Currie vs Santos

Who won Currie vs Santos?

Djorden Santos beat Will Currie by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Contender Series 2024 – Week 4, on Tuesday 3rd September 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Djorden Santos.

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).

Currie vs Santos stats

Will Currie stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Djorden Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Dana White’s Contender Series.

The stats suggested that Currie and Santos have similar power, both with a 33% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Currie had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 50% submission rate over Santos' 44%.

Will Currie was the younger man by 1 year, at 26 years old.

Currie was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 3 years and 11 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 33 to Santos' 29.

Currie vs Santos form

Currie had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Leon Aliu at Cage Warriors 169: Vucenic vs. D’Anna on 30th March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Indigo At The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Wallison Henrique at Cage Warriors 163: Brown vs. Bachar on 11th November 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Indigo At The O2, London.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jorge Bueno at Cage Warriors 157 on 21st July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Indigo At The O2, London.

Before that, he had lost to Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at BT Sports Studio, London.

He was victorious against Michael Tchamou at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BT Sport Studio, London.

Activity check

Currie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did Currie vs Santos start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 9:40 PM EST or 6:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Currie vs Santos?

Will Currie was a 2/9 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Djorden Santos made his way into the ring at 16/5 (+260) with oddsmakers.