{"id":104656,"date":"2026-06-04T06:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yana-santos\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:38:44","slug":"yana-santos","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yana-santos\/","title":{"rendered":"Yana Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Yana \u00ab\u00a0Foxy\u00a0\u00bb Santos \u2014 La combattante qui ne l\u00e2che rien<\/h2>\n<p>Murmansk, Russie, 1989. On ne grandit pas dans la capitale du cercle polaire arctique sans d\u00e9velopper une certaine duret\u00e9. Yana Kunitskaya Santos commence le taekwondo tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t, devient championne de Russie de la discipline en 2007, puis recroise le chemin des rings sous les couleurs du Muay Thai \u2014 championne de Russie en 2011 dans cette discipline aussi. Deux sports de pied ferme, deux titres nationaux. Une base qui explique beaucoup de ce qu&rsquo;elle est devenue dans l&rsquo;octogone.<\/p>\n<p>Elle fait ses d\u00e9buts en MMA le 23 mai 2009 \u00e0 Lodz, en Pologne, face \u00e0 Magdalena Jarecka \u2014 KO\/TKO au premier round, 1 minute 38. La couleur est annonc\u00e9e. Elle construit son palmar\u00e8s en Europe de l&rsquo;Est, remporte le titre Bushido FC f\u00e9minin en 2010, et finit par attirer l&rsquo;attention d&rsquo;Invicta FC, la grande ligue am\u00e9ricaine du MMA f\u00e9minin.<\/p>\n<h3>Championne Invicta, puis directement dans le grand bain UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Le 31 ao\u00fbt 2017 \u00e0 Invicta FC 25, Santos s&#8217;empare de la ceinture vacante des moins de 61 kg en battant Raquel Pa&rsquo;aluhi aux points sur 5 rounds. Championne Invicta FC. Quelques mois plus tard, l&rsquo;UFC l&rsquo;appelle \u2014 et lui propose d&rsquo;aller directement d\u00e9fier Cris Cyborg, alors dominatrice absolue des 65 kg f\u00e9minins, pour le titre UFC poids plume. D\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 222 le 3 mars 2018, arr\u00eat au premier round \u00e0 3:25. Un bapt\u00eame du feu brutal, mais face \u00e0 l&rsquo;une des meilleures combattantes de l&rsquo;histoire du sport.<\/p>\n<p>La suite raconte une carri\u00e8re faite de hauts et de bas, comme souvent pour celles qui prennent les risques et n&rsquo;\u00e9vitent pas les adversaires coriaces. D\u00e9faite face \u00e0 Aspen Ladd en d\u00e9cembre 2019 (TKO R3), stopp\u00e9e par Irene Aldana \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 264 en juillet 2021 \u2014 mais aussi de vrais succ\u00e8s : victoire aux points sur Ketlen Vieira en f\u00e9vrier 2021, sur Julija Stoliarenko en 2020, sur Marion Reneau et Lina L\u00e4nsberg lors de ses premi\u00e8res sorties post-Cyborg.<\/p>\n<h3>Un style qui passe par le corps-\u00e0-corps<\/h3>\n<p>Sa ceinture noire en taekwondo et ses ann\u00e9es de Muay Thai lui ont construit une frappe de pied et un jeu de clinch solides. Dans l&rsquo;octogone, Santos presse, use ses adversaires au corps-\u00e0-corps, place les coudes et les genoux. Elle n&rsquo;est pas une finisseuse aux d\u00e9cisions nerveuses : ses 9 victoires aux points en 17 victoires totales le montrent, mais ses 7 KO\/TKO disent qu&rsquo;elle peut aussi terminer le travail. Tapology la compte parmi les combattantes avec la plus haute part de victoires aux d\u00e9cisions chez les bantamweight UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>La s\u00e9quence 2024-2025 relance la machine<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s deux d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives face \u00e0 Holly Holm (mars 2023, d\u00e9cision unanime) et Karol Rosa (juillet 2023, d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e), Santos repart sur une belle s\u00e9rie. Chelsea Chandler battue aux points en ao\u00fbt 2024, Miesha Tate domin\u00e9e aux points le 3 mai 2025 \u00e0 Des Moines, puis Macy Chiasson \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 320 le 4 octobre 2025 \u2014 d\u00e9cision unanime 29-28 sur chaque carte. Trois victoires de rang, un classement qui remonte.<\/p>\n<p>En juin 2026, Yana Santos est class\u00e9e num\u00e9ro 7 des bantamweight f\u00e9minines \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Un blessure l&rsquo;a contrainte \u00e0 d\u00e9clarer forfait face \u00e0 Norma Dumont en avril 2026, mais la dynamique est l\u00e0. \u00c0 36 ans, avec un record global de 17-8-0 (1 no contest) et une carri\u00e8re entam\u00e9e en 2009, elle n&rsquo;a pas dit son dernier mot dans une division o\u00f9 les places pour un titre sont rares mais pas impossibles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yana_Santos\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/yana-santos\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/macy-chiasson-vs-yana-santos-ufc-320\/\">LowKickMMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yana \u00ab\u00a0Foxy\u00a0\u00bb Santos, combattante russe de l&rsquo;UFC, ex-championne Invicta FC bantamweight. Record 17-8, taekwondo\u00efste et championne de Muay Thai reconvertie en MMA depuis 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102486,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69984],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104656","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-womens-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yana Santos - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Yana Santos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yana-santos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yana Santos - 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