UFC UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape Final

Women's Bantamweight

Luana Santos vs Melissa Croden

Luana Santos
Brazil

Luana Santos

11-2

Winner

VS
Melissa Croden
Canada

Melissa Croden

“Scare”

8-3

Winner

Luana Santos

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

14 December 2025 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Luana Santos beat Melissa Croden by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Luana Santos landed 93 of 110 total strikes and 3 of 7 takedowns, with 9:21 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 30-27.

Tale of the tape

Luana SantosMelissa Croden
11-2Record8-3
25Age on fight night34
5′6″ (168 cm)Height—
67″ (170 cm)Reach—
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Sport BoxeTeamRaven House MMA
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilFromToronto, Ontario, Canada

Fight statistics

93of 110 · 85%Total strikes landed56of 109 · 51%
64of 79Head strikes34of 79
7of 8Body strikes16of 17
22of 23Leg strikes6of 13
3of 7Takedowns0of 1
1Submission attempts0
9:21Control time0:44

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Luana SantosRoundMelissa Croden
33/37strikes1/3TD0KD1:51controlR121/41strikes0/1TD0KD0:44control
14/23strikes1/2TD0KD3:41controlR230/42strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
46/50strikes1/2TD0KD3:49controlR35/26strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Adalaide Byrd

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Eric Colon

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Sal D'amato

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Form going into the fight

Luana Santos

  1. WTainara Lisboasubmission R2 4:592025
  2. LCasey O'Neillunanimous decision2024
  3. WMariya Agapovasubmission R1 3:272024
  4. WStephanie Eggerunanimous decision2023
  5. WJuliana MillerKO/TKO R1 3:412023

Melissa Croden

  1. WTainara LisboaKO/TKO R3 4:322025

Also on this card

Brandon Royval vs Manel KapeFlyweightKO/TKO R1 3:18Giga Chikadze vs Kevin VallejosFeatherweightKO/TKO R2 1:29Cesar Almeida vs Cezary OleksiejczukMiddleweightunanimous decisionMelquizael Costa vs Morgan CharriereFeatherweightKO/TKO R1 1:14Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Marcus BuchechaHeavyweightunanimous decision

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