
Fighter profile
Thiago Santos
Per-discipline Elo and momentum, each with its percentile within the LHW division (205 fighters).
Fought across 2 divisions:15 MW · 9 LHW (now)
Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.
Striking · offense
Striking · defense
Grappling · offense
Grappling · defense
Totals (no benchmarks in this view) · 24 UFC fights · 238:51 total fight time
Opponents' records as of fight night — the quality of opposition Thiago has faced, inside the UFC and out.
Div rank, percentile & tier place this view's opp win % among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Mean UFC pound-for-pound Elo of opponents faced (~1500 = average), split by result. Div rank, percentile & tier place it among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Opponents' records as of each fight night, counted from their full pro careers rather than only the bouts we hold — so a regional opponent reads as the fighter they were, not as 0‑0. Always all promotions; SCOPE does not apply here.
How the betting market priced Thiago, and the hypothetical return on a flat 1-unit bet at the closing line every UFC fight. Retrospective analytics — not a betting signal.
over 24 close-line bets
51% implied
ROI +20.0%
Avg -210
ROI +23.6%
Avg +258
Based on 24 of 24 UFC fights with a closing line · draws & no-contests excluded.
- Santos——/——/———Inocente——/——/———
- Santos——/——/———Goltsov——/——/———
- Decision · R3 5:00PFL Super Fights - PFL vs. Bellator Champs · 2024-02-24Santos——/——/———Romero——/——/———
- No Contest · R3 5:00Professional Fighters League - PFL 1: 2023 Regular Season · 2023-04-01Santos——/——/———Wilkinson——/——/———
- KO/TKO · R4 2:31UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill · 2022-08-06Santos+26153/946/2005:54Hill-32989/1520/001:26
- U-DEC · R5 5:00UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · 2022-03-12Santos+46660/1380/010:17Ankalaev-66278/1551/203:35
- U-DEC · R5 5:00UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · 2021-10-02Santos-15444/1050/10—Walker+13048/1300/00—
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06Santos+15649/970/10—Rakic-18936/890/202:32
- SUB · R3 1:49UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · 2020-11-07Santos-24040/640/011:18Teixeira+19046/634/709:03
- KO/TKO · R3 0:39UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · 2019-02-23Santos-13052/1041/110:08Blachowicz+11020/530/100:05
- KO/TKO · R2 0:41UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega · 2018-12-08Santos-18542/741/321:19Manuwa+16027/420/202:25
- KO/TKO · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · 2018-09-22Santos-200100/1521/101:54Anders+17032/676/1005:53
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 · 2018-08-04Santos-34069/1533/709:40Holland+28031/550/101:10
- KO/TKO · R1 2:30UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee · 2018-04-21Santos-16014/290/00—Branch+1405/150/110:02
- KO/TKO · R2 1:03UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders · 2018-02-03Santos-25558/820/123:20Smith+21510/221/300:51
- KO/TKO · R1 4:59UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · 2017-10-28Santos-11028/790/010:03Hermansson-1105/280/200:35
- KO/TKO · R2 2:04UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker · 2017-07-08Santos-16060/1150/002:13Meerschaert+14015/293/801:10
- KO/TKO · R2 2:21UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne · 2017-02-19Santos-16527/711/211:40Marshman+1456/460/010:03
- SUB · R1 2:58UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg · 2016-09-24Santos-8002/90/001:05Spicely+5505/81/201:23
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · 2015-12-10Santos+18552/811/200:54Theodorou-22528/941/1306:49
- KO/TKO · R1 0:29UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero · 2015-06-27Santos-1753/40/010:01Bosse+1550/10/00—
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida · 2014-07-05Santos+25544/1290/201:00Hall-31042/1131/100:05
- KO/TKO · R1 0:53UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 · 2014-03-23Santos+6607/160/010:14Markes-8400/10/00—
- TKO · R1 0:00WOCS - Watch Out Combat Show 20 · 2012-07-27Santos——/——/———Bentes Figueira da Fonseca——/——/———
- Decision · R3 5:00WOCS - Watch Out Combat Show 10 · 2010-12-10Santos——/——/———Benedito Nunes——/——/———
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

