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Needs new opponent
Santos needs a new opponent for May 8 after Roxanne Modafferi suffered a meniscus tear, Eric Kowal of MyMMANews.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Santos has started her UFC career at a solid 3-1-0 pace, but she'll now need a new opponent in order to fight May 8. It's possible that the UFC could reschedule the flyweight bout in question, but that would have to wait until Modafferi has fully recovered from her meniscus surgery, which could take some time.
Santos has started her UFC career at a solid 3-1-0 pace, but she'll now need a new opponent in order to fight May 8. It's possible that the UFC could reschedule the flyweight bout in question, but that would have to wait until Modafferi has fully recovered from her meniscus surgery, which could take some time.
Slated to fight Modafferi
Santos (elbow) will take on Roxanne Modafferi on the May 8 card, Marcel Dorff of MMADNA reports.
ANALYSIS
After a decision victory over Gilian Robertson in December, Santos was hit with a medical suspension for a potential elbow injury. She apparently has cleared all necessary medical hurdles and will return to the mat in early May. Santos is off to a solid start in her UFC career, sporting a 3-1-0 record in the promotion. She cedes both an inch of height and reach to her opponent, who has seen ups and downs early in her UFC run.
After a decision victory over Gilian Robertson in December, Santos was hit with a medical suspension for a potential elbow injury. She apparently has cleared all necessary medical hurdles and will return to the mat in early May. Santos is off to a solid start in her UFC career, sporting a 3-1-0 record in the promotion. She cedes both an inch of height and reach to her opponent, who has seen ups and downs early in her UFC run.
Out up to six months
Santos was hit with a 180-day suspension after suffering an elbow injury during her victory over Gillian Robertson on Saturday, MMAJunkie.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Santos could return before 180 days are up if cleared by a doctor following an MRI. Even if cleared, however, she'll miss a minimum of 30 days, including 21 without contact.
Santos could return before 180 days are up if cleared by a doctor following an MRI. Even if cleared, however, she'll miss a minimum of 30 days, including 21 without contact.
Grinds out easy decision win
Santos defeated Gillian Robertson via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-28) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
It wasn't a particularly exciting fight to watch, but the dominance of Santos was most certainly impressive. Although she was credited with just a single successful takedown on what was her only attempt, Santos racked up a whopping 12:47 worth of control time. It's a mind-boggling number for a fight which lasted 15 minutes. Santos' domination led to Robertson landing all of nine significant strikes throughout the course of the bout. Santos is a striker by trade, so it was nice to see her show off some other skills. The Brazilian has now won back-to-back fights since dropping a split decision to Mara Romero Borella in her company debut back in February 2019.
It wasn't a particularly exciting fight to watch, but the dominance of Santos was most certainly impressive. Although she was credited with just a single successful takedown on what was her only attempt, Santos racked up a whopping 12:47 worth of control time. It's a mind-boggling number for a fight which lasted 15 minutes. Santos' domination led to Robertson landing all of nine significant strikes throughout the course of the bout. Santos is a striker by trade, so it was nice to see her show off some other skills. The Brazilian has now won back-to-back fights since dropping a split decision to Mara Romero Borella in her company debut back in February 2019.
Facing Robertson on Dec. 19
Santos will now face Gillian Robertson in a flyweight bout on Dec. 19, Aaron Bronsteter of TSN.ca reports.
ANALYSIS
Santos was supposed to fight Montana De La Rosa on Saturday, but the fight had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Santos will look to leap to above .500 in her UFC career on Dec. 19.
Santos was supposed to fight Montana De La Rosa on Saturday, but the fight had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Santos will look to leap to above .500 in her UFC career on Dec. 19.