The submission expert (whose nickname is “The Arm Collector”), will add to a middleweight division that already features Bellator champion Hector Lombard, Alexander Shlemko, Zelg Galesic and Bryan Baker.
In an official press release from Bellator, Santana stated:
“A lot of fighters like to go out there and try to knock their opponents out as soon as they can, and that’s the same way I am with my submissions. For me, to tap a guy out is the same feeling as the knockout. When a punch lands and you know you knocked your opponent out, I feel the same feeling when I lock up a submission on my opponent. I know right away that he’s going to tap, and it’s a great feeling.”
Santana is on a five-fight winning streak and has 14 submissions to go with his 16-1 record.
