Evangelista 'Cyborg' Santos
"Cyborg"
- 50+ professional MMA fights across UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, and K-1 Heroes
- 34+ career victories
- Chute Boxe Academy fighter — the legendary Brazilian gym that produced Wanderlei Silva, Shogun Rua, and the Nogueira brothers
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt
- Known for devastating striking and legendary durability
- Over two decades of professional competition at the highest level
Forged at Chute Boxe Academy
To understand Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, you have to understand where he came from. Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba, Brazil, is the most feared MMA gym in history. It produced Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, the Nogueira brothers, and a generation of Brazilian fighters who treated combat sports like war. The gym’s training culture was legendary — and brutal. Fighters who survived Chute Boxe didn’t just learn technique. They learned how to fight when everything hurts.
Cyborg survived. And then he thrived for over twenty years.
Note: this is Evangelista Santos, the male Brazilian MMA fighter — not to be confused with Cris “Cyborg” Justino, the female MMA champion. Same nickname, different fighter entirely.
50+ Fights, Zero Quit
Cyborg’s professional record spans more than 50 fights across every major MMA promotion of the last two decades. UFC. Bellator. Strikeforce. K-1 Heroes. He fought wherever the competition was toughest and never turned down a challenge.
He won 34 of those fights. The losses came against elite competition — the kind of opponents most fighters avoid. Cyborg never avoided anyone.
What made him dangerous was the combination. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on the ground. Chute Boxe striking on the feet. And a chin that refused to break. Cyborg became known as one of the most durable fighters in MMA history. Opponents could hit him clean and he’d walk through it. That durability, combined with his own devastating power, made him a nightmare matchup for anyone.
His striking carried the DNA of Chute Boxe — aggressive, forward-pressure fighting with heavy hands and a willingness to trade. But unlike brawlers who rely purely on toughness, Cyborg had real technique underneath. His BJJ black belt meant he was dangerous everywhere. Take him down and you were in his world. Keep it standing and you were dealing with Brazilian Muay Thai from one of the hardest-hitting gyms on the planet.
Brazilian Training Methodology
Cyborg’s MMA Drills course on FightScience captures something you can’t get from most American or European MMA instruction: authentic Brazilian training methodology. The drills, combinations, and training patterns come directly from the culture that built Chute Boxe and dominated MMA’s golden era.
These aren’t theoretical exercises designed in a classroom. They’re the same drills that prepared fighters for PRIDE, the UFC, and the most violent era of professional MMA. Every drill has been tested under real fight conditions by a man who spent two decades in the cage against the best in the world.
The program focuses on practical MMA skill development — striking combinations, defensive movement, transition drills, and the kind of fight-conditioning work that Brazilian camps are known for. It’s designed for fighters who want to train like the Brazilians who built this sport.
Part of The Complete MMA Fighting System
Cyborg’s MMA Drills course sits alongside Kru Robert Perez’s Striker’s Bible and Ground and Pound Bible, and Matt Lindland’s The Law in The Complete MMA Fighting System for $299. Together, these courses cover every phase of MMA — stand-up striking, clinch work, dirty boxing, wrestling, ground and pound, and now Brazilian MMA drill methodology from one of Chute Boxe’s toughest fighters.
Three instructors. Three different fighting backgrounds. One complete system.