Holly Holm vs Yana Santos

Holly Holm is 15-7-0 (1 NC); Yana Santos is 17-8-0 (1 NC). Holly Holm is 8 years older than Yana Santos. Holly Holm has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Yana Santos. Holly Holm is 2" · 5 cm taller than Yana Santos. They have met once: Holly Holm 1, Yana Santos 0.

Holly Holm

“The Preacher's Daughter” · 15-7-0 (1 NC)

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Women's BantamweightMet once

Yana Santos

“Foxy” · 17-8-0 (1 NC)

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Style & credentials

Holly Holm

BoxingKickboxing

2012WBF female light welterweight championshipWBF
2012WBAN world welterweight championshipWBAN
2010WIBA light welterweight championshipWIBA
2008WBAN lineal world super welterweight (light middleweight) championshipWBAN

Camp · Jackson Wink MMA Academy · Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

Yana Santos

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team · Russia

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

47%

Head

34%

30%

Body

41%

23%

Leg

25%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Holly Holmlast 3 fights

41%25%34%

Yana Santoslast 5 fights

64%21%15%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Holly Holm· from fights outside the UFC Yana Santos· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.134.41

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Average · better than 41% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Good · better than 78% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.923.12

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Good · better than 67% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Good · better than 60% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.870.78

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Below avg · better than 39% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Below avg · better than 35% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

30%47%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Below avg · better than 30% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Good · better than 71% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

76%52%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Good · better than 78% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Below avg · better than 29% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.100.10

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Holly Holm · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fightersYana Santos · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.13

Strikes landed / min

4.41

2.92

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.12

0.87 / 2.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.78 / 1.7

30%

Takedown accuracy

47%

76%

Takedown defence

52%

3:55

Control time / fight

3:47

0.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.10

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Holly Holm16 UFC fights · 761 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

35%268/1024

24%183/290

22%165/227

Clinch

5%35/50

6%48/56

1%10/12

Ground

5%41/76

1%7/8

1%4/5

Yana Santos12 UFC fights · 677 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

21%142/491

13%87/130

22%152/185

Clinch

10%69/104

26%178/199

2%14/15

Ground

2%16/26

2%14/15

1%5/5

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Holly Holm11 of 22 ended early · 50%11 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

Yana Santos13 of 25 ended early · 52%12 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

3 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Holly Holm2-2

L
Kayla Harrison
UFC 300: Pereira vs Hill · Apr 13, 2024
Submission · R2 · 1:47 · Women's Bantamweight
NC
Mayra Bueno Silva
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Bueno Silva · Jul 15, 2023
· R2 · 0:38 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Yana Santos
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Sandhagen · Mar 25, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Ketlen Vieira
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Vieira · May 21, 2022
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Irene Aldana
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Aldana · Oct 4, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight

Full record · 23 fights

W
Raquel Pennington
UFC 246: McGregor vs Cowboy · Jan 18, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Amanda Nunes
UFC 239: Jones vs Santos · Jul 6, 2019
TKO · R1 · 4:10 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Megan Anderson
UFC 225: Whittaker vs Romero · Jun 9, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Featherweight
L
Cristiane Justino
UFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm · Dec 30, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Featherweight
W
Bethe Correia
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia · Jun 17, 2017
TKO · R3 · 1:09 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Germaine de Randamie
UFC 208: Holm vs de Randamie · Feb 11, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Featherweight
L
Valentina Shevchenko
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Shevchenko · Jul 23, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Miesha Tate
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz · Mar 5, 2016
Submission · R5 · 3:30 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Ronda Rousey
UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm · Nov 15, 2015
TKO · R2 · 0:59 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Marion Reneau
UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee · Jul 15, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Raquel Pennington
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · Feb 28, 2015
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Juliana Werner
Legacy FC 30 · Apr 4, 2014
TKO · R5 · 1:50 · Bantamweight
W
Angela Hayes
Fresquez Productions · Dec 6, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Nikki Knudsen
Legacy FC 24 · Oct 11, 2013
TKO · R2 · 1:18 · Bantamweight
W
Al-Lanna Jones
Legacy FC 21 · Jul 19, 2013
TKO · R2 · 2:22 · Bantamweight
W
Katie Merrill
Bellator MMA: Bellator 91 · Feb 27, 2013
TKO · R2 · 3:02
W
Jan Finney
Fresquez Productions · Sep 9, 2011
TKO
W
Christina Domke
Fresquez Productions · Mar 3, 2011
TKO

Yana Santos3-2

W
Macy Chiasson
UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 · Oct 4, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Miesha Tate
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Figueiredo · May 3, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Chelsea Chandler
UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs Spivac 2 · Aug 10, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Karol Rosa
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Magomedov · Jul 1, 2023
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Featherweight
L
Holly Holm
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Sandhagen · Mar 25, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight

Full record · 26 fights

L
Irene Aldana
UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3 · Jul 10, 2021
TKO · R1 · 4:35 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Ketlen Vieira
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Lewis · Feb 20, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Julija Stoliarenko
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Oleinik · Aug 8, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Aspen Ladd
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Rozenstruik · Dec 7, 2019
TKO · R3 · 0:33 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Marion Reneau
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Dos Santos · Mar 9, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
W
Lina Lansberg
UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor · Oct 6, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
L
Cristiane Justino
UFC 222: Cyborg vs Kunitskaya · Mar 3, 2018
TKO · R1 · 3:25 · Women's Featherweight
W
Raquel Canuto
Invicta FC 25 · Aug 31, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
L
Tonya Evinger
Invicta FC 22 · Mar 25, 2017
Submission · R2 · 4:32 · Bantamweight
NC
Tonya Evinger
Invicta FC 20 · Nov 18, 2016
NC · Bantamweight
W
Wu Yanan
Fightspirit Championship 6 · Sep 4, 2016
TKO · R2 · 0:32 · Bantamweight
L
Zaira Dyshekova
Absolute Championship Berkut 32 · Mar 26, 2016
Submission · R1 · 3:44 · Catchweight
W
Sylwia Kusiak
Baltic Arena · Jun 15, 2012
TKO
W
Anna Melikhova
Lion's Fights 1 · Mar 3, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
W
Ekaterina Saraykina
Verdict FC 1 · Feb 11, 2012
TKO · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Arune Lauzeckaite
Bushido Fighting Championship · Nov 19, 2011
TKO
W
Cindy Dandois
M-1 Challenge 22 · Dec 10, 2010
TKO · R1 · 0:34 · Featherweight
W
Kamila Bałanda
Bushido Fighting Championship · Nov 20, 2010
TKO
L
Maria Hougaard Djursaa
Fighter Gala · May 28, 2010
DEC
W
Vladlena Yavorskaya
Bushido FC: Legend · Nov 28, 2009
Submission · R1 · 3:20 · Featherweight
W
Magdalena Jarecka
K-1: Poland 2009 · May 23, 2009
TKO · R1 · 1:38 · Bantamweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Sandhagen
Sat, Mar 25, 2023
Holly Holm
Unanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Holly HolmYana Santos

Frequently asked questions

Have Holly Holm and Yana Santos ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Sandhagen (Sat, Mar 25, 2023), where Holly Holm won by Unanimous Decision.

What are the records of Holly Holm and Yana Santos?

Holly Holm is 15-7-0 (1 NC) and Yana Santos is 17-8-0 (1 NC).

Who has the longer reach, Holly Holm or Yana Santos?

Holly Holm has the longer reach: 69" · 175 cm against 68" · 173 cm for Yana Santos, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Holly Holm or Yana Santos?

Holly Holm is taller at 5'8" · 173 cm; Yana Santos stands 5'6" · 168 cm.

Who is older, Holly Holm or Yana Santos?

Holly Holm is 44 and Yana Santos is 36.

Who has more finishes, Holly Holm or Yana Santos?

Holly Holm has 8 wins inside the distance (8 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission); Yana Santos has 8 wins (7 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission).

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