Known as “Marreta”, Rio’s Thiago Santos (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) recently tied Anderson Silva‘s record for most knockouts in UFC middleweight history. The elusive Elias Theodorou is the lone survivor out of Marreta’s nine victims.
Over his five-year UFC career, we have seen Thiago Santos slowly round out his game and become one of the most electric and horrifying strikers the sport has ever seen.
Riding a four-fight knockout streak, Santos deserves all the hype and appreciation the UFC’s media machine can muster. Win or lose, Thiago Santos is going to gracefully hurdle at you and do nothing but hit grand slams and throw hot murder-balls.