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Luana Santos
Brazil
Ranked #5 · Women's BantamweightOfficial UFC rankings
12-2-0W-L-D
- Age
- 26
- Height
- 5'6"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 67"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Women's BantamweightWomen's Bantamweight: 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Syndicate MMA
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1792
Scouting Report
- W
- W
- W
- W
- L
On a 4-fight win streak
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Santos's wins come from 5 submissions, 6 decisions and 1 KO/TKO, a 50% finish rate. She taps people more than she puts them to sleep, and she can also grind out rounds on the scorecards.
- Recent Form
- Santos beat Yana Santos (17-8-0) by unanimous decision, then Karol Rosa (19-8-0) by unanimous decision, then Melissa Croden (8-3-0) by unanimous decision. Her loss before that came to Casey O'Neill (12-2-0).
- Style
- Orthodox, lands 2.53 significant strikes a minute at 54% accuracy and absorbs 2.45 with 64% defense. Attempts 2.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, stops 86% of opponents' takedowns, and throws 1 submission attempt per 15.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 1 KO/TKO (8%)
- 5 Submission (42%)
- 6 Decision (50%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 50%
- Streak
- 4-fight win streak
- Last fought
- 11 days ago
12 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
Opponents' combined record todayThe current pro records of their last 5 opponents, added together. Tougher opponents mean a bigger win total.: 63-26
Opponents' average Power IndexAverage Power Index of their last 5 opponents. Higher means tougher competition.: 1665
- Winvs Yana Santos17-9-0 · Power Index 1623Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Oct 31, 2026 · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs Nolan
Fight stats
Stat Luana Santos Yana Santos Sig. strikes 15/34 17/54 Takedowns 5/16 0/0 Control time 7:35 4:01 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 5 13 Round 2 sig. strikes 7 2 Round 3 sig. strikes 3 2 - Winvs Karol Rosa19-8-0 · Power Index 1668Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Jun 20, 2026 · UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Horiguchi
Fight stats
Stat Luana Santos Karol Rosa Sig. strikes 9/11 7/26 Takedowns 2/10 0/0 Control time 12:21 0:00 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 7 4 Round 2 sig. strikes 2 2 Round 3 sig. strikes 0 1 - Winvs Melissa Croden8-3-0 · Power Index 1694Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Dec 14, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs Kape
Fight stats
Stat Luana Santos Melissa Croden Sig. strikes 12/24 22/74 Takedowns 3/7 0/1 Control time 9:21 0:44 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 10 7 Round 2 sig. strikes 2 10 Round 3 sig. strikes 0 5 - Winvs Tainara Lisboa7-4-0 · Power Index 1576Submission · R2 · 4:59May 17, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Morales
Fight stats
Stat Luana Santos Tainara Lisboa Sig. strikes 15/19 6/34 Takedowns 2/2 0/1 Control time 7:57 0:00 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 9 5 Round 2 sig. strikes 6 1 - Lossvs Casey O'Neill12-2-0 · Power Index 1763Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Aug 18, 2024 · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya
Fight stats
Stat Luana Santos Casey O'Neill Sig. strikes 41/97 83/193 Takedowns 1/5 0/2 Control time 2:21 2:21 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 16 24 Round 2 sig. strikes 12 25 Round 3 sig. strikes 13 34
Career Stats
Based on 8 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 2.28
- Striking accuracy
- 53%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.24
- Striking defense
- 65%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 2.61
- Takedown accuracy
- 36%
- Takedown defense
- 86%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.80