Santos vs Hill

Who won Santos vs Hill?

Jamahal Hill beat Thiago Santos by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 6th August 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Hill stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jamahal Hill made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jamahal Hill marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jamahal Hill's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Hill, with a 68% knock out percentage over Hill's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Hill, with a 5% submission rate over Hill's 0%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 8 years, at 41 years old.

Hill had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 9 months earlier than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 82 to Hill's 37.

Santos vs Hill form

Santos had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Denis Goltsov at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yoel Romero at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Rob Wilkinson at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Jamahal Hill at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Jiri Prochazka at UFC 311 on 18th January 2025 by knockout in the 3rd round at Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alex Pereira at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Thiago Santos had last fought 8 months and 26 days ago, while Jamahal Hill's last outing had been 1 month and 21 days ago.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Hill's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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