Holm vs Kunitskaya

Who won Holm vs Kunitskaya?

Holly Holm beat Yana Santos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night San Antonio, on Saturday 25th March 2023 at AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced as 30-26, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Holly Holm.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Holm vs Kunitskaya stats

Holly Holm stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yana Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Holly Holm's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Yana Santos marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Holly Holm's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Yana Santos' came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Holm had a slight advantage in power over Santos, with a 57% knock out percentage over Santos' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Holm, with a 7% submission rate over Holm's 0%.

Holly Holm was the older woman by 8 years, at 43 years old.

Holm had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Holm's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Santos', having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2011, 1 year and 9 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 22 more professional rounds, 74 to Santos' 52.

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Holm's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 21 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Holm vs Kunitskaya?

Holly Holm was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Yana Santos made her way into the ring at 39/20 (+200) with oddsmakers.