Blaydes vs Santos

Who won Blaydes vs Santos?

Curtis Blaydes beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 24, on Saturday 25th January 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

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).

Blaydes vs Santos stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Junior dos 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 Curtis Blaydes' 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 14-5-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a slight advantage in power over Santos, with a 75% knock out percentage over Santos' 71%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Blaydes had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 years and 10 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 54 to Santos' 65.

Blaydes vs Santos form

Santos 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 lost to Francis NGannou at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Before that, he had defeated Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise, United States.

He had been beaten by Stipe Miocic at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

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Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 16 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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