RankingsWomen's BantamweightUpdated

Yana Santos

“Foxy”

Yana Santos is ranked 8th of 69 women's bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 6th in the UFC’s own women's bantamweight rankings.

FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
1,7578th of 69 · Women's Bantamweight
FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
+0.45Fame ahead of skill
Career phase
PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,771, 4 Oct 2025
Record
17–8Pro, 1 NC

Fame against skill.

9001,1001,3001,5001,7001,9002,100 Skill (FLR) → Fame ↑ Yana Santos
Source: First Light Observatory.

Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.

Skill and attention.

1,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,200 SkillDevelopingPrimeDecliningAttentionBelow radar SkillAttention 2010 (20)2014 (24)2018 (28)2022 (32)2026 (36)
Source: First Light Observatory.

Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.

Recent fights.

DateFightFLR
31 Oct 2026 Lost to Luana SantosUFC Fight Night 292 - Moicano vs. Nolan · Decision (Unanimous) —
4 Oct 2025 Won vs Macy ChiassonUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +24
3 May 2025 Won vs Miesha TateUFC on ESPN 67 - Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +26
10 Aug 2024 Won vs Chelsea ChandlerUFC on ESPN 61 - Tybura vs. Spivac 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +27
1 Jul 2023 Lost to Karol RosaUFC on ESPN 48 - Strickland vs. Magomedov · Decision (Split), R3 −4
25 Mar 2023 Lost to Holly HolmUFC on ESPN 43 - Vera vs. Sandhagen · Decision (Unanimous), R3 −30
10 Jul 2021 Lost to Irene AldanaUFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · TKO (Punches), R1 −30
20 Feb 2021 Won vs Ketlen VieiraUFC Fight Night 185 - Blaydes vs. Lewis · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +28
8 Aug 2020 Won vs Julija StoliarenkoUFC Fight Night 174 - Lewis vs. Oleynik · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +33
7 Dec 2019 Lost to Aspen LaddUFC on ESPN 7 - Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · TKO (Punches), R3 −1
9 Mar 2019 Won vs Marion ReneauUFC Fight Night 146 - Lewis vs. Dos Santos · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +27
6 Oct 2018 Won vs Lina LansbergUFC 229 - Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor · Decision (Unanimous), R3 +66

FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.

Data Credit: First Light Observatory.

How these numbers are made.
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