Jones vs Santos

Who won Jones vs Santos?

Jon Jones beat Thiago Santos by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 239, on Saturday 6th July 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jon Jones.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Jones vs Santos stats

Jon Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Jon Jones' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Thiago Santos marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Jon Jones' UFC record stood at 22-1-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a large advantage in power over Jones, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Jones' 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had an advantage over Santos, with a 25% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Jon Jones was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Jones had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Jones was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 86 to Santos' 82.

Jones vs Santos form

Jones had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 16th November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ciryl Gane 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Santos had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had won against Kevin Holland at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

He had lost to David Branch at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jon Jones had been fighting more than Thiago Santos.

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 6 months and 6 days ago, while Thiago Santos' last outing had been 6 years, 2 months and 29 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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