Thiago Santos
24 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 11 Finishes (79%)
Thiago Santos UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Thiago Santos is 14-10 in the UFC across 24 fights, with 11 wins by knockout and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 23-13 (1 NC), 9-3 of it outside the UFC. Santos competes at middleweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'2" with a 76" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a win over Guto Inocente by knockout in Apr 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 89th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (0.58/fight).
Thiago Santos's UFC win rate is 58% (14 of 24 fights), and 79% of those wins came by finish. Santos averages 0.6 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 66% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 23-13 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 14-10
- Height
- 6'2"
- Reach
- 76"
- Age
- 42
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Guto Inocente · TKO (Punches) · Apr 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Thiago Santos's Last 5 Fights
Santos is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Jamahal Hill · KO/TKO · R4 2:31 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill · Aug 2022
- Loss vs Magomed Ankalaev · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 2022
- Win vs Johnny Walker · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · Oct 2021
- Loss vs Aleksandar Rakic · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Mar 2021
- Loss vs Glover Teixeira · Submission · R3 1:49 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · Nov 2020
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Thiago Santos vs Average
Thiago Santos lands 15.7 strikes in R1 but 16.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Thiago Santos's UFC Fight History
24 UFC fights on record (14-10), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jamahal Hill | KO/TKO | R4 · 2:31 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill | 2022-08-06 |
| L | Magomed Ankalaev | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev | 2022-03-12 |
| W | Johnny Walker | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker | 2021-10-02 |
| L | Aleksandar Rakic | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya | 2021-03-06 |
| L | Glover Teixeira | Submission | R3 · 1:49 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira | 2020-11-07 |
| L★ | Jon Jones | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | 2019-07-06 |
| W | Jan Blachowicz | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:39 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos | 2019-02-23 |
| W | Jimi Manuwa | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:41 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega | 2018-12-08 |
| W | Eryk Anders | KO/TKO | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | 2018-09-22 |
| W | Kevin Holland | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 | 2018-08-04 |
| L | David Branch | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:30 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee | 2018-04-21 |
| W | Anthony Smith | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:03 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders | 2018-02-03 |
| W | Jack Hermansson | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | 2017-10-28 |
| W | Gerald Meerschaert | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:04 | UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker | 2017-07-08 |
| W | Jack Marshman | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:21 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne | 2017-02-19 |
| L | Eric Spicely | Submission | R1 · 2:58 | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg | 2016-09-24 |
| L | Gegard Mousasi | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:32 | UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes | 2016-07-09 |
| W | Nate Marquardt | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:39 | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic | 2016-05-14 |
| W | Elias Theodorou | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | 2015-12-10 |
| W | Steve Bosse | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:29 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero | 2015-06-27 |
| W | Andy Enz | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:56 | UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz | 2015-01-31 |
| L | Uriah Hall | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida | 2014-07-05 |
| W | Ronny Markes | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:53 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 | 2014-03-23 |
| L | Cezar Ferreira | Submission | R1 · 0:47 | UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung | 2013-08-03 |
How Santos Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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