Junior dos Santos

🇧🇷

(1984-01-30)

Statistics

UFC Record: 15-8

By Method:

KO/TKO: 9-7
Submission: 1-0
Decision: 5-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 10-6
As Underdog: 5-2

By Weight Class:

Heavyweight: 15-8

By Round:

Round 1: 5-2
Round 2: 3-4
Round 3: 4-0
Round 5: 3-2

By Type:

Main Event: 8-5
Title Fight: 2-3
Ranked Opponent: 5-7

UFC Roster Status: Inactive

Last 5: WLLLL

Peak Elo: 3317 (2019-03-09) (#84)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2988 (#91)

Bonuses: 6 (3 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 10m 44s

Total Fight Time: 4h 7m 0s (#94)

Avg Time Between Fights: 150 days

Avg Card Slot: 2.2 (#31)

Avg Age: 30.6 years

Avg Opp Age: 32.1 years

Peak Rankings:

🏅 Heavyweight Champion

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2020-12-12
UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno

Ciryl Gane (30)

🇫🇷

WWW • 3-0
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2849 (36%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:34

🇧🇷

Junior dos Santos (36)
15-7 • LLLWW
Elo: 2956 (64%) • UFC rank: #7

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-08-15
UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3

Jairzinho Rozenstruik (32)

🇸🇷

WWWWL • 4-1
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 2983 (36%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:47

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Junior dos Santos (36)
15-6 • LLWWW
Elo: 3084 (64%) • UFC rank: #5

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-01-25
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos

Curtis Blaydes (28)

🇺🇸

WWLWW • 7-2 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3145 (43%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:06

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Junior dos Santos (35)
15-5 • LWWWL
Elo: 3199 (57%) • UFC rank: #4

PNC Arena
Raleigh, North Carolina
United States🇺🇸

2019-06-29
UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos

⭐ Francis Ngannou (32)

🇨🇲

🇫🇷

WLLWW • 8-2
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3255 (42%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:11

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Junior dos Santos (35)
15-4 • WWWLW
Elo: 3317 (58%) • UFC rank: #3

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States🇺🇸

2019-03-09
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos

Junior dos Santos (35)

🇧🇷

WWLWL • 14-4
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3211 (47%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
1:58

🇺🇸

Derrick Lewis (34)
12-4 • LWWWL
Elo: 3230 (53%) • UFC rank: #3

Intrust Bank Arena
Wichita, Kansas
United States🇺🇸

2018-12-01
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

Junior dos Santos (34)

🇧🇷

WLWLW • 13-4
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3183 (85%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:30

🇦🇺

🇼🇸

Tai Tuivasa (25)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 2868 (15%) • UFC rank: #11

Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Adelaide
Australia🇦🇺

2018-07-14
UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov

Junior dos Santos (34)

🇧🇷

LWLWL • 12-4
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3112 (64%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇧🇬

Blagoy Ivanov (31)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 3008 (36%)

CenturyLink Arena
Boise, Idaho
United States🇺🇸

2017-05-13
UFC 211: Miocic vs dos Santos 2

⭐ Stipe Miocic (34)

🇭🇷

🇺🇸

LWWWW • 10-2
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3409 (82%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R1
2:22

🇧🇷

Junior dos Santos (33)
12-3 • WLWLW
Elo: 3148 (18%) • UFC rank: #4

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
United States🇺🇸

2016-04-10
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos

Junior dos Santos (32)

🇧🇷

LWLWL • 11-3
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3030 (41%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸

Ben Rothwell (34)
6-3 • LWWWW
Elo: 3093 (59%) • UFC rank: #4

Arena Zagreb
Zagreb
Croatia🇭🇷

2015-12-19
UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2

Alistair Overeem (35)

🇳🇱

LWLWW • 4-3
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2982 (24%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
4:43

🇧🇷

Junior dos Santos (31)
11-2 • WLWLW
Elo: 3183 (76%) • UFC rank: #2

Amway Center
Orlando, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2014-12-13
UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic

Junior dos Santos (30)

🇧🇷

LWLWW • 10-2
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3103 (60%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

🇭🇷

🇺🇸

Stipe Miocic (32)
6-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 3031 (40%) • UFC rank: #4

U.S. Airways Center
Phoenix, Arizona
United States🇺🇸

2013-10-19
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. dos Santos III

Cain Velasquez (31)

🇺🇸

WLWWW • 10-1
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3285 (66%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R5
3:09

🇧🇷

Junior dos Santos (29)
10-1 • WLWWW
Elo: 3172 (34%) • UFC rank: #1

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States🇺🇸

2013-05-25
UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2

Junior dos Santos (29)

🇧🇷

LWWWW • 9-1
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3100 (64%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐KO⭐

R3
4:18

🇦🇺

🇼🇸

Mark Hunt (39)
4-1 • LWWWW
Elo: 2998 (36%) • UFC rank: #9

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2012-12-29
UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2

Cain Velasquez (30)

🇺🇸

WWWLW • 8-1
Elo: 3075 (28%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇧🇷

Junior dos Santos (28)
9-0 • WWWWW
Elo: 3246 (72%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2012-05-26
UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir

Junior dos Santos (28)

🇧🇷

WWWWW • 8-0
Elo: 3183 (68%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
3:04

🇺🇸

Frank Mir (33)
14-5 • WLWWW
Elo: 3046 (32%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2011-11-12
UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos

⭐ Junior dos Santos (27)

🇧🇷

WWWWW • 7-0
Elo: 3071 (43%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

KO
R1
1:04

🇺🇸

Cain Velasquez (29)
7-0 • WWWWW
Elo: 3113 (57%)

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States🇺🇸

2011-06-11
UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin

Junior dos Santos (27)

🇧🇷

WWWWW • 6-0
Elo: 3038 (83%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Shane Carwin (36)
4-1 • WWWWL
Elo: 2760 (17%)

Rogers Arena
Vancouver
Canada🇨🇦

2010-08-07
UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen

Junior dos Santos (26)

🇧🇷

WWWWW • 5-0
Elo: 2949 (55%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Roy Nelson (34)
2-0 • WW
Elo: 2911 (45%)

Oracle Arena
Oakland, California
United States🇺🇸

2010-03-21
UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

⭐ Junior dos Santos (26)

🇧🇷

WWWW • 4-0
Elo: 2875 (63%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:53

🇧🇷

Gabriel Gonzaga (30)
7-3 • LWWLW
Elo: 2782 (37%)

1stBank Center
Broomfield, Colorado
United States🇺🇸

2010-01-02
UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva

Junior dos Santos (25)

🇧🇷

WWW • 3-0
Elo: 2831 (77%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
2:07

🇳🇱

Gilbert Yvel (33)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2613 (23%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2009-09-19
UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort

Junior dos Santos (25)

🇧🇷

WW • 2-0
Elo: 2693 (31%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
2:00

🇭🇷

Mirko Filipovic (35)
2-2 • WLLW
Elo: 2829 (69%)

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
United States🇺🇸

2009-02-21
UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson

Junior dos Santos (25)

🇧🇷

W • 1-0
Elo: 2601 (53%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
0:54

🇳🇱

Stefan Struve (21)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2575 (47%)

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom🇬🇧

2008-10-25
UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté

⭐ Junior dos Santos (24)

🇧🇷

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2412 (5%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:20

🇧🇷

Fabricio Werdum (31)
2-1 • LWW
Elo: 2902 (95%)

Allstate Arena
Rosemont, Illinois
United States🇺🇸