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Junior Dos Santos
“Cigano”
BrazilHeavyweightActiveage 42
21-9
70% win rate
L4 streak
Peak Vertex
2012-05-26 → 2012-05-2693held 2 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2012-05-26
Retired at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Draw / No contest
- Title
15 wins8 losseslast 5: L L L L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2020
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(23) | R2(16) | R3(9) | R4(5) | R5(5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 23.6 | 20.3 | 27.5 | 22.6 | 26.5 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 17.6 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 19.2 | 16.7 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.52 |
| Control time | 0:08 | 0:17 | 0:08 | 0:10 | 0:07 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno2020-12-12L·KO·R2 · 2:34
- UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 32020-08-15L·KO·R2 · 3:47
- UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos2020-01-25L·KO·R2 · 1:06
- UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos2019-06-29L·KO·R1 · 1:11
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09W·KO·R2 · 1:58
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa2018-12-01W·KO·R2 · 2:30
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov2018-07-14W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos2017-05-13L·KO·R1 · 2:22
- UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19L·KO·R2 · 4:43
- UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic2014-12-13W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 32013-10-19L·KO·R5 · 3:09
- UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 22013-05-25W·KO·R3 · 4:18
- UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II2012-12-29L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir2012-05-26W·KO·R2 · 3:04
- UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos2011-11-12W·KO·R1 · 1:04
- UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin2011-06-11W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen2010-08-07W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Live: Vera vs Jones2010-03-21W·KO·R1 · 3:53
- UFC 108: Evans vs Silva2010-01-02W·KO·R1 · 2:07
- UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort2009-09-19W·KO·R3 · 2:00
- UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson2009-02-21W·KO·R1 · 0:54
- UFC 90: Silva vs Cote2008-10-25W·KO·R1 · 1:21
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Junior dos Santos has withdrawn from a scheduled grappling match against fellow former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, cancelling their August 8 bout at Kings Championship in Florianopolis, Brazil.
- MMA Fighting
Former UFC heavyweight champions Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum will meet for a third time on August 8 at Kings Championship in Florianópolis, Brazil—but this time under grappling rules rather than MMA.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
