	100	Oct 19, 2013
W	Mark Hunt#9	Top-5	77	May 25, 2013
L	Cain Velasquez	Champion	88	Dec 29, 2012
W	Frank Mir	Top-5	74	May 26, 2012
W	Cain Velasquez	Champion	83	Nov 12, 2011
W	Shane Carwin	Top-15	51	Jun 11, 2011
W	Roy Nelson	Top-15	52	Aug 7, 2010
W	Gabriel Gonzaga	Top-15	54	Mar 21, 2010
W	Gilbert Yvel	Unproven	8	Jan 2, 2010
W	Mirko Filipovic	Building	18	Sep 19, 2009
W	Stefan Struve	Top-15	49	Feb 21, 2009
W	Fabricio Werdum	Champion	71	Oct 25, 2008

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

23 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

2-0

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-3

10 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-5

10 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-3

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-5

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-3

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

1-1

2 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-2

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-3

3 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-3

3 bouts

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

Junior Dos Santos

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Robelis Despaigne · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 12-2As underdog 2-6

68.2

DK avg

91.9

Median

104.9

Ceiling

4.8

Floor

57%

Boom

26%

Bust

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