Gane vs Santos

Who won Gane vs Santos?

Ciryl Gane beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 256, on Saturday 12th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Gane vs Santos stats

Ciryl Gane stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Ciryl Gane's 12th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Ciryl Gane's UFC record stood at 10-2-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Gane, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Gane's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a massive advantage over Santos, boasting a 50% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Ciryl Gane was the younger man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Gane had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Gane was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 12 years later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 40 to Santos' 65.

Gane vs Santos form

Gane had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Sergey Spivac at UFC Fight Night Paris – Gane vs. Spivac on 2nd September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Junior dos Santos had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Before that, he was victorious against Derrick Lewis at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

He had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ciryl Gane had been fighting more than Junior dos Santos.

Going to this contest, Ciryl Gane had last fought 6 months and 12 days ago, while Junior dos Santos' last outing had been 4 years, 10 months and 4 days ago.

Gane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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