Eduardo Dantas
| Eduardo Dantas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 3, 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Other names | DuDu |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Division | Bantamweight |
| Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Team | Nova União |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 23 |
| Wins | 19 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 2 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Eduardo Dantas (born February 3, 1989) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title. He is the current Bellator Bantamweight champion. Dantas is currently ranked as the #5 bantamweight in the world and the #1 bantamweight outside of the UFC by fightmatrix.com.
Dantas trains with Nova União. Dantas has also shown a tendency in his career to prefer the striking game.
After compiling a record of 3–1, including a win over Shooto champ Shinichi Kojima, Dantas main evented Shooto Brazil 5. Dantas attempted multiple striking techniques including flying knees, before finishing his opponent with punches to the stomach.
Soon after, Dantas won the Shooto South American 132 lb title, which he owned up going into his fight against Ueda.
Dantas would next compete for the Shooto 132-pound world title. At that time, his opponent, Masakatsu Ueda was ranked as the #2 bantamweight in the world.
In a three round bout, Dantas was able to rock his opponent on a number of occasions, but suffered a point deduction after holding the ropes to prevent a takedown from Ueda. Dantas would go on to lose the bout 29–28, 29–28, 30–28.
Dantas later bounced back with a TKO victory over Carlos Roberto in the second round. This was followed by a submission victory at The Way of Shooto 3 in May 2010.
Dantas was next set to defend his Shooto South American 132 lb Championship in a rematch with Luis Alberto Nogueira, but the bout was cancelled.
In the fall of 2011, Dantas entered Bellator's Season Five Bantamweight Tournament. He defeated Wilson Reis via second round KO in the quarter-final round and Ed West by split decision in the semi-final round in order to advance to the finals.
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