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Daniel Santos

“Willycat”
Country
Brazil
Record
15-3
Weight class
Featherweight
Height
5'7"
Reach
67"
Age
31
Stance
Orthodox
Career stats
Finish rate67%
8 of 12 wins inside the distance · 48th percentile
Durability93%
Stopped in 7% of bouts — 1 of 15 · 78th percentile
Activity4
Bouts in the last 24 months · 90th percentile
9:03
Avg bout length
1W
Streak
0
Title fights
0
Main events
Percentiles vs 557 featherweights
Counted from the 15 bouts on record, not the full 18-fight career
Strikes & grappling
Sig. strikes landed / min5.14
433 landed from 1041 attempts — 42% accuracy · 77th percentile
Takedowns / 15 min2.49
14 landed from 41 attempts — 34% accuracy · 77th percentile
Knockdowns / 15 min0.36
2 in 7 statted bouts · 54th percentile
Control time27%
22m of 1h 24m fought · 77th percentile
Strikes by target
Head 63%
Body 23%
Leg 14%
Of 433 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 26 featherweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 7 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 1h 24m of fight time, of the 15 bouts on record

Daniel Santos, “Willycat”, is a Featherweight from Brazil with an official record of 14-3. Cage Brothers holds 15 of those bouts: 12 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 7 by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Dooho Choi at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa on 16 May 2026.

DateOpponentResultMethodRoundEvent
Oct 24, 2026Bolaji OkiWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
May 16, 2026Dooho ChoiLOSSKOPunchR2 · 4:29UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
Oct 4, 2025JooSang YooWINKOPunchR2 · 0:21UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
May 10, 2025JeongYeong LeeWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
Jun 3, 2023Johnny MunozWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
Oct 1, 2022John CastanedaWINKOKneeR2 · 4:28UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan
Apr 9, 2022Julio ArceLOSSDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Dec 14, 2019Zhunus NizambekWINSUBSubmission (Armbar)R1WEF 91 / Brave CF 32: Brave Combat Federation
Jun 28, 2019Henrique FantiniWINKOKO/TKOR1 · 2:21Future FC 6: Cado vs. Giacomo
Jan 26, 2019Murad KalamovLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR3ACA 91: Absolute Championship Akhmat
Feb 16, 2018Dukvaha AstamirovWINDECDecision - MajorityR3 · 5:00ACB 80: Tumenov vs. Burrell
Sep 11, 2016Cleverson SilvaWINKOKO/TKOR1Fighten: Decagon MMA Championship 3
Apr 2, 2016Jose AlexandreWINKOKO/TKOR3Thunder Fight 6: Negao vs. Silverio
Oct 6, 2015Lucas EuricoWINKOKO/TKOR2Copa Euro
Mar 30, 2014Jose Mauro Dos SantosWINKOKO/TKOR2 · -FA: Fatality Arena 6
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
KOPunchR2 · 4:29
Oct 4, 2025 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
WIN
KOPunchR2 · 0:21
May 10, 2025 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Johnny Munoz
Jun 3, 2023 · UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Oct 1, 2022 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan
WIN
KOKneeR2 · 4:28
Apr 9, 2022 · UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Zhunus Nizambek
Dec 14, 2019 · WEF 91 / Brave CF 32: Brave Combat Federation
WIN
SUBSubmission (Armbar)R1
Henrique Fantini
Jun 28, 2019 · Future FC 6: Cado vs. Giacomo
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1 · 2:21
Murad Kalamov
Jan 26, 2019 · ACA 91: Absolute Championship Akhmat
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Dukvaha Astamirov
Feb 16, 2018 · ACB 80: Tumenov vs. Burrell
WIN
DECDecision - MajorityR3 · 5:00
Cleverson Silva
Sep 11, 2016 · Fighten: Decagon MMA Championship 3
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Jose Alexandre
Apr 2, 2016 · Thunder Fight 6: Negao vs. Silverio
WIN
KOKO/TKOR3
Lucas Eurico
Oct 6, 2015 · Copa Euro
WIN
KOKO/TKOR2
Jose Mauro Dos Santos
Mar 30, 2014 · FA: Fatality Arena 6
WIN
KOKO/TKOR2 · -

Daniel Santos’s record, in numbers

Daniel Santos’s official record is 14-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 15 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 12 wins, 3 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.

The 12 wins break down as 7 by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision — 8 of 12 inside the distance, a finish rate of 67%. Across the 14 of 15 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 41 seconds.

Daniel Santos has been stopped once in the 15 bouts on file, by knockout — 7% of them.

The 15 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for include no title fights and no main events. Three of them have come since September 2024.

Set against the 553 Featherweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Daniel Santos has a finish rate above 49% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 78% of them and a two-year bout count above 81% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.

Daniel Santos is listed at 5ft 7in with a reach of 67in, fights orthodox and is 31, born 11 March 1995.

These figures are recomputed from Daniel Santos’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.