ELIZEU ZALESKI DOS SANTOS

Brazilian welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos began his professional journey in 2009. Representing the CM System camp, he previously claimed the Jungle Fight welterweight title before entering the UFC in 2015. His diverse martial arts background features training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Capoeira. Over the course of his Octagon tenure, he earned three Fight of the Night honors while securing significant triumphs against competitors including Curtis Millender and Sean Strickland.

The fighter holds a total professional record of 24-7 heading into this competition. His recent track record shows a split decision victory over Abubakar Nurmagomedov in June 2023, following a unanimous decision win against Benoît Saint-Denis in 2021. Prior to those outings, he experienced a split decision defeat to Muslim Salikhov in 2020 after defeating Alexey Kunchenko earlier that same year. His sequence of results also includes a TKO loss to Li Jingliang from August 2019.