Altamirano vs Santos

Who won Altamirano vs Santos?

Felipe dos Santos beat Victor Altamirano by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Felipe dos Santos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Altamirano vs Santos stats

Victor Altamirano stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Felipe dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Victor Altamirano's 6th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Felipe dos Santos marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Victor Altamirano's UFC record stood at 2-4-0, while Felipe dos Santos' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Santos had an advantage in power over Altamirano, with a 29% knock out percentage over Altamirano's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Altamirano, with a 43% submission rate over Altamirano's 33%.

Victor Altamirano was the older man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Altamirano had a height advantage of 1 inch over Santos.

Altamirano was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 42 to Santos' 24.

Altamirano vs Santos form

Altamirano had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tim Elliott at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Vinicius Salvador at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Daniel Lacerda at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Carlos Hernandez at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Nate Smith at LFA 100 on 19th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Altamirano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Santos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Altamirano vs Santos?

Victor Altamirano was a 12/5 (+240) underdog going into the contest, while Felipe dos Santos made his way into the ring at 33/100 (-300) with oddsmakers.