Giva Santana (18-3, 16) was born in São Paulo, Brazil on November 20, 1971. At the age of 33 years on July 9, 2005, he made his professional MMA debut against Noriki Miyashita, winning the fight via 1-round unanimous decision.
Santana's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Jason Butcher at Bellator 98 at age 41 on September 7, 2013. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
Some of Giva Santana's best fights have been against Min Suk Heo, Radmir Gabdullin, Darryl Cobb and Brendan Sequin.
Santana has 3 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21  | Sep 7, 2013 41 years, 9 months 18-3 (16) | 28 years, 10 months 6-0 (6) | Bellator | MD | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
20 | Nov 30, 2012 41 years 18-2 (16) | Brendan Sequin | Bellator | MD | 2 | SUB | WIN Kneebar |
19  | Mar 16, 2012 40 years, 3 months 17-2 (15) | 24 years, 7 months 12-0 (2) | Bellator | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
18 | Oct 8, 2011 39 years, 10 months 17-1 (15) | Darryl Cobb | Bellator | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
17 | Aug 5, 2011 39 years, 8 months 16-1 (14) | Doug Marshall | 1 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
16 | Nov 19, 2010 38 years, 11 months 15-1 (14) | Anthony Ruiz | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
15 | Mar 20, 2010 38 years, 4 months 14-1 (13) | Lodune Sincaid | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
14 | Jul 4, 2009 37 years, 7 months 13-1 (12) | Radmir Gabdullin | M-1 | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
13 | Apr 29, 2009 37 years, 5 months 12-1 (11) | Min Suk Heo | M-1 | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
12 | Sep 26, 2008 36 years, 10 months 11-1 (10) | Jaime Jara | 3 | SD | LOSS | ||
11 | Apr 5, 2008 36 years, 4 months 11-0 (10) | Matt Lucas | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
10 | Oct 26, 2007 35 years, 11 months 10-0 (9) | Jaime Fletcher | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
9 | May 3, 2007 35 years, 5 months 9-0 (8) | Aram Ghukasyan | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
8 | Apr 1, 2007 35 years, 4 months 8-0 (7) | Chris Ledwidge | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
7 | Nov 30, 2006 35 years 7-0 (6) | Michele Verginelli | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
6 | Sep 27, 2006 34 years, 10 months 6-0 (5) | Boris Jonstomp | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
5 | Jun 17, 2006 34 years, 6 months 5-0 (4) | Mavrick Harvey | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
4 | Jul 9, 2005 33 years, 7 months 4-0 (3) | Jun Soo Lim | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
3 | Jul 9, 2005 33 years, 7 months 3-0 (2) | Edwin Aguilar | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
2 | Jul 9, 2005 33 years, 7 months 2-0 (1) | Zamirbek Syrgabayev | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
1 | Jul 9, 2005 33 years, 7 months 1-0 (0) | Noriki Miyashita | 1 | UD | WIN |
