Santino Defranco
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Born
- United States
- Camp
- Southwest MMA
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Santino Defranco 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
152-149-4
.505 win rate
Winning-record opponents
8 of 14
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
17
14 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 17 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 9 sub · 1 decC3 Fights · CQC · IFL · FCFS 21 · Bodog Fight +12
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:15 | C3 Fights | Jul 12, 2008 | |
| W | Kevin English11-7 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 4:19 | CQC | Jun 14, 2008 |
| L | Rafael Dias17-12-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:03 | IFL | Feb 29, 2008 |
| W | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:00 | FCFS 21 | Jan 25, 2008 | |
| L | Rodrigo Damm12-9 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:58 | Bodog Fight | Apr 14, 2007 |
| W | Robert Maldonado9-11 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:30 | XCF 8 | Apr 9, 2005 |
| W | Melvin Guillard33-24-2 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:33 | ISCF | Nov 20, 2004 |
| L | Kaynan Kaku8-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ROTR 5 | May 7, 2004 |
| W | Disqualification | Illegal Knee | R1 | 4:35 | ROTR 4 | Oct 10, 2003 | |
| W | Ed Joy0-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | — | KFC 3 | Jul 27, 2003 |
| W | Josh Pacheco | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:39 | KOTC | Jun 14, 2003 |
| W | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:05 | ROTR 2 | Mar 15, 2003 | |
| W | Randy Spence12-11 | Submission | Choke | R3 | 2:43 | RITC 45 | Mar 1, 2003 |
| W | Joe Vigil12-16 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 1:30 | RITC 41 | Nov 23, 2002 |
| W | Daniel de Souza | KO/TKO | Injury | R2 | 0:40 | RITC 39 | Oct 19, 2002 |
| L | Adam Durant | Submission | Choke | R2 | 0:42 | RITC 37 | Jul 27, 2002 |
| W | Del Hawkins22-17 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | RITC 35 | May 3, 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.