Rafael Santana Mota
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W1
- Fighting out of
- Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Rafael Santana Mota 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
24-11
.686 win rate
Winning-record opponents
3 of 3
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
6
3 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 6 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 1 subShooto · BFC · Itaguai Combat · AFN 3 · Jungle Fight 66
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wkayron Carlos Galdino4-3 | DQ | Illegal Knee to a Grounded Opponent | R1 | 0:37 | BFC | Dec 13, 2015 |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:30 | Shooto | Sep 27, 2015 | |
| W | Miqueias Carvalho | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:41 | Itaguai Combat | Dec 12, 2014 |
| L | Weliton Nascimento | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 3:19 | AFN 3 | Apr 5, 2014 |
| L | Jose Claudio Vieira da Silva | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 3:24 | Jungle Fight 66 | Mar 8, 2014 |
| L | Nikolas Motta15-6 | KO/TKO | Head Kick and Punches | R1 | 1:28 | Shooto | Dec 20, 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.