Liz Carmouche vs Taila Santos
Liz Carmouche is 26-9-0; Taila Santos is 23-5-0. Liz Carmouche is 9 years older than Taila Santos. Taila Santos has a 2" · 5 cm reach advantage over Liz Carmouche. They have met once: Liz Carmouche 0, Taila Santos 1.
Women's FlyweightMet once
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Style & credentials
Liz Carmouche
MMABJJ
- —Black belt · BJJ
- 20252025 PFL World Tournament Women's Flyweight ChampionPFL
- 2022Bellator Women's Flyweight World ChampionshipBellator MMA
- 2024Semifinalist · PFL SeasonWomen's Flyweight
Taila Santos
No background on record
Camp · Team Taila SantosSig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
58%54%
Head
18%21%
Body
23%24%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Liz Carmouchelast 8 fights
47%22%31%
Taila Santoslast 7 fights
60%26%14%
DistanceClinchGround
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Liz Carmouche· incl. 8 fights outside the UFC Taila Santos· incl. 6 fights outside the UFC
Strikes landed / min
2.803.20
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Average · better than 44% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
2.613.04
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Good · better than 76% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Good · better than 63% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
2.161.83
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Good · better than 67% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
64%65%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Elite · better than 91% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Elite · better than 91% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
67%78%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Average · better than 55% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Good · better than 80% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.801.10
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Liz Carmouche · Good · better than 73% of UFC fightersTaila Santos · Good · better than 83% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1503 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
2.80
Strikes landed / min3.20
2.61
Strikes taken / minfewer is better3.04
2.16 / 3.4
Takedowns landed / 15 min1.83 / 2.8
64%
Takedown accuracy65%
67%
Takedown defence78%
4:09
Control time / fight4:05
0.80
Submission attempts / 15 min1.10
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Liz Carmouche10 UFC fights · 314 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
22%70/258
10%31/51
24%76/108
Clinch
9%28/34
3%10/10
3%8/8
Ground
21%66/98
5%16/16
3%9/9
Taila Santos8 UFC fights · 406 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
40%163/516
8%31/66
26%107/119
Clinch
3%12/20
8%31/38
1%5/5
Ground
12%48/71
1%6/7
1%3/3
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
Liz Carmouche20 of 35 ended early · 57%15 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
3 early stoppages have no logged time
Taila Santos16 of 28 ended early · 57%12 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Liz Carmouche4-1
- LPFL Chicago: Carmouche vs Bishop 2· Oct 16, 2026Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WPFL San Diego: McKee vs Isbulaev· Jun 27, 2026Submission · R2 · 2:07 · Women's Flyweight
- W
- WPFL World Tournament 6: 2025 Semifinals· Jun 20, 2025Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WPFL World Tournament 2: 2025 First Round· Apr 11, 2025TKO · R1 · 1:25 · Women's Flyweight
Full record · 35 fightsShow less
- L
- W
- WPFL 1: 2024 Regular Season· Apr 4, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- W
- WBellator 294: Carmouche vs Bennett 2· Apr 21, 2023Submission · R4 · 4:29 · Women's Flyweight
- W
- WBellator 279: Cyborg vs Blencowe 2· Apr 23, 2022TKO · R4 · 4:47 · Women's Flyweight
- W
- WBellator 256: Bader vs Machida 2· Apr 9, 2021Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WBellator 245: Davis vs Machida 2· Sep 11, 2020Submission · R3 · 3:17 · Women's Flyweight
- LUFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche· Aug 10, 2019Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs Santos· Feb 23, 2019Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs Ivanov· Jul 14, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- LUFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Ortega· Dec 9, 2017Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WUFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor· Nov 12, 2016Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas· Apr 4, 2015Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- LUFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne· Apr 19, 2014Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- LUFC Fight Night: Kennedy vs Natal· Nov 6, 2013Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- W
- L
- W
- WAshleigh CurryInvicta FC 1· Apr 28, 2012TKO · R1 · 1:58 · Bantamweight
- LStrikeforce: Challengers 17· Jul 21, 2011Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- LStrikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson· Mar 5, 2011Submission · R4 · 1:29 · Women's Bantamweight
- WJan FinneyStrikeforce: Challengers 12· Nov 18, 2010TKO · R3 · 1:30 · Women's Bantamweight
- W
- WStrikeforce: Challengers 10· Aug 12, 2010Unanimous Decision · R2 · 3:00 · Women's Bantamweight
- WMargarita de la CruzUWC 7: Evolution· Jun 26, 2010TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Featherweight
- WTBACalifornia Regional· May 29, 2010Submission
- WTrudie GinnMexico Regional· Mar 13, 2010TKO
Taila Santos3-2
- LPFL Tampa: Cyborg vs Vieira· Aug 22, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WQihui YanPFL Sioux Falls: Storley vs Zendeli· May 2, 2026TKO · R1 · 2:02 · Women's Flyweight
- L
- W
- W
Full record · 28 fightsShow less
- W
- LUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs The Korean Zombie· Aug 26, 2023Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- LUFC 275: Teixeira vs Prochazka· Jun 12, 2022Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- W
- WUFC 266: Volkanovski vs Ortega· Sep 25, 2021Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Thompson vs Neal· Dec 19, 2020Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WUFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Ige· Jul 16, 2020Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- L
- WEstefani AlmeidaDWCS Brazil 1.2· Aug 11, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Women's Flyweight
- WLaisa CoimbraAspera FC 43· Aug 13, 2016TKO · R1 · 1:27 · Bantamweight
- WBruna RossoKO Combate· Nov 21, 2015TKO · R2 · 3:06
- WGisele MoreiraAspera FC 23· Aug 16, 2015Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
- WGisele PereiraAspera FC 20· Jun 6, 2015TKO · R1 · 1:06 · Bantamweight
- WWellen TaynaraAspera FC 19· May 23, 2015TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Flyweight
- WAna PaulaNoxii Combat 1· May 17, 2015TKO · R1 · 2:12 · Bantamweight
- WJuliana MartinsAspera FC 17· Apr 4, 2015Submission · R1 · 0:48 · Bantamweight
- WDaniela CristinaAspera FC 16· Mar 29, 2015TKO · R1 · 0:26 · Bantamweight
- WTBAMar 21, 2015Submission · R1 · 1:17
- WMarta SouzaAspera FC 15· Feb 1, 2015TKO · R1 · 2:36 · Bantamweight
- WRachael CumminsXFC International 6· Sep 27, 2014TKO · R1 · 4:28 · Flyweight
- WGeisyele NascimentoUOC 1· Jul 5, 2014TKO · R2 · 0:30 · Bantamweight
- WKessiny MaraAspera N1· Mar 1, 2014TKO · R1 · 2:20
- W
Head-to-Head History
Common Opponents
How each fared against the same opponents.
Liz CarmoucheTaila Santos
Frequently asked questions
Have Liz Carmouche and Taila Santos ever fought?
Yes, once. Most recently at PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs (Fri, Aug 2, 2024), where Taila Santos won by Unanimous Decision.
What are the records of Liz Carmouche and Taila Santos?
Liz Carmouche is 26-9-0 and Taila Santos is 23-5-0.
Who has the longer reach, Liz Carmouche or Taila Santos?
Taila Santos has the longer reach: 68" · 173 cm against 66" · 168 cm for Liz Carmouche, a 2" · 5 cm advantage.
Who is taller, Liz Carmouche or Taila Santos?
Neither. Both stand 5'6" · 168 cm.
Who is older, Liz Carmouche or Taila Santos?
Liz Carmouche is 42 and Taila Santos is 33.
Who has more finishes, Liz Carmouche or Taila Santos?
Liz Carmouche has 18 wins inside the distance (11 by KO/TKO, 7 by submission); Taila Santos has 15 wins (11 by KO/TKO, 4 by submission).