Santos vs Błachowicz

Who won Santos vs Błachowicz?

Thiago Santos beat Jan Blachowicz by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

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).

Santos vs Błachowicz stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jan Blachowicz made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jan Blachowicz marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jan Blachowicz's came in at 12-8-1.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Santos, boasting a 39% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the younger man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Blachowicz had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 9 months later than Blachowicz, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 82 to Blachowicz's 98.

Santos vs Błachowicz form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

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Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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