Last fight
UFC Fight Night
Win
Blanchfield vs Santos
Aug. 26, 2023
UFC Spotlight
Stats & Records
10
Wins by Knockout
3
Wins by Submission
12
First Round Finishes
Significant Strikes include all strikes at distance, plus power strikes in the clinch and on the ground.
Striking accuracy
- Sig. Strikes Landed
- 406
- Sig. Strikes Attempted
- 845
A takedown is awarded when a fighter deliberately grapples an opponent to the ground and establishes an advantageous position for an appreciable amount of time.
Takedown Accuracy
- Takedowns Landed
- 1
- Takedowns Attempted
- 21
- Sig. Str. Defense is the percentage of significant strikes attempted against a fighter that do not land.
- Takedown defense is the percentage of takedowns attempted against a fighter that do not land.
- Knockdown Avg. is the average number of knockdowns per 15 Minutes window.
Sig. Str. by target
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Info
Status
Active
Place of Birth
Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
Fighting style
Muay Thai
Age
30
Height
66.00
Weight
133.20
Octagon Debut
Feb. 2, 2019
Reach
68.00
Leg reach
37.50
- Pro since 2013
- 10 wins by KO, three by submission (RNC, keylock, undisclosed submission)
- 12 first round finishes
- Has won four of her last six
- Four wins in 1:06 or less
UFC Fight Night (8/26/23) Santos lost a three round unanimous decision to Erin Blanchfield
UFC 275 (6/12/22) Santos lost a five-round split decision to Valentina Shevchenko in a fight for the UFC women’s flyweight title
UFC Fight Night (11/20/21) Santos submitted Joanne Wood via rear naked choke at 4:49 of the first round
UFC 266 (9/25/21) Santos won a three round unanimous decision over Roxanne Modafferi
UFC Fight Night (12/19/20) Santos won a three round unanimous decision over Gillian Robertson
UFC on ESPN (7/15/20) Santos won a three round unanimous decision over Molly McCann
UFC Fight Night (2/2/19) Santos lost a three round split decision to Mara Romero Borella
Contender Series, BRAZIL
Episode two (8/11/18) Santos won a three round unanimous decision over Estefani Almeida
When and why did you start training for fighting? Her father is a Muay Thai coach - but she only started training at age 16. Before, during childhood, she liked to play soccer with the boys in the street, in Jaraguá do Sul, where she lived. As soon as she started training Muay Thai, her father enrolled her in a championship at Chute Boxe of Curitiba. Taila went and won the fight. Soon, Taila started to train Jiu-Jitsu and her father organized a MMA fight so that Taila could debut in the sport. She went and won again. After that, her father contacted Marcelo Brigadeiro to organize the trip from Taila to Astra Fight, in Balneário Camboriú, where she lives today.
What ranks and titles have you held? Aspera FC champion, Belt of Muay Thai Catarinense and Paranaense Free Style, Catarinense Boxing Belt Category 61Kg.
Do you have any heroes? God
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? The realization of a dream and the possibility of changing my life and my family’s life.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Blue belt in BJJ
