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History · 2021 · UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis
From the tape · 30 Oct 2021

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis

UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Result

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos beat Benoit Saint Denis

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
WelterweightMain cardReferee · Vyacheslav Kiselev

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

Red corner Elizeu Zaleski dosSantos“Capoeira”CM System · Born in Francisco Beltrao, Parana, Brazil · Fights out of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
VSOn the tape
Blue corner Benoit SaintDenis“God of War”
Welterweight3 rounds30 Oct 2021
The story going in
  • Has finished 4 of 8 UFC wins.
  • Averages 3.4 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Santos.
  • Carries 14 points more striking defence than Denis.
25-10-1
Record
17-4
34
Age
−9 yr25
5' 11"
Height
5' 11"
73″
Reach
73″
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos30 sig landed
HEAD37%11 of 34BODY30%9 of 9LEGS33%10 of 10
Benoit Saint Denis19 sig landed
HEAD37%7 of 29BODY42%8 of 12LEGS21%4 of 4
30 of 53
Sig.
strikes
19 of 45
0 of 3
Take-
downs
1 of 4
0:18
Control
0:58
Distance 29Clinch 1Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 19Clinch 0Ground 0
Judges · this round · dos Santos firstDavid Lethaby10–9Anders Ohlsson10–9Clemens Werner10–9
Round 25:00 of action
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos94 sig landed
HEAD81%76 of 139BODY18%17 of 20LEGS1%1 of 1
Benoit Saint Denis28 sig landed
HEAD79%22 of 59BODY18%5 of 7LEGS4%1 of 1
94 of 160
Sig.
strikes
28 of 67
0 of 1
Take-
downs
1 of 5
0:27
Control
0:25
Distance 63Clinch 29Ground 2
Where it
happened
Distance 25Clinch 3Ground 0
Judges · this round · dos Santos firstDavid Lethaby10–8Anders Ohlsson10–8Clemens Werner10–8
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos25 sig landed
HEAD36%9 of 27BODY44%11 of 13LEGS20%5 of 6
Benoit Saint Denis20 sig landed
HEAD55%11 of 26BODY35%7 of 8LEGS10%2 of 2
25 of 46
Sig.
strikes
20 of 36
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 5
1:15
Control
0:32
Distance 20Clinch 2Ground 3
Where it
happened
Distance 20Clinch 0Ground 0
Judges · this round · dos Santos firstDavid Lethaby9–9Anders Ohlsson9–9Clemens Werner9–9

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

The cards, totalled

The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.

Official card

Unanimous Decision

Referee · Vyacheslav Kiselev
Elizeu Zaleski dos SantosBenoit Saint Denis
Official totals — Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos first
JudgeTotal
David Lethaby2.1 avg spread · 45% wide29–26
Anders Ohlsson1.9 avg spread · 41% wide29–26
Clemens Werner2.1 avg spread · 50% wide29–26

Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.

Media cards — 14 scored, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos first · unofficial

Nick Baldwin theScore29–25
Santos Joe McDonagh Cageside Press29–25
Santos MMAMania.com29–25
Santos Michael DeSantis MMASucka.com29–26
Santos Ryan Frederick WrestlingObserver.com29–26
Santos Tim Burke BloodyElbow.com29–26
Santos Hadi Mohamed Ali albiladpress.com29–26
Santos Steve Duncan mma.uno29–26
Santos Dayne Fox BloodyElbow.com29–26
Santos Jillian DeCoursey29–26
Santos Jay Pettry Sherdog.com29–26
Santos Brian Knapp Sherdog.com29–26
Santos Tyler Treese Sherdog.com29–26
Santos MMAJunkie.com29–26

Fan vote · unofficial

29-25 Zaleski dos Santos · 45%29-26 Zaleski dos Santos · 24%28-27 Zaleski dos Santos · 9%28-26 Zaleski dos Santos · 4%28-27 Saint Denis · 4%

203 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.

Official cards come from the UFCStats fight record and MMA Decisions. Media cards and the fan vote are MMA Decisions’ own collection and are not official. Judge tendency figures are that judge’s whole recorded history, not this bout — they are context for how a card was scored, never a claim that it was scored wrongly.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

0.79takedowns / 15 min
0.79 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
4.15 / 15m
3.95 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
11.86 / 15m
20%
ACCURACY
35%
0.40 / 15m
SUB ATT
1.70 / 15m

Benoit Saint Denis

4.15takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.50 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis.

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