Castaneda vs Santos

Who won Castaneda vs Santos?

Daniel Santos beat John Castaneda by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Castaneda vs Santos stats

John Castaneda stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Daniel Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was John Castaneda's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Daniel Santos marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

John Castaneda's UFC record stood at 4-4-0, while Daniel Santos' came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Castaneda, with a 50% knock out percentage over Castaneda's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Castaneda had an advantage over Santos, with a 32% submission rate over Santos' 13%.

John Castaneda was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Castaneda.

Castaneda was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 10 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 68 to Santos' 36.

Castaneda vs Santos form

Castaneda 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 Daniel Marcos at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov on 8th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kyung Ho Kang at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Muin Gafurov 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.

Before that, he had been beaten by Daniel Santos at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Miles Johns at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Castaneda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 8 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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