Get To Know the Details of Miesha Tate vs. Yana Santos Fight Including Their MMA Journey, Record and More!
The UFC Fight Night event on May 3, 2025, will feature a former UFC Women’s Champion in action. She is Miesha Tate and she is all scheduled to face off against Yana Santos in the fight.
Miesha Tate is notable for being a former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Yana Santos, likewise, also has been a former Women’s Bantamweight Champion before coming to the UFC. Let’s have a look at their head to head record, MMA journeys and tale of the tape.
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Miesha “Cupcake” Tate is presently serving her second tenure in the UFC as an MMA fighter post her return from retirement. Hailing from Washington, United States, her MMA journey started with Strikeforce. She then joined the UFC in 2013 as per Tapology. She reigned as the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion from 2015 to 2016. Tate retired from her MMA career in 2016. She then served as the Vice President of ONE Championship from 2018 to 2021.
Miesha Tate came out of retirement in 2021 and returned to the UFC for her second tenure as a MMA fighter. Tate has won three Performance of the Night bonuses throughout her UFC career so far. Moreover, she also got two Fight of the Night bonuses as per her official UFC records page.
| 29 Fights | Wins | Losses |
| By KO/TKO | 4 | 2 |
| By Submission | 8 | 3 |
| By Decision | 8 | 4 |
Yana “Foxy” Santos has come a long way as a MMA fighter since her early years. Originally from Russia, she is best known for her time at Invicta Fighting Championships (Invicta FC) from 2016 to 2017 as per Tapology. There, she has been a former Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion. She came to the UFC in 2018 and is an active member company since then.
Yana Santos has earned both wins and losses in her career as a UFC MMA fighter. She also sits at #10 in the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division as per her official UFC profile.
| 24 Fights | Wins | Losses |
| By KO/TKO | 7 | 3 |
| By Submission | 1 | 2 |
| By Decision | 7 | 3 |
Yana Santos has one of her fights end in a No-Conest during her career at Invicta Fighting Championships (Invicta FC). That makes her involved in 24 fights so far.
| Tale of the Tape | Miesha Tate | Yana Santos |
| Record | 20-9-0 | 15-8-0 |
| Height | 5’6” (167.64 cm) | 5’6” (167.64 cm) |
| Weight | 135 lbs (61.23 kg) | 135 lbs (61.23 kg) |
| Reach | 65” | 68” |
| Stance | Orthodox | Orthodox |
| D.O.B. | August 18, 1986 | November 11, 1989 |
Miesha Tate and Yana Santos will be facing off each other inside the Octagon on May 3, 2025. Both have been former Bantamweight Champions in their careers so far. The clash between these two former champions will be a spectacle to see.
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