Yana Santos vs Luana Santos: prediction, tale of the tape and odds

On the main card, at women's bantamweight: Russia's Yana Santos, 36 and ranked 6th in the division, against Brazil's Luana Santos, 26 and ranked 7th. The same height for both (1.68 m), two generations, and a place higher up the rankings at stake.

Yana Santos has 17 wins and 8 losses, and trains at American Top Team. She has won her last three by unanimous decision: one in August 2024, one against Miesha Tate in May 2025, one in October 2025. She has fought in the Octagon since March 2018, and her 174 cm of reach gives her six centimetres more than her height.

Luana Santos has 11 wins and 2 losses. Coming from judo, she looks for the throw above all. She submitted her opponent in the 2nd round in May 2025, then won two unanimous decisions, in December 2025 and last June. She has been in the Octagon since August 2023 and has 170 cm of reach.

1) The clinch: the Brazilian's judo lives against the cage, the Russian prefers distance. 2) Experience: eight years in the Octagon against three. 3) The format: five of these two's last six fights went the full three rounds.

No Piafesseur pick on this fight: two careers on the rise at the same time, and nothing in the recent results settles it honestly.