Jorge Santiago Rodrigues is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist.
20 Facts About Jorge Santiago
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Jorge Santiago was the first Sengoku Middleweight Champion and is the former Strikeforce Middleweight Grand Prix Champion.
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Jorge Santiago has competed for the UFC, King of the Cage, Titan FC, It's Showtime, and BodogFIGHT.
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Jorge Santiago won his UFC debut at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 against Justin Levens by first round KO.
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Jorge Santiago returned at UFC Fight Night 6 and UFC Fight Night 7, losing by KO to former WEC Middleweight Champion, Chris Leben in the second round and to Alan Belcher by KO in the third round.
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The next challenge for Jorge Santiago was the Strikeforce Middleweight tournament on November 16,2007.
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Jorge Santiago was then crowned World Victory Road's first Middleweight Champion by defeating the acclaimed Kazuo Misaki at World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku no Ran 2009.
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Jorge Santiago was set to face former UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament Champion and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Vitor Belfort at Affliction: Trilogy, but the match was scrapped after the cancellation of the event.
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Jorge Santiago then fought at World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 11 against current KSW Middleweight Champion, Mamed Khalidov in a non-title bout.
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Jorge Santiago avenged this loss in March 2010 with a split decision victory over Khalidov at Sengoku 12.
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Jorge Santiago defended his title for a second time when he defeated Kazuo Misaki via TKO at Sengoku 14 in August 2010.
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On February 8,2011, Jorge Santiago requested and was granted his release from World Victory Road.
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Jorge Santiago lost in his UFC return to former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Stann at UFC 130 via TKO in the second round.
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Jorge Santiago then lost by unanimous decision to Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Demian Maia at UFC 136.
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On March 2,2012, Jorge Santiago won his return fight, knocking out Leonardo Pecanha with a straight right at 1:48 in the first round at Titan Fighting Championships 21 On June 15,2012 Jorge Santiago fought Justin Guthrie at Titan Fighting Championship 23 winning the fight via submission in the first round.
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Jorge Santiago was re-signed by Strikeforce in August 2012, where he was expected to drop to Welterweight for a bout with former King of the Cage Welterweight Champion Quinn Mulhern at Strikeforce: Melendez vs Healy on September 29,2012.
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Already signed with Strikeforce, and following his own back-to-back wins outside the organization, Jorge Santiago was called back to the UFC to take on Gunnar Nelson in a welterweight bout on February 16,2013 at UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs McDonald, replacing an injured Justin Edwards.
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Jorge Santiago lost the fight via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion for the third time.
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Jorge Santiago signed with World Series of Fighting in 2013 and made his promotional debut on August 10,2013 against Gerald Harris at WSOF 4.
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Jorge Santiago announced on Dec 14,2013 to Ariel Helwani that he has retired from MMA competition.