Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos “Capoeira”
UFC record 11-6-1 · professional record 25-10-1
- Age
- 39 (born Dec 11, 1986)
- Height
- 180 cm (5' 11")
- Reach
- 185 cm (73")
- Leg reach
- 104 cm (41")
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight
- 170 lbs
- Country (hometown)
- Brazil
- Status
- Not fighting
- Style
- MMA
- Gym
- Academa CM System
- UFC debut
- May 30, 2015
- Last fight
- Aug 2, 2025
3 fight-night bonuses: 3 Fight of the Night.
Career statistics
- Sig. strikes landed per min
- 4.16
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 41%
- Sig. strikes absorbed per min
- 3.56
- Sig. strike defence
- 55%
- Takedowns per 15 min
- 0.79
- Takedown accuracy
- 20%
- Takedown defence
- 67%
- Submission attempts per 15 min
- 0.43
- Knockdowns
- 2
- Sig. strikes landed
- 868
- Takedowns landed
- 11
- Total fight time
- 3h 28m 42s
- Control time
- 30m 05s
UFC fights
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd | Time | Event | Date | KD | Sig. str. | TD | Sub |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Neil Magny | KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control | 2 | 4:39 | UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park | Aug 2, 2025 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| L | Chidi Njokuani | KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch | 2 | 2:19 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | Mar 15, 2025 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| W | Zachary Scroggin | KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground | 1 | 1:15 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates | Nov 9, 2024 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| L | Randy Brown | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier | Jun 1, 2024 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| D | Rinat Fakhretdinov | Decision (majority) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis | Nov 4, 2023 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 1 |
| W | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi | Jun 3, 2023 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Benoit Saint Denis | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | Oct 30, 2021 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 |
| L | Muslim Salikhov | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | Jul 11, 2020 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Aleksei Kunchenko | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | Mar 14, 2020 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 0 |
| L | Li Jingliang | KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance | 3 | 4:51 | UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang | Aug 31, 2019 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Curtis Millender | Submission · Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 2:35 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | Mar 9, 2019 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| W | Luigi Vendramini | KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head | 2 | 1:20 | UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders | Sep 22, 2018 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Sean Strickland | KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance | 1 | 3:40 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | May 12, 2018 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Max Griffin | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | Oct 28, 2017 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
| W | Lyman Good | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum | Jul 22, 2017 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 0 |
| W | Keita Nakamura | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | Oct 1, 2016 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| W | Omari Akhmedov | KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch | 3 | 3:03 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans | Apr 16, 2016 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 1 |
| L | Nicolas Dalby | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves | May 30, 2015 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 |