Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos "Capoeira"

Welterweight

Record and bio

Pro record—
UFC record11-6-1 · current 2-fight loss streak
Opponents' combined UFC record72-35 (67.3%) across 18 opponents
Last 5 opponents41-20 (67.2%) across 5 opponents
Age39
Height5' 11"
Reach73"
StanceOrthodox

Career stats (UFC)

Significant strikes landed per minute4.16
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.56
Striking accuracy42%
Striking defense56%
Takedowns per 15 minutes0.79
Takedowns landed / attempted21%
Takedown defense67%
Submission attempts per 15 minutes0.43
Average fight time11.6 min

UFC wins: 4 KO/TKO, 1 submission, 6 decision. UFC losses: 3 KO/TKO, 0 submission, 3 decision.

UFC fight history

DateOpponentTheir UFC record thenStyleResultMethodEvent
2025-08-02Neil Magny22-12WrestlerLKO/TKO R2 4:39UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park
2025-03-15Chidi Njokuani4-3StrikerLKO/TKO R2 2:19UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
2024-11-09Zachary ScrogginUFC debut—WKO/TKO R1 1:15UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
2024-06-01Randy Brown12-5StrikerLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
2023-11-04Rinat Fakhretdinov3-0WrestlerDDecision - Majority R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis
2023-06-03Abubakar Nurmagomedov2-1BalancedWDecision - Split R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
2021-10-30Benoit Saint DenisUFC debut—WDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
2020-07-11Muslim Salikhov3-1BalancedLDecision - Split R3 5:00UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
2020-03-14Aleksei Kunchenko2-1BalancedWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira
2019-08-31Li Jingliang8-3StrikerLKO/TKO R3 4:51UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
2019-03-09Curtis Millender3-0StrikerWSubmission R1 2:35UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
2018-09-22Luigi VendraminiUFC debut—WKO/TKO R2 1:20UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders
2018-05-12Sean Strickland6-2StrikerWKO/TKO R1 3:40UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
2017-10-28Max Griffin1-1—WDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida
2017-07-22Lyman Good1-0—WDecision - Split R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum
2016-10-01Keita Nakamura2-4BalancedWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
2016-04-16Omari Akhmedov3-2WrestlerWKO/TKO R3 3:03UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans
2015-05-30Nicolas DalbyUFC debut—LDecision - Split R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves

UFC stats from ufcstats.com through 2026-10-31; bio and pro record from ESPN where available. Opponents' combined record is their UFC record going into each fight. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

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