Branch vs Santos

Who won Branch vs Santos?

David Branch beat Thiago Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 128, on Saturday 21st April 2018 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Branch vs Santos stats

David Branch stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Thiago Santos marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

David Branch's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Branch, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Branch's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Branch had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 33% submission rate over Santos' 6%.

David Branch was the older man by 2 years, at 43 years old.

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

Branch was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 71 to Santos' 82.

Branch vs Santos form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

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

He was victorious against Kevin Holland at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

Activity check

Branch's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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