Rayanne Amanda dos Santos (born 8 June 1995) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, currently competing in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She also fought in Invicta FC, where she was the atomweight champion. As of June 5, 2023, Sherdog ranked dos Santos as the #3 atomweight in the world.

Background

Amanda comes from a jiu-jitsu family, with her parents and brothers all being black belts. Training since she was seven years old, Rayanne went beyond the sport and ended up migrating to MMA. Amanda has a degree in social work, running a social project for children in Brazil, but had to close it to focus on MMA. After training in Brazil most of her life, Amanda moved to Houston to live with her fiancee, fellow MMA fighter Kolton Englund.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Dos Santos started her professional MMA career in 2015 and mainly fought in Brazil and Canada. She amassed a record of 12–6 prior to being signed by Invicta. Amanda was scheduled to fight Edna Oliveira Ajala at Shooto Brasil 101. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Amanda was next scheduled to fight Maiara Amanajas dos Santos at Shooto Brasil 106. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Amanda faced

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at Dana White's Contender Series 51 on August 23, 2022. She lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Invicta FC

In her Invicta debut, dos Santos was scheduled to face Katie Saull at Invicta FC 51 on January 18, 2023. She won the fight via unanimous decision.

Atomweight Champion

Dos Santos was scheduled to face the reigning atomweight champion Jillian DeCoursey on May 3, 2023, at Invicta FC 53: DeCoursey vs. Dos Santos. She won the title fight by unanimous decision to win the atomweight championship.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On October 17. 2023, it was announced that dos Santos had signed with the UFC and would compete at Strawweight. dos Santos faced Talita Alencar on December 9, 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez. She lost the fight via split decision. dos Santos faced Puja Tomar on June 8, 2024, at

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. She lost the fight by split decision. 11 out of 11 media outlets scored the bout for dos Santos.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

* Invicta Fighting Championships ** Invicta FC Atomweight Championship (One time) *BTC Fight Promotions ** BTC Women's Strawweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Rayanne dos 1995 births Living people Atomweight mixed martial artists Strawweight mixed martial artists Brazilian female mixed martial artists 21st-century Brazilian women Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu