Iliarde Santos (born September 25, 1980) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division.
Santos obtained two victories and one loss in the organization before a bantamweight title eliminator match against Luciano Aparecido on July 30, 2011, at Jungle Fight 30, in which he won via TKO in the very first round.
[6] Santos made his promotional debut replacing an injured Marcos Vinicius against Iuri Alcântara on May 18, 2013, at UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold.
He lost via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28),[8] and the performance earned both participants Fight of the Night honors.
[9] Santos next faced Chris Cariaso on October 9, 2013, at UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields.