Fighter profile

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

“Capoeira”

Welterweight · UFC record 11-6-1 · 18 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 2 Aug 2025

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Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)75

Power68

Striking defense70

Takedown defense75

WrestlingProvisional measure66

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (18 detailed fights; as of Sat 2 Aug 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED74.4

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED78.9

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 180 cm (5'11")
Reach: 185 cm (6'1")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 39

Last 3: L W L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

18 detailed UFC fights · 45 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 2 Aug 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed19.3significant, per round

Strikes absorbed16.5per round

Striking differential+2.8per round

Takedown attempts1.18per round

Takedown defense67.1%of attempts stopped

Finish rate45.5%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 19.3
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 16.5
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +2.8
Striking accuracy: 41.9%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 55.6%
Knockdowns per round: 0.04
Target: head / body / leg: 57.5% / 22.8% / 19.7%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 72.7% / 19.7% / 7.6%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.18
Takedowns landed per round: 0.24
Takedown accuracy: 20.8%
Takedown defense: 67.1%
Control time per round: 0:40
Submission attempts per round: 0.13
Reversals per round: 0.04

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 11-6-1
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 45.5%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 4 · 1 · 6
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 3 · 0 · 3
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 2 / 7
Average fight time: 12:13 (over 14 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 2 Aug 2025	Neil Magny	L	KO/TKO Punches	R2 4:39	UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park
Sat 15 Mar 2025	Chidi Njokuani	L	KO/TKO Knee	R2 2:19	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
Sat 9 Nov 2024	Zachary Scroggin	W	KO/TKO Punches	R1 1:15	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
Sat 1 Jun 2024	Randy Brown	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
Sat 4 Nov 2023	Rinat Fakhretdinov	D	M-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis

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Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 3 Jun 2023	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
Sat 30 Oct 2021	Benoit Saint Denis	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Sat 11 Jul 2020	Muslim Salikhov	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
Sat 14 Mar 2020	Aleksei Kunchenko	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira
Sat 31 Aug 2019	Li Jingliang	L	KO/TKO Punches	R3 4:51	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
Sat 9 Mar 2019	Curtis Millender	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R1 2:35	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
Sat 22 Sep 2018	Luigi Vendramini	W	KO/TKO Flying Knee	R2 1:20	UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders
Sat 12 May 2018	Sean Strickland	W	KO/TKO Kick	R1 3:40	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Sat 28 Oct 2017	Max Griffin	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida
Sat 22 Jul 2017	Lyman Good	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum
Sat 1 Oct 2016	Keita Nakamura	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
Sat 16 Apr 2016	Omari Akhmedov	W	KO/TKO Knee	R3 3:03	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
Sat 30 May 2015	Nicolas Dalby	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves

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