Thiago Santos (22-13, 16) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 7, 1984. At the age of 26 years on October 10, 2010, he made his professional MMA debut against Guilherme Benedito, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On August 3, 2013, 29-year old Thiago Santos made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC 163 against a 28-year old Cezar Ferreira but lost the fight via submission in the 1st round.
Santos' last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Denis Goltsov at PFL 4 at age 40 on June 13, 2024. He is on a 4-fight losing streak.
He has fought 24 times in the UFC, and has a record of 14 wins and 10 losses in the promotion.
Some of Thiago Santos' best fights have been against Steve Bossé, Ronny Markes, Andy Enz, Nate Marquardt, Jack Hermansson, Jack Marshman and Jimi Manuwa.
Santos has 13 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36  | Jun 13, 2024 40 years, 5 months 22-13 (16) | 34 years 33-8 (26) | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
35  | Feb 24, 2024 40 years, 1 months 22-12 (16) | 46 years, 9 months 15-7 (13) | PFL | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
34  | Apr 1, 2023 39 years, 2 months 22-11 (16) | 31 years, 1 months 17-2 (16) | PFL | LHW | 3 | NC | NC Overturned |
33  | Aug 6, 2022 38 years, 6 months 22-11 (16) | 31 years, 2 months 10-1 (6) | UFC | LHW | 4 | TKO | LOSS Punches and elbows |
32  | Mar 12, 2022 38 years, 2 months 22-10 (16) | 29 years, 9 months 15-1 (8) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | LOSS |
31  | Oct 2, 2021 37 years, 8 months 22-9 (16) | 29 years, 6 months 18-5 (17) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | WIN |
30  | Mar 6, 2021 37 years, 1 months 21-9 (16) | 29 years, 1 months 13-2 (10) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
29  | Nov 7, 2020 36 years, 10 months 21-8 (16) | 41 years 31-7 (24) | UFC | LHW | 3 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
28  | Jul 6, 2019 35 years, 5 months 21-7 (16) | 31 years, 11 months 24-1 (15) | UFC | LHW | 5 | SD | LOSS For UFC light-heavyweight title |
27  | Feb 23, 2019 35 years, 1 months 21-6 (16) | 35 years, 11 months 23-7 (14) | UFC | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
26  | Dec 8, 2018 34 years, 11 months 20-6 (15) | 38 years, 9 months 17-4 (16) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
25  | Sep 22, 2018 34 years, 8 months 19-6 (14) | 31 years, 5 months 11-1 (8) | UFC | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Elbows |
24  | Aug 4, 2018 34 years, 6 months 18-6 (13) | 25 years, 8 months 13-3 (12) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
23  | Apr 21, 2018 34 years, 3 months 17-6 (13) | 36 years, 6 months 21-4 (11) | UFC | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches | |
22  | Feb 3, 2018 34 years 17-5 (13) | 29 years, 6 months 29-12 (27) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Kick to the body and punches | |
21  | Oct 28, 2017 33 years, 9 months 16-5 (12) | 29 years, 4 months 16-3 (13) | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
20  | Jul 8, 2017 33 years, 6 months 15-5 (11) | 29 years, 6 months 27-8 (25) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
19  | Feb 19, 2017 33 years, 1 months 14-5 (10) | 27 years, 2 months 21-5 (18) | UFC | 2 | TKO | WIN Spinning wheel kick and punches | |
18  | Sep 24, 2016 32 years, 8 months 13-5 (9) | 29 years, 11 months 8-1 (6) | UFC | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
17  | Jul 9, 2016 32 years, 6 months 13-4 (9) | 30 years, 11 months 38-6-2 (32) | UFC | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches | |
16  | May 14, 2016 32 years, 4 months 13-3 (9) | 37 years 34-15-2 (25) | UFC | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
15  | Dec 10, 2015 31 years, 11 months 12-3 (8) | 27 years, 6 months 11-0 (7) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
14  | Jun 27, 2015 31 years, 5 months 11-3 (8) | 33 years, 10 months 10-1 (9) | UFC | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick | |
13  | Jan 31, 2015 31 years 10-3 (7) | 23 years, 5 months 10-3 (8) | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12  | Jul 5, 2014 30 years, 5 months 9-3 (6) | 29 years, 11 months 8-4 (7) | UFC | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
11  | Mar 23, 2014 30 years, 2 months 9-2 (6) | 25 years, 11 months 14-2 (9) | UFC | 1 | TKO | WIN Body kick and punches | |
10  | Aug 3, 2013 29 years, 6 months 8-2 (5) | 28 years, 5 months 5-2 (3) | UFC | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
9 | Jul 27, 2012 28 years, 6 months 8-1 (5) | Denis Figueira | 1 | TKO | WIN Head kick and punches | ||
8  | Apr 28, 2012 28 years, 3 months 7-1 (4) | 20 years, 5 months 3-2-1 (3) | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
7 | Mar 3, 2012 28 years, 1 months 7-0 (4) | Junior Vidal | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
6 | Dec 27, 2011 27 years, 11 months 6-0 (3) | Eneas Souza | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
5 | Nov 26, 2011 27 years, 10 months 5-0 (2) | Marcos Viggiani | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
4 | Aug 13, 2011 27 years, 7 months 4-0 (2) | Rafael Braga | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
3 | Jul 23, 2011 27 years, 6 months 3-0 (1) | Mauricio Chueke | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
2 | Apr 16, 2011 27 years, 3 months 2-0 (1) | Gabriel Barreiro | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
1 | Oct 10, 2010 26 years, 9 months 1-0 (0) | Guilherme Benedito | 3 | UD | WIN |
