Light Heavyweight · “Marreta”
Thiago Santos
14-10-0
6'2"Height
76"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1984-01-07Born
11KO wins
0Sub wins
78.6%Finish rate
9:57Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.72
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.57
Striking accuracy48.2%
Striking defense53.9%
Takedowns / 15 min0.88
Takedown accuracy33.3%
Takedown defense65.5%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.06
Control time13.2%
Record vs .500+ opponents11-7
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
24 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Jamahal Hill 4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R4 2:31 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill · 2022-08-06
53/94Sig. strikes
89/152Absorbed
6/20Takedowns
5:54Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Magomed Ankalaev 7-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · 2022-03-12
60/138Sig. strikes
78/155Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:17Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Johnny Walker 4-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · 2021-10-02
44/105Sig. strikes
48/130Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Aleksandar Rakic 5-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06
49/97Sig. strikes
36/89Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Glover Teixeira 14-5 walk-in Submission · R3 1:49 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · 2020-11-07
40/64Sig. strikes
46/63Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:18Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jon Jones 18-1 walk-in TITLE Decision - Split · R5 5:00 — UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos · 2019-07-06
43/166Sig. strikes
59/90Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jan Blachowicz 6-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 0:39 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · 2019-02-23
52/104Sig. strikes
20/53Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:08Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jimi Manuwa 6-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:41 — UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega · 2018-12-08
42/74Sig. strikes
27/42Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
1:19Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Eryk Anders 3-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders · 2018-09-22
100/152Sig. strikes
32/67Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
1:54Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Kevin Holland 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 · 2018-08-04
69/153Sig. strikes
31/55Absorbed
3/7Takedowns
9:40Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L David Branch 3-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:30 — UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee · 2018-04-21
14/29Sig. strikes
5/15Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Anthony Smith 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:03 — UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders · 2018-02-03
58/82Sig. strikes
10/22Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
3:20Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jack Hermansson 3-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:59 — UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · 2017-10-28
28/79Sig. strikes
5/28Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Gerald Meerschaert 2-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:04 — UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker · 2017-07-08
60/115Sig. strikes
15/29Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
2:13Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jack Marshman 1-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:21 — UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne · 2017-02-19
27/71Sig. strikes
6/46Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:40Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Eric Spicely 0-1 walk-in Submission · R1 2:58 — UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg · 2016-09-24
2/9Sig. strikes
5/8Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:05Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Gegard Mousasi 5-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:32 — UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes · 2016-07-09
5/13Sig. strikes
21/34Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Nate Marquardt 12-8 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:39 — UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic · 2016-05-14
16/30Sig. strikes
7/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:27Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Elias Theodorou 3-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · 2015-12-10
52/81Sig. strikes
28/94Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
0:54Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Steve Bosse 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:29 — UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero · 2015-06-27
3/4Sig. strikes
0/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Andy Enz 0-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:56 — UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz · 2015-01-31
20/38Sig. strikes
1/28Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:07Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Uriah Hall 1-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida · 2014-07-05
44/129Sig. strikes
42/113Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
1:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ronny Markes 3-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:53 — UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 · 2014-03-23
7/16Sig. strikes
0/1Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:14Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Cezar Ferreira 1-0 walk-in Submission · R1 0:47 — UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung · 2013-08-03
0/1Sig. strikes
3/5Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
UFC bouts in this database — the full pre-UFC career fills in as the weekly career backfill reaches this fighter.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
11
Submission
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
3
Submission
3
Decision
4
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
24
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Light Heavyweight average, over 97 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.