Taila Jaine dos Santos[3] (born June 22, 1993) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
With her father being a Muay Thai coach, she started training it at the age of 16, soon afterwards being enrolled in a championship at Chute Boxe of Curitiba, which Taila went to win.
Afterwards, her father contacted Marcelo Brigadeiro to organize the trip to Astra Fight, in Balneário Camboriú, where she resides today.
Being booked for her Invicta FC debut against Irene Aldana, Santos had to pull out due to visa issues.
[4] After two year layoff, she was invited onto Dana White's Contender Series Brazil 2 where she faced off at Flyweight against Estefani Almeida.
[9] Santos was scheduled to face Maryna Moroz on December 5, 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori.
[10] Just hours before the event, the UFC decided to remove the fight after one of De La Rosa's cornermen tested positive for COVID-19.
[11] Santos was then rescheduled to face Gillian Robertson two weeks later at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs.
[23] She lost the close bout by split decision, becoming the first fighter to win on a judge's scorecard against Shevchenko, in the flyweight division.
[26] However, just one week out from the event, Santos withdrew after her cornermen were denied visas into the United States and was replaced by former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Jéssica Andrade.