Stats

Stance: Orthodox
Division: Women's Flyweight
Height: 5' 6"
Reach: 68"
Leg reach: 37.50
Weight: 125 lbs.
Team: Astra Fight Team
Nationality: Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
Age: 28

Accolades

Recent win streak: 5
Wins by KO: 10
Wins by submission: 3
Wins by decision: 4

ATHLETE METRICS

STRIKING ACCURACY

Significant Strikes Attempted: 592
Significant Strikes Landed: 296

TAKEDOWN ACCURACY

Takedowns Attempted: 15
Takedowns Landed: 1

BIOGRAPHY

Taila Santos is a professional MMA fighter who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She was born on September 18, 1991 in Brazil. Growing up, Taila showed a natural affinity for athletics and martial arts, eventually deciding to pursue a career as an MMA fighter.

Taila’s career began back home in Brazil, where she trained at Top Fight Combat Academy located in her hometown of Rio de Janeiro. She made her amateur debut at Clash Combat 3: Show Girls Edition when she fought against Thais Saad and won via unanimous decision. It wasn’t long before Taila had racked up seven wins out of eight fights with four knockouts and two submissions under her belt – establishing herself as one of the most promising female fighters coming out of Brazil.

In 2018 Taila signed with Invicta FC for three fights but after winning all three bouts via stoppage finishes her contract expired and it wasn’t long until UFC came calling offering her a fighting contract which she quickly accepted without hesitation! On July 27th 2019 Taila made her octagon debut facing off against Mara Romero Borella at UFC 240 event where she emerged victorious by submission due to a rear naked choke early in the second round , this win earned Taila ‘Performance Of The Night’ bonus award from UFC officials becoming only second female Brazilian athlete to be awarded such accolade since Cris Cyborg’s dominant run during featherweight division .

Following that success Tale continued making waves inside Octagon performing extremely well across all six fights so far managing impressive record 5-1-0 with five knockouts from those victories . Most recently at UFC Fight night 170 event held in Brasilia on March 14th 2020 , Tale faced off against Molly McCann capturing Performance Of The Night honours once again due to an impressive knockout victory less than 2 minutes into first round .

Currently training under Renan Mondini Team alongside fellow world class athletes , Tails hopes to climb further up rankings list towards getting title shot opportunity within upcoming months ahead !

Fight History

Erin Blanchfield
Erin Blanchfield
Taila Santos: Defeated
by Unanimous Decision in Round 3
Sat. Aug 26, 2023
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko
Taila Santos: Defeated
by Split Decision in Round 5
Sat. Jun 11, 2022
UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka
275
Joanne Wood
Joanne Wood
Taila Santos: Winner
by Submission in Round 1 @ 4:49
Sat. Nov 20, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate
Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Modafferi
Taila Santos: Winner
by Unanimous Decision in Round 3
Sat. Sep 25, 2021
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
266
Gillian Robertson
Gillian Robertson
Taila Santos: Winner
by Decision in Round 3
Sat. Dec 19, 2020
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
Molly McCann
Molly McCann
Taila Santos: Winner
by Decision in Round 3
Wed. Jul 15, 2020
UFC Fight Island: Kattar vs. Ige
Fig
Mara Romero Borella
Mara Romero Borella
Taila Santos: Defeated
by Decision in Round 3
Sat. Feb 02, 2019
UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2