Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

“Capoeira”

MMA · Active

26-10-1RECORD

16KO / TKO WINS

3SUBMISSION WINS

7DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Capoeira
Date of birth	12 Nov 1986
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Francisco Beltrão, Brazil
Lives in	Curitiba, Brazil
Division	Welterweight
Team	CM System
Height	180 cm (5′11″)
Reach	185 cm (73″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 2009
Status	Active
Pro debut	8 Nov 2009
Last fight	Win vs Jesse Taylor, 6 Jun 2026

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Titles and honours

Liga Monstro Combate Welterweight Champion
Former Jungle Fight Welterweight Champion
SMASH Fight Welterweight Tournament winner (2013)
Fight of the Night (x3)

Background

Brazilian welterweight from Francisco Beltrão, Paraná, who came through Jungle Fight before joining the UFC in 2015. He trains at CM System in Curitiba and fought in the UFC until his release in late 2025.

Fight history

37 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Jesse Taylor	TKO (punches)	1	1:24	Liga Monstro Combate 1	6 Jun 2026	Curitiba, Brazil	Won the inaugural LMC Welterweight Championship
Loss	Neil Magny	TKO (punches)	2	4:39	UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park	2 Aug 2025	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Chidi Njokuani	TKO (knee and elbows)	2	2:19	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2	15 Mar 2025	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Catchweight (172.25 lb)
Win	Zachary Scroggin	TKO (punches)	1	1:15	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates	9 Nov 2024	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Catchweight (174 lb)
Loss	Randy Brown	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	1 Jun 2024	Newark, New Jersey, USA
Draw	Rinat Fakhretdinov	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis	4 Nov 2023	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Win	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi	3 Jun 2023	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Benoit Saint Denis	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	30 Oct 2021	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Loss	Muslim Salikhov	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	11 Jul 2020	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Win	Aleksei Kunchenko	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	14 Mar 2020	Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Loss	Li Jingliang	TKO (punches)	3	4:51	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang	31 Aug 2019	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Win	Curtis Millender	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:35	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos	9 Mar 2019	Wichita, Kansas, USA
Win	Luigi Vendramini	KO (flying knee and punches)	2	1:20	UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders	22 Sep 2018	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Win	Sean Strickland	KO (spinning wheel kick and punches)	1	3:40	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington	12 May 2018	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Max Griffin	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida	28 Oct 2017	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Fight of the Night
Win	Lyman Good	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum	22 Jul 2017	Uniondale, New York, USA	Fight of the Night
Win	Keita Nakamura	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson	1 Oct 2016	Portland, Oregon, USA
Win	Omari Akhmedov	TKO (knees and punches)	3	3:03	UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans	16 Apr 2016	Tampa, Florida, USA	Fight of the Night
Loss	Nicolas Dalby	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves	30 May 2015	Goiania, Goias, Brazil	UFC debut
Win	Eduardo Ramon	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:07	Jungle Fight 75	18 Dec 2014	Belém, Brazil	Defended the Jungle Fight Welterweight Championship
Win	Itamar Rosa	KO (punches)	1	1:59	Jungle Fight 71	19 Jul 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Won the vacant Jungle Fight Welterweight Championship
Win	Rodrigo Souza	TKO (punches)	2	2:57	Jungle Fight 65	2 Feb 2014	Madre de Deus, Brazil
Win	Josenildo Ramalho	KO (punches)	1	2:42	Jungle Fight 59	12 Oct 2013	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loss	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:20	Jungle Fight 54	29 Jun 2013	Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Win	Ricardo Silva	TKO (punches)	1	1:16	SMASH Fight 1	3 May 2013	Curitiba, Brazil	Won the SMASH Fight Welterweight Tournament (final)
Win	Gilmar Dutra Lima	KO (punch)	1	0:27	SMASH Fight 1	3 May 2013	Curitiba, Brazil	SMASH Fight Welterweight Tournament semi-final
Loss	Franklin Jensen	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Sparta MMA 1	29 Sep 2012	Itajaí, Brazil
Win	Misael Chamorro	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:35	Beltrão Combat 1	19 May 2012	Francisco Beltrão, Brazil
Loss	Viscardi Andrade	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:27	Max Fight 11	17 Mar 2012	Campinas, Brazil
Loss	José de Ribamar Machado Gomes	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Amazon Fight 10	7 Dec 2011	Belém, Brazil
Win	Jakson Pontes	TKO (punches)	1	2:42	Max Fight 10	10 Nov 2011	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	João Paulo Prado	TKO (retirement)	2	5:00	Vale Fighting Championship 1	6 Aug 2011	Taubaté, Brazil
Win	Misael Chamorro	TKO (punches)	1		Big Bold's Night 1	13 Nov 2010	Cascavel, Brazil
Win	Dyego Roberto	TKO (body kick)	3	4:16	Samurai Fight Combat 3	25 Apr 2010	Curitiba, Brazil
Win	Christian Tide Squeti	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Londrina Fight Show 1	13 Dec 2009	Londrina, Brazil
Win	Wellington Bruno Morgenstern	KO (punches)	1		B33 Fight 8	15 Nov 2009	Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Win	Douglas Jandozo	KO (punches)	1	3:03	G1 Open Fight 7	8 Nov 2009	Joaquim Távora, Brazil	Pro debut