“Capoeira” Welterweight
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
11-6-1
UFC record, 18 fights, 208.7 min
25-10-1 C
Pro record, all promotions, as ufcstats lists it
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 73"
- Weight
- 170 lb
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Born
- Thu, Dec 11, 1986, age 39
- First UFC fight
- Sat, May 30, 2015
- Latest UFC fight
- Sat, Aug 2, 2025
01/How he wins
in 11 wins
4 KO/TKO (flying knee head, kick to head at distance wheel kick, knee to head in clinch, punches to head on ground), 1 submission, 6 decisions in 11 wins
| How the fight ended | His wins | His losses |
|---|---|---|
| KO/TKO | 4 | 3 |
| Submission | 1 | 0 |
| Decision | 6 | 3 |
| All | 11 | 6 |
1 draw not in either column
02/Career rates
18 fights, 208.7 min
Sig strikes landed
4.16 per min
868 in 208.7 min, 18 fights
Sig strike accuracy
41.9%
868 of 2,071 attempts
Sig strikes absorbed
3.56 per min
742 of 1,673 landed on him in 208.7 min
Takedowns
0.79 per 15 min
11 of 53 · 208.7 min
Takedown accuracy
20.8%
11 of 53 attempts
Takedown defence
47 of 70
defended of attempted on him, 208.7 min
Control time
2:10 per 15 min
30:05 of 208:42
Knockdowns
2
scored in 208.7 min, 18 fights
Submission attempts
0.43 per 15 min
6 in 208.7 min
Where his sig strikes land
73% distance, 20% clinch, 8% ground
631 distance, 171 clinch, 66 ground of 868 landed
What he hits
57% head, 23% body, 20% leg
499 head, 198 body, 171 leg of 868 landed
Cage time
208:42
18 fights, the minutes every rate above is counted in
03/By division
1 division
| Fights | Record | Min | Sig strikes | Per min | Takedowns | Control | KD | Finishes in wins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | 18 | 11-6-1 | 208.7 | 868 of 2,071 | 4.16 | 11 of 53 | 30:05 of 208:42 | 2 | 5 in 11 |
| All | 18 | 11-6-1 | 208.7 | 868 of 2,071 | 4.16 | 11 of 53 | 30:05 of 208:42 | 2 | 5 in 11 |
04/By year
2015 to 2025
| Fights | Record | Min | Sig strikes | Per min | Takedowns | Control | KD | Finishes in wins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0-2-0 | 17.0 | 37 of 91 | 2.18 | 2 of 10 | 5:54 of 16:58 | 0 | 0 in 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 16.3 | 37 of 111 | 2.28 | 4 of 7 | 5:53 of 16:15 | 0 | 1 in 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1-0-1 | 30.0 | 117 of 265 | 3.90 | 0 of 3 | 1:39 of 30:00 | 0 | 0 in 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 15.0 | 149 of 259 | 9.93 | 0 of 4 | 2:00 of 15:00 | 0 | 0 in 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 30.0 | 108 of 294 | 3.60 | 2 of 8 | 3:24 of 30:00 | 0 | 0 in 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 17.4 | 60 of 169 | 3.44 | 1 of 2 | 2:32 of 17:26 | 0 | 1 in 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 10.0 | 30 of 90 | 3.00 | 0 of 1 | 0:15 of 10:00 | 2 | 2 in 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 30.0 | 167 of 395 | 5.57 | 1 of 12 | 3:44 of 30:00 | 0 | 0 in 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 28.1 | 106 of 266 | 3.78 | 1 of 4 | 4:08 of 28:03 | 0 | 1 in 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 15.0 | 57 of 131 | 3.80 | 0 of 2 | 0:36 of 15:00 | 0 | 0 in 0 |
| All | 18 | 11-6-1 | 208.7 | 868 of 2,071 | 4.16 | 11 of 53 | 30:05 of 208:42 | 2 | 5 in 11 |
A career line lumps every year together, and a fighter’s 2014 does not describe his 2026. Each year here is the same count over that year’s fights alone, with its own minutes, so it can be read against the career line beneath it.
05/By round
in the fights that reached it
| Fights reached | Min in it | Sig strikes | Per min | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sub att | Ended here | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 18 of 18 | 82.5 | 264 of 702 | 3.20 | 4 of 22 | 10:08 of 82:30 | 1 | 2 | 3, won 3 |
| Round 2 | 15 of 18 | 68.3 | 305 of 720 | 4.47 | 4 of 22 | 10:21 of 68:18 | 1 | 1 | 3, won 1 |
| Round 3 | 12 of 18 | 57.9 | 299 of 649 | 5.16 | 3 of 9 | 9:36 of 57:54 | 0 | 3 | 12, won 7 |
Round length is read from each fight’s round format, so a 12-minute opening round from 1995 counts its twelve minutes. A round is counted only for the fights that reached it; the first column is the denominator for the rest of the row.
06/Fight log
18 fights, newest first
| Date | Opponent | Result | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 2, 2025UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park | Neil MagnyWelterweight | LKO/TKO, R2 4:39Punches to Head From Back Control | 20 of 42 | 1 of 5 | 4:40 | 0 | 9:39 | Rounds |
| Sat, Mar 15, 2025UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | Chidi NjokuaniWelterweight | LKO/TKO, R2 2:19Knee to Head In Clinch | 17 of 49 | 1 of 5 | 1:14 | 0 | 7:19 | Rounds |
| Sat, Nov 9, 2024UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates | Zachary ScrogginWelterweight | WKO/TKO, R1 1:15Punches to Head On Ground | 11 of 35 | 0 of 0 | 0:20 | 0 | 1:15 | Rounds |
| Sat, Jun 1, 2024UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier | Randy BrownWelterweight | LUnanimous decision, R3 5:00Eric Colon 28 - 29. Sal D'amato 28 - 29. Chris Lee 28 - 29. | 26 of 76 | 4 of 7 | 5:33 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Nov 4, 2023UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis | Rinat FakhretdinovWelterweight | DMajority decision, R3 5:00Fabio Alves 28 - 29. Hallison Pontes 28 - 28. Sal D'amato 28 - 28. | 75 of 152 | 0 of 1 | 1:24 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Jun 3, 2023UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi | Abubakar NurmagomedovWelterweight | WSplit decision, R3 5:00Derek Cleary 29 - 28. Bryan Miner 28 - 29. Ron McCarthy 28 - 29. | 42 of 113 | 0 of 2 | 0:15 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Oct 30, 2021UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | Benoit Saint DenisWelterweight | WUnanimous decision, R3 5:00David Lethaby 26 - 29. Anders Ohlsson 26 - 29. Clemens Werner 26 - 29. | 149 of 259 | 0 of 4 | 2:00 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Jul 11, 2020UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | Muslim SalikhovWelterweight | LSplit decision, R3 5:00Lukasz Bosacki 27 - 30. David Lethaby 29 - 28. Clemens Werner 28 - 29. | 46 of 138 | 0 of 4 | 0:53 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Mar 14, 2020UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | Aleksei KunchenkoWelterweight | WUnanimous decision, R3 5:00Sal D'amato 28 - 29. Joseph Terrell 28 - 29. Guilherme Bravo 28 - 29. | 62 of 156 | 2 of 4 | 2:31 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Aug 31, 2019UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang | Li JingliangWelterweight | LKO/TKO, R3 4:51Punches to Head At Distance | 54 of 160 | 0 of 1 | 0:24 | 0 | 14:51 | Rounds |
| Sat, Mar 9, 2019UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | Curtis MillenderWelterweight | WSubmission, R1 2:35Rear Naked Choke | 6 of 9 | 1 of 1 | 2:08 | 0 | 2:35 | Rounds |
| Sat, Sep 22, 2018UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | Luigi VendraminiWelterweight | WKO/TKO, R2 1:20Flying Knee Head | 15 of 32 | 0 of 0 | 0:08 | 1 | 6:20 | Rounds |
| Sat, May 12, 2018UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | Sean StricklandWelterweight | WKO/TKO, R1 3:40Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick | 15 of 58 | 0 of 1 | 0:07 | 1 | 3:40 | Rounds |
| Sat, Oct 28, 2017UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | Max GriffinWelterweight | WUnanimous decision, R3 5:00Guilherme Bravo 28 - 29. Dave Tirelli 27 - 29. Derek Cleary 28 - 29. | 84 of 176 | 0 of 5 | 2:33 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Jul 22, 2017UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum | Lyman GoodWelterweight | WSplit decision, R3 5:00Doug Crosby 27 - 30. Cardo Urso 29 - 28. Jeff Mullen 27 - 30. | 83 of 219 | 1 of 7 | 1:11 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Oct 1, 2016UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | Keita NakamuraWelterweight | WUnanimous decision, R3 5:00Rick Campos 28 - 29. Glenn Trowbridge 28 - 29. Jeff Mullen 28 - 29. | 34 of 120 | 1 of 1 | 1:16 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
| Sat, Apr 16, 2016UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | Omari AkhmedovWelterweight | WKO/TKO, R3 3:03Knee to Head In Clinch | 72 of 146 | 0 of 3 | 2:52 | 0 | 13:03 | Rounds |
| Sat, May 30, 2015UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves | Nicolas DalbyWelterweight | LSplit decision, R3 5:00Guilherme Bravo 28 - 29. Rick Winter 29 - 28. Felipe Frank 28 - 29. | 57 of 131 | 0 of 2 | 0:36 | 0 | 15:00 | Rounds |
UFC bouts only, counted from the fight rows; the promotion’s listed pro record above covers every promotion and is a different denominator. Volume is per minute of cage time and accuracy per attempt; how he finishes is counted in his wins, the one place a fight is the unit. Significant strikes only. Control time the source did not record is absent, never 0:00.