Leonardo Santos

LightweightComplete Fighter
7 - 31 D

11 UFC Fights | 64% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (57%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
75"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
46
Orthodox

Leonardo Santos UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Leonardo Santos is 7-3-1 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-6-1, 11-3 of it outside the UFC. Santos competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'0" with a 75" reach at 46 years old. The last bout was a loss to Jared Gordon by decision in Aug 2022.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 88th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (84%).

Leonardo Santos's UFC win rate is 64% (7 of 11 fights), and 57% of those wins came by finish. Santos averages 0.7 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 84% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
18-6-1
UFC Record
7-3-1
Height
6'0"
Reach
75"
Age
46
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Jared Gordon · Decision · Aug 2022

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Leonardo Santos's Last 5 Fights

Santos is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Jared Gordon · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · Aug 2022
  2. Loss vs Clay Guida · Submission · R2 1:21 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · Dec 2021
  3. Loss vs Grant Dawson · KO/TKO · R3 4:59 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland · Mar 2021
  4. Win vs Roman Bogatov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · Jul 2020
  5. Win vs Stevie Ray · KO/TKO · R1 2:17 · UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith · Jun 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.0
Accuracy
48%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.30

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.5
1.0x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.6
Opp. Accuracy Against
49%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.7
Takedown Accuracy
32%
Takedown Defense
84%
Control Time / Fight
1:30
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
20% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
20% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Leonardo Santos vs Average

Leonardo Santos's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (7-3-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LJared GordonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20
LClay GuidaSubmissionR2 · 1:21UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo2021-12-04
LGrant DawsonKO/TKOR3 · 4:59UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland2021-03-20
WRoman BogatovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal2020-07-11
WStevie RayKO/TKOR1 · 2:17UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith2019-06-01
WAdriano MartinsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson2016-10-08
WKevin LeeKO/TKOR1 · 3:26UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12
WAnthony Rocco MartinSubmissionR2 · 2:29UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare2015-03-21
WEfrain EscuderoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski2014-09-13
D/NCNorman ParkeDrawR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 22014-03-23
W★William MacarioSubmissionR2 · 4:43UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum2013-06-08

How Santos Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.0 sig. strikes/min
45th percentile
Striking accuracy48%
70th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.5/min
45th percentile
Takedowns0.7/fight
43rd percentile
Takedown defense84%
88th percentile
Knockdown power0.30/fight
76th percentile

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