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Thiago Santos
“Marreta”
BrazilMiddleweightActiveage 42
22-11
67% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2019-02-23 → 2019-02-2369held 3 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2019-02-23
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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- Title
14 wins10 losseslast 5: L L W L Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2022
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(24) | R2(15) | R3(11) | R4(4) | R5(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 20.5 | 26.1 | 33.8 | 16.2 | 9.3 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 10.3 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 30.6 | 13.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.13 | 0.27 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:41 | 0:42 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill2022-08-06L·KO·R4 · 2:31
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev2022-03-12L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker2021-10-02W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira2020-11-07L·Sub·R3 · 1:49
- UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos2019-07-06L·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos2019-02-23W·KO·R3 · 0:39
- UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08W·KO·R2 · 0:41
- UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders2018-09-22W·KO·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 22018-08-04W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21L·KO·R1 · 2:30
- UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders2018-02-03W·KO·R2 · 1:03
- UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28W·KO·R1 · 4:59
- UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08W·KO·R2 · 2:04
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne2017-02-19W·KO·R2 · 2:21
- UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg2016-09-24L·Sub·R1 · 2:58
- UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes2016-07-09L·KO·R1 · 4:32
- UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic2016-05-14W·KO·R1 · 3:39
- UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant2015-12-10W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero2015-06-27W·KO·R1 · 0:29
- UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz2015-01-31vsAndy EnzW·KO·R1 · 1:56
- UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida2014-07-05L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 22014-03-23W·KO·R1 · 0:53
- UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung2013-08-03L·Sub·R1 · 0:47
In the news
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- MMA Fighting
California State Athletic Commission director Andy Foster and UFC CEO Dana White have recently voiced support for banning oblique kicks, but Thiago Santos—a fighter whose career was significantly…
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