Leonardo Santos Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jared Gordon Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022
L	Clay Guida Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:21	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo	Dec 4, 2021
L	Grant Dawson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	4:59	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland	Mar 20, 2021
W	Roman Bogatov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020
W	Stevie Ray Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:17	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith	Jun 1, 2019
W	Adriano Martins Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson	Oct 8, 2016
W	Kevin Lee Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	3:26	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor	Dec 12, 2015
W	Anthony Rocco Martin Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:29	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Mar 21, 2015
W	Efrain Escudero Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	Sep 13, 2014
D	Norman Parke Lightweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014
W	William MacarioTitle Welterweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R2	4:43	UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum	Jun 8, 2013

Outside the UFC

11-3across 14 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 7 sub · 2 decShooto · SRC · Cage Warriors · BAMMA 6 · Sengoku +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Mark Holst12-6	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:15	Cage Warriors	Sep 1, 2012
W	Gilmar Silva Milhorance3-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:47	Shooto	Mar 10, 2012
W	Jason Ball20-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BAMMA 6	May 21, 2011
W	Sotaro Yamada14-7-2	Disqualification	Knees to the Groin	R1	3:56	SRC	Aug 22, 2010
W	Kiuma Kunioku35-26-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:06	SRC	Mar 7, 2010
L	Kazunori Yokota25-9-3	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Sengoku	May 2, 2009
W	Danilo Noronha12-22	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:20	Shooto	Jan 17, 2009
W	Corey Edwards6-5	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	1:21	Shooto	Nov 29, 2008
W	Alan Lopes0-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:10	Shooto	Aug 30, 2008
W	Christian Ariel Lopez0-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:40	Shooto	Jun 28, 2008
W	Rafael Addario Bastos42-21-1	Decision	—	R3	5:00	MTL	Sep 29, 2007
L	Jean Silva19-12-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:12	SC1	Oct 7, 2006
W	Gabriel Moraes Moreira2-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	GF	Aug 12, 2006
L	Takanori Gomi35-15	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Shooto	Jun 29, 2002

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

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Submission

9 wins, 1 loss

W9

L1

Decision

5 wins, 3 losses

W5

L3

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.27

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.18

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Leonardo Santos

PowerChin

Knockout rate

18%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

1.45 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.49 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Leonardo Santos

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

2W1L

Split1 decision · 25%

1W

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

OverallC48th

46%336 / 717

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.58 differential

Landed2.82

Absorbed3.40

70%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+0%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head62%49th207
Body23%54th77
Leg15%50th52

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

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%237
Clinch12%41
Ground17%58

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Leonardo Santos

Landed per 15

Head

C

43rd

26.0

43rd

Body

C

53rd

9.7

53rd

Leg

C

48th

6.5

48th

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

B

61st

25.9

61st

Body

F

18th

15.5

18th

Leg

D

33rd

9.6

33rd

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	26.0	207	535	39%
Body	9.7	77	121	64%
Leg	6.5	52	61	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.9	206	633	33%
Body	15.5	123	156	79%
Leg	9.6	76	94	81%

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

Leonardo Santos

26%

Takedown accuracy

87%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.6 min net

On top1.9

On bottom4.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

0.9

47th

TD accuracy

D

32nd

26%

32nd

Sub attempts

C

50th

0.3

50th

Control

D

41st

1.9 min

41st

Defense

TD defense

A+

88th

87%

88th

Controlled

4.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	7 / 27
Submission attempts	2
Control time	15:08

Defense

TDs defended	40 / 46
Control absorbed	35:40

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (119min 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

Leonardo Santos

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 119 min

81%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Santos fades (-19% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Santos drops to 81% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Santos ▼ FADESOutput / 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	3.1	2.8	0.22	14%	11
R2	4.5	3.2	3.9	0.26	11%	9
R3	2.9	1.8	3.8	0.20	12%	6

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

Leonardo Santos

11 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

43/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

54th

34%

54th

Win quality

A+

89th

57%

89th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

2

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
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	1-0	100%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	3	1-1-1	50%
Building	2	2-0	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	Jared Gordon	Established	30	Aug 20, 2022
L	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	45	Dec 4, 2021
L	Grant Dawson	Top-15	51	Mar 20, 2021
W	Roman Bogatov	Unproven	8	Jul 11, 2020
W	Stevie Ray	Established	30	Jun 1, 2019
W	Adriano Martins	Building	18	Oct 8, 2016
W	Kevin Lee	Top-5	59	Dec 12, 2015
W	Anthony Rocco Martin	Contender-level	32	Mar 21, 2015
W	Efrain Escudero	Building	18	Sep 13, 2014
D	Norman Parke	Established	26	Mar 23, 2014
W	William Macario	Title-fight challenger	50	Jun 8, 2013

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

10 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

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-3

8 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

0-2

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-1

6 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-0

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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

3y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Leonardo Santos

Extended layoff

3y 10mosince last bout

vs Jared Gordon · Aug 20, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 3-2

61.4

DK avg

72.9

Median

104.8

Ceiling

28.2

Floor

36%

Boom

18%

Bust

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