
Junior Dos Santos
Junior Dos Santos, “Cigano”, is a Heavyweight from Brazil with an official record of 21-11. Cage Brothers holds 25 of those bouts: 15 wins and 10 losses, the wins coming 10 by knockout and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round knockout loss to Robelis Despaigne at MVP MMA: Rousey vs. Carano on 16 May 2026, the sixth defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | Robelis Despaigne | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:59 | MVP MMA: Rousey vs. Carano |
| May 20, 2022 | Yorgan De Castro | LOSS | KOTKO (Injury) | R3 · 0:35 | Eagle Fighting Championship 47 |
| Dec 13, 2020 | Ciryl Gane | LOSS | KOElbow | R2 · 2:34 | UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 3:47 | UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 |
| Jan 25, 2020 | Curtis Blaydes | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 1:06 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Francis Ngannou | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 1:11 | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos |
| Mar 9, 2019 | Derrick Lewis | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Tai Tuivasa | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:30 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Blagoy Ivanov | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov |
| May 13, 2017 | Stipe MiocicTitle | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 2:22 | UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2 |
| Apr 10, 2016 | Ben Rothwell | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos |
| Dec 19, 2015 | Alistair Overeem | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:43 | UFC on Fox: Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 |
| Dec 13, 2014 | Stipe Miocic | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Miocic |
| Oct 20, 2013 | Cain VelasquezTitle | LOSS | KOPunch | R5 · 3:09 | UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 |
| May 26, 2013 | Mark Hunt | WIN | KOKick | R3 · 4:18 | UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2 |
| Dec 30, 2012 | Cain VelasquezTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2 |
| May 27, 2012 | Frank MirTitle | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 3:04 | UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir |
| Nov 13, 2011 | Cain VelasquezTitle | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:04 | UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos |
| Jun 12, 2011 | Shane Carwin | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin |
| Aug 8, 2010 | Roy Nelson | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen |
| Mar 22, 2010 | Gabriel Gonzaga | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones |
| Jan 3, 2010 | Gilbert Yvel | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva |
| Sep 20, 2009 | Mirko Filipovic | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R3 | UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort |
| Feb 22, 2009 | Stefan Struve | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson |
| Oct 26, 2008 | Fabricio Werdum | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote |
Wins, losses and draws are Junior Dos Santos’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Junior Dos Santos’s record, in numbers
Junior Dos Santos’s official record is 21-11. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 15 wins, 10 losses — because 7 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 15 wins break down as 10 by knockout and 5 by decision — 10 of 15 inside the distance, a finish rate of 67%. Across all 25 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 49 seconds.
Junior Dos Santos has been stopped 9 times in the 25 bouts on file — 9 by knockout — which is 36% of them. The last 6 bouts on file are all losses.
Of the 25 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 5 were for a title and 14 were the main event of the card. One of them has come since September 2024.
Set against the 487 Heavyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Junior Dos Santos has a finish rate above 29% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 16% of them and a two-year bout count above 68% 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.
Junior Dos Santos is listed at 6ft 4in with a reach of 77in, fights orthodox and is 42, born 29 January 1984.
These figures are recomputed from Junior Dos Santos’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















