Yusuff vs Santos

Who won Yusuff vs Santos?

Mairon Santos beat Sodiq Yusuff by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 17th May 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Mairon Santos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Yusuff vs Santos stats

Sodiq Yusuff stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Mairon Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Sodiq Yusuff's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Mairon Santos marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Sodiq Yusuff's UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Mairon Santos' came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Yusuff, with a 53% knock out percentage over Yusuff's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yusuff had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 8% submission rate over Santos' 0%.

Sodiq Yusuff was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Yusuff was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 9 years and 1 month later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 40 to Santos' 41.

Yusuff vs Santos form

Yusuff had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Diego Lopes at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Don Shainis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Gabriel Benitez at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Activity check

Yusuff's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Yusuff vs Santos start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Yusuff vs Santos?

Sodiq Yusuff was a 5/4 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Mairon Santos made his way into the ring at 33/50 (-150) with oddsmakers.