Santos vs Lewis

Who won Santos vs Lewis?

Junior dos Santos beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 4, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Santos vs Lewis stats

Junior dos Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Derrick Lewis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Derrick Lewis marked his 29th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Junior dos Santos' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Derrick Lewis' came in at 19-10-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 86% knock out percentage over Santos' 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Santos and Lewis would have been pretty equal, both with a 5% submission rate.

Junior dos Santos was the older man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. Despite this, Lewis had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Lewis, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 65 to Lewis' 89.

Santos vs Lewis form

Lewis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Francis NGannou at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.

He had been beaten by Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

Santos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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