Leonardo Santos
11 UFC Fights | 64% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (57%)
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.
- Loss vs Jared Gordon · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · Aug 2022
- Loss vs Clay Guida · Submission · R2 1:21 · UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · Dec 2021
- Loss vs Grant Dawson · KO/TKO · R3 4:59 · UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland · Mar 2021
- Win vs Roman Bogatov · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · Jul 2020
- Win vs Stevie Ray · KO/TKO · R1 2:17 · UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith · Jun 2019
Striking
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jared Gordon | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards | 2022-08-20 |
| L | Clay Guida | Submission | R2 · 1:21 | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo | 2021-12-04 |
| L | Grant Dawson | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland | 2021-03-20 |
| W | Roman Bogatov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | 2020-07-11 |
| W | Stevie Ray | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:17 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith | 2019-06-01 |
| W | Adriano Martins | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson | 2016-10-08 |
| W | Kevin Lee | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:26 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| W | Anthony Rocco Martin | Submission | R2 · 2:29 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare | 2015-03-21 |
| W | Efrain Escudero | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski | 2014-09-13 |
| D/NC | Norman Parke | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 | 2014-03-23 |
| W★ | William Macario | Submission | R2 · 4:43 | UFC on FUEL TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum | 2013-06-08 |
How Santos Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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