Jose Rafael Santos

"Ze Maritaca"

AGE	33 / Jul 5, 1992
HEIGHT	5'10" / 177.8 cm
WEIGHT	205 lbs / 92.99 kg

ASSOCIATION
Iron Brothers

CLASS
Light Heavyweight

Wins 5

KO / TKO

80%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

20%

Losses 9

KO / TKO

56%

SUBMISSIONS

33%

DECISIONS

11%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Erick Soares Araujo	Iron Fight Championship - Iron Fight Championship 7 Mar / 16 / 2024	TKO (Punch) Paulo Paiva	2	4:30
loss	Higor Fernandes	FK MMA 7 - FK Mixed Martial Arts Aug / 27 / 2022	TKO (Punches)	1	0:54
loss	Julio Cesar Spadaccini	Spartacus MMA - Spartacus Fight Event 2 Apr / 30 / 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:33
loss	Filipe Moitinho	Thunder Fight 30 - Copa Thunder Fight 13 Sep / 19 / 2021	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	0:00
loss	Rafael Silva	SFT 19 - Cilli vs. Ramon Dec / 21 / 2019	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Anderson Ulysses	2	3:00
loss	Uyran Carlos	SFT 15 - Chatuba vs. Soldado Aug / 31 / 2019	KO (Punches) Anderson Feliciano	1	3:59
win	Clodoaldo Nunes	EFC - Elite Fight Championship 8 Aug / 10 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
win	Joao Mendes	SFT 14 - Maranhao vs Predador Jul / 27 / 2019	TKO (Retirement) Anderson Ulysses	1	3:04
win	Wagner Antonio Isidoro de Souza	Elite FC - Elite Fighting Championship 7 May / 25 / 2019	TKO (Retirement) Cleber Brandão	2	5:00
loss	Otavio Sagas	SFT 7 - Souza vs. Santos Nov / 24 / 2018	TKO (Punch) Anderson Feliciano	1	2:57
loss	Julio Cesar Spadaccini	SFT 3 - Mexicano vs. Dos Santos Jul / 21 / 2018	TKO Anderson Feliciano	2	3:01
win	Maicon Blindado	Iron Fight 6 - Iron Fight Championship 6 Jul / 07 / 2018	KO (Punches) Anderson Feliciano	1	1:26
loss	Edson Silva	Thunder Fight - Selection Apr / 21 / 2018	Decision (Split) Lauro Massao Fumoto	3	5:00
win	Alef Cambiaghi	VFC - Vikings Fight Club 1 Mar / 17 / 2018	KO Junior Pires	1	0:23

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Fagner Tadeu	Thunder Fight - Copa Thunder Fight 4 Jun / 03 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Fernando Santana	2	2:24
win	Elton Glauber Lira Silva	Fight Club Sporting MMA - Amateur MMA Mar / 25 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Lauro Massao Fumoto	3	3:00

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