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Samara “Marituba” Santos

Weight Limit
125 LBS / 56.7 KG
Height
5'3" FT / 161 CM
Country
Age
31 Y
Team
Team Lions Pit

About Samara Santos

Status: Former ONE Athlete

 

South American Mixed Martial Arts Champion Samara Santos is from the northern Brazilian state of Pará along the Amazon river, where she grew up impoverished but happy as the child of farm workers. She started training in Muay Thai in 2013 at the age of 20, at the urging of some of her friends who were already training. Santos then met a Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor the following year, and soon became enamored with “the gentle art.”

Proving to be as talented as she is hardworking, Santos made her professional cage debut in April 2015, winning via TKO and kicking off a string of five consecutive victories to begin her career on a hot streak. The Brazilian star then put together an excellent record competing in her native Brazil, winning a regional strawweight championship to put her on the international radar.

Santos soon signed with ONE Championship in 2018, and was immediately thrust into the spotlight with a main event World Title bout against ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan in her opponent’s home country of China. Now that she has the opportunity of a lifetime, she has her sights set on the ONE Strawweight belt, and is determined not to rest until it is in her grasp.

ONE Championship Records

Event Results

Result Method Round Method and round Opponent Opponent and event Country Date Event
LOSS
Unanimous Decision UD
R3 (5:00)
Unanimous Decision
R3 (5:00)
R3 (5:00) Meng_Bo avatar 500x345
Meng Bo
China
Unbreakable
Jan 22, 2021
China Jan 22, 2021
Unbreakable
Jan 22, 2021
LOSS
Submission SUB
R2 (0:39)
Submission
R2 (0:39)
R2 (0:39) Ayaka_Miura avatar 500x345
Ayaka Miura
Japan
Dawn Of Heroes
Aug 2, 2019
Japan Aug 2, 2019
Dawn Of Heroes
Aug 2, 2019
LOSS
TKO TKO
R3 (1:22)
TKO
R3 (1:22)
R3 (1:22) Xiong_Jing_Nan avatar 500x345 1
Xiong Jing Nan
China
China Sep 8, 2018
Beyond The Horizon
Sep 8, 2018

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