Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-24, disappointing mma bout: Yoel Romero Palacio vs Thiago Santos gets two stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-01, disappointing mma bout: Thiago Santos vs Rob Wilkinson gets two stars.
Wilkinson vs Santos is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 1st, at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Brendan Loughnane vs Marlon Moraes – ‘PFL 1: 2023 Regular Season’. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-08-06, pretty good mma bout: Thiago Santos vs Jamahal Hill gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night and UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Hill vs Santos is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 6th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC Vegas 59 (also known as UFC on ESPN 40 or The Ultimate Fighter 30 – TUF 30 Finale). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Before the bout take place, you can watch the official UFC Vegas 59 press conference, the weigh-in and discover how to watch Santos vs Hill on tv, the fight time and the card.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-03-12, good performance by both fighters: the mma fight Thiago Santos vs Magomed Ankalaev gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Ankalaev vs Santos is the main event of UFC Vegas 50 (also known as UFC Fight Night 203 or UFC on ESPN+ 61). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-02, close fight but not so entertaining: the mma bout Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Walker vs Santos is the main event of UFC Vegas 38 (also known as UFC Fight Night 193 or UFC on ESPN+ 51). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-03-06, disappointing mma fight: Thiago Santos vs Aleksandar Rakic gets two stars.
Rakic vs Santos is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanya – UFC 259. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-11-07, pretty good finish between Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-06, some good single shots between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in gaidojutsu and current Ufc light-Hw champion Jon Jones entered this fight with a professional mma record of 24-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 light-heavyweight in the world. Jones’ only loss was, in reality, a disqualification suffered against Matt Hamill in 2009 due to multiple “12-6 elbows” (strike brought from a high position toward the floor), since then he has collected 15 victories and one no-contest, against Daniel Cormier in 2017 (Jones defeated ‘DC’ via KO but he tested positive for turinabol so the result was overturned in a NC, Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier I); after this bout he has beat Alexander Gustafsson (Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2) and Anthony Smith (Jon Jones vs Anthony Smith).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official record of 21-6-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ was defeated by David Branch in April 2018 (David Branch vs Thiago Santos) but then he has won four fights beating Jimi Manuwa (Jimi Manuwa vs Thiago Santos) and Jan Blachowicz (Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos). Jones vs Santos, main event of UFC 239, is valid for the Ufc light heavyweight title (Jones’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so good: Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The black belt in Bjj and former Ksw light-Hw champion Jan Blachowicz entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-7-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2016 and 2017, against Alexander Gustafsson (Gustafsson vs Blachowicz) and Patrick Cummins, but then he has won four bouts beating Jimi Manuwa (Jimi Manuwa vs Jan Blachowicz 2) and Nikita Krylov in 2018 (Jan Blachowicz vs Nikita Krylov).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official record of 20-6-0 (75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ was defeated by David Branch in April 2018 (David Branch vs Thiago Santos) but then he has won three fights beating Jimi Manuwa in his last one (Jimi Manuwa vs Thiago Santos). Blachowicz vs Santos is the main event of UFC Fight Night 145 (UFC on ESPN+ 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-08, nice and tough exchanges between Jimi Manuwa and Thiago Santos: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Jimi Manuwa entered this fight with a pro record of 17-4-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Jan Blachowicz in 2018 (Jimi Manuwa vs Jan Blachowicz 2) and Volkan Oezdemir in 2017 (Jimi Manuwa vs Volkan Oezdemir); before this bout he had beat Corey Anderson (Jimi Manuwa vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official mma record of 19-6-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ lost to David Branch in April (David Branch vs Thiago Santos) but then he has beat Kevin Holland (Thiago Santos vs Kevin Holland) and Eryk Anders (Thiago Santos vs Eryk Anders). Manuwa vs Santos is on the undercard of Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega – UFC 231. Watch the video and rate this fight!
