Leonardo Santos (fighter)
| Leonardo Santos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 5, 1980 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Other names | Lamparão |
| Residence | Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 75.0 in (191 cm) |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Jujitsu |
| Fighting out of | Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil |
| Team | Nova União |
| Rank | 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 20 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 9 |
| By decision | 4 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Losses | 3 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Brazil
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| Men's Grappling | ||
| ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship | ||
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2001 Abu Dhabi | -77kg |
Leonardo Silva dos Santos (born February 5, 1980) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who fights at lightweight.
Santos was born on February 5, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro. His brother is MMA fighter Wagnney Fabiano. He started training Jiu Jitsu when he was 5 years old under the legendary trainer Wendell Alexander (Co-Founder of Nova Uniao) in Vila da penha (Rio de Janeiro) at the Mello Tenis Club. Although Santos as a kid had other interests (mainly soccer) and didn’t enjoy training all that much but he felt obliged to train as his older cousin and brother were avid Jiu Jitsu practitioners. With time Santos started enjoying the benefits of Jiu Jitsu and also started enjoying the BJJ routine, success in BJJ Comps came with this new found love for the martial art.
In 1995 Mr. Alexander (Leo’s Coach) joined with Dedé Pederneiras to make Nova Uniao, one of the strongest teams in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu the world had seen, and Leo Santos soon was one of Nova Uniao’s star competitors.
In 2002 Santos stopped competing at the Mundial (CBJJ World Championships) as this competition did not offer prize money to its competitors. This was something that a lot of fighters pressed for and which catapulted the rise of CBJJO. Santos started competing in CBJJO’s tournaments only (with gi) and was undefeated for over 5 years in that organization.
Santos make his MMA debut against rising undefeated Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi, who at the time was the Shooto World Welterweight (154 lb) Champion. The fight ended with a Majority Decision win for Gomi.
After this bout Santos returned to BJJ full-time, winning the World Cup Championship 4 times between 2002 and 2005. In 2006 after a short time helping his brother Wagnney with his academy in Canada, Leonardo started dedicating himself fully to MMA. He compiled an 8–3 record with major promotions like Shooto and World Victory Road.
He made his BAMMA debut at BAMMA 6, defeating Jason Ball via unanimous decision.
Santos was scheduled to face Rob Sinclair at BAMMA 7, however he pulled out of the fight, refusing to fly over from Paris as he knew he would not make weight and knew he would not be able make the full amount of money from competing anyway.
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