Thiago Santos Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#10Jamahal Hill Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground	R4	2:31	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill	Aug 6, 2022
L	#6Magomed Ankalaev Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev	Mar 12, 2022
W	#10Johnny Walker Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker	Oct 2, 2021
L	#4Aleksandar Rakic Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
L	#3Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:49	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira	Nov 7, 2020
L	CJon JonesTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019
W	#4Jan Blachowicz Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	0:39	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019
W	#7Jimi Manuwa Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R2	0:41	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018
W	Eryk Anders Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	to	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders	Sep 22, 2018
W	Kevin Holland Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2	Aug 4, 2018
L	#8David Branch Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
W	Anthony Smith Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R2	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders	Feb 3, 2018
W	Jack Hermansson Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	4:59	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	Oct 28, 2017
W	Gerald Meerschaert Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:04	UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker	Jul 8, 2017
W	Jack Marshman Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R2	2:21	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne	Feb 19, 2017
L	Eric Spicely Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:58	UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg	Sep 24, 2016
L	#8Gegard Mousasi Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:32	UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes	Jul 9, 2016
W	Nate Marquardt Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	3:39	UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic	May 14, 2016
W	Elias Theodorou Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
W	Steve Bosse Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	0:29	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Jun 27, 2015
W	Andy Enz Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	1:56	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015
L	Uriah Hall Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida	Jul 5, 2014
W	Ronny Markes Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R1	0:53	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014
L	Cezar Ferreira Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R1	0:47	UFC 163: Aldo vs. Jung	Aug 3, 2013

Outside the UFC

9-3, 1 NCacross 13 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 1 sub · 3 decWOCS · PFL · Spartan MMA · GFC 9 · EF +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Guto Inocente11-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:21	GFC 9	Apr 10, 2026
L	Denis Goltsov36-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:22	PFL	Jun 13, 2024
L	Yoel Romero17-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Feb 24, 2024
NC	Rob Wilkinson19-5	No Contest	Overturned	R3	5:00	PFL	Apr 1, 2023
W	Dennis Bentes Figueira da Fonseca2-5	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	0:00	WOCS	Jul 27, 2012
L	Vicente Luque24-12-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	Spartan MMA	Apr 28, 2012
W	Junior Vidal3-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	WOCS	Mar 3, 2012
W	Eneas Souza0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:50	WOCS	Dec 17, 2011
W	Marcos Viggiani2-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Spartan MMA	Nov 26, 2011
W	Rafael Braga1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:00	EF	Aug 13, 2011
W	Mauricio Chueke4-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WOCS	Jul 23, 2011
W	Gabriel Barreiro16-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:53	SF	Apr 16, 2011
W	Guilherme Benedito Nunes0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WOCS	Dec 10, 2010

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.

Amateur

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionRFC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Armando Sixel9-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	RFC	Jun 20, 2009

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

16 wins, 5 losses

W16

L5

Submission

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Decision

6 wins, 5 losses

W6

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

11

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.58

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).

Thiago Santos

PowerChin

Knockout rate

46%

11 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

14

3.08 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

0.91 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

5 scorecards on file

Thiago Santos

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (40%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–3

Won – Lost

40% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 80%

2W2L

Split1 decision · 20%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

4 rounds total

4

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB68th

48%888 / 1,844

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.15 differential

Landed3.72

Absorbed2.57

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head51%46th455
Body23%76th204
Leg26%85th229

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

Sig. strikes by position

58%Standing

Standing58%512
Clinch17%150
Ground25%226

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Thiago Santos

Landed per 15

Head

C

45th

28.6

45th

Body

A

79th

12.8

79th

Leg

A+

88th

14.4

88th

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

A

76th

20.7

76th

Body

C

47th

8.9

47th

Leg

D

35th

9.0

35th

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	28.6	455	1,216	37%
Body	12.8	204	309	66%
Leg	14.4	229	319	72%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	20.7	330	914	36%
Body	8.9	141	215	66%
Leg	9.0	143	204	70%

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

Thiago Santos

33%

Takedown accuracy

66%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.5 min net

On top2.0

On bottom2.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

52nd

0.9

52nd

TD accuracy

C

49th

33%

49th

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.1

53rd

Control

C

48th

2.0 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

C

51st

66%

51st

Controlled

2.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 42
Submission attempts	1
Control time	31:38

Defense

TDs defended	38 / 58
Control absorbed	39:23

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (239min 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

Thiago Santos

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 239 min

181%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Santos fades (-19% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Santos lifts to 181% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 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	4.8	3.9	2.2	0.13	14%	24
R2	4.7	3.5	2.8	0.21	12%	15
R3	6.5	4.6	2.1	0.32	22%	11
R4	2.8	2.6	4.7	0.06	0%	4
R5	1.9	1.9	2.6	0.00	0%	3

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

Thiago Santos

24 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

60/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

90th

66%

90th

Win quality

B

61st

43%

61st

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

4

6

2

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
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
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
Champion	5	1-4	20%
Top-5	4	2-2	50%
Top-15	6	3-3	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

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	Jamahal Hill#10	Champion	89	Aug 6, 2022
L	Magomed Ankalaev#6	Champion	91	Mar 12, 2022
W	Johnny Walker#10	Top-15	72	Oct 2, 2021
L	Aleksandar Rakic#4	Top-5	85	Mar 6, 2021
L	Glover Teixeira#3	Champion	94	Nov 7, 2020
L	Jon JonesCHAMP	Champion	100	Jul 6, 2019
W	Jan Blachowicz#4	Champion	93	Feb 23, 2019
W	Jimi Manuwa#7	Top-5	82	Dec 8, 2018
W	Eryk Anders	Established	26	Sep 22, 2018
W	Kevin Holland	Top-15	47	Aug 4, 2018
L	David Branch#8	Top-15	73	Apr 21, 2018
W	Anthony Smith	Cross-div ranked	36	Feb 3, 2018
W	Jack Hermansson	Top-5	59	Oct 28, 2017
W	Gerald Meerschaert	Building	15	Jul 8, 2017
W	Jack Marshman	Unproven	8	Feb 19, 2017
L	Eric Spicely	Unproven	8	Sep 24, 2016
L	Gegard Mousasi#8	Top-5	78	Jul 9, 2016
W	Nate Marquardt	Established	41	May 14, 2016
W	Elias Theodorou	Top-15	48	Dec 10, 2015
W	Steve Bosse	Building	15	Jun 27, 2015
W	Andy Enz	Unproven	8	Jan 31, 2015
L	Uriah Hall	Top-15	49	Jul 5, 2014
W	Ronny Markes	Building	18	Mar 23, 2014
L	Cezar Ferreira	Top-15	42	Aug 3, 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

24 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

4-3

7 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-5

12 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-1

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-4

9 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

9-5

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

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

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Thiago Santos

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Guto Inocente · Apr 10, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 12-3As underdog 2-7

68.0

DK avg

81.0

Median

118.8

Ceiling

5.6

Floor

50%

Boom

21%

Bust

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