Ditcheva vs Santos

Who won Ditcheva vs Santos?

Dakota Ditcheva beat Taila Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of PFL 2024 Championships, on Friday 29th November 2024 at The Mayadeen in Riyadh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Ditcheva vs Santos stats

Dakota Ditcheva stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Taila Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Dakota Ditcheva's 9th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Taila Santos marked her 4th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Dakota Ditcheva's PFL record stood at 9-0-0, while Taila Santos' came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Ditcheva had a massive power advantage over Santos, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Santos' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Ditcheva, with a 18% submission rate over Ditcheva's 8%.

Dakota Ditcheva was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Ditcheva had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos.

Ditcheva was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 3 years and 11 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 20 to Santos' 52.

Ditcheva vs Santos form

Ditcheva remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jena Bishop at PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs on 2nd August 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chelsea Hackett at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Lisa Mauldin at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he was victorious against Valentina Scatizzi at PFL Europe 4: 2023 Championships on 8th December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

He had won against Cornelia Holm at PFL Europe 3 – 2023 Playoffs on 30th September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Zenith Paris La Villette, Paris, France.

Taila Santos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had beaten Liz Carmouche at PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs on 2nd August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Jena Bishop at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she was victorious against Ilara Joanne at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Before that, she had lost to Erin Blanchfield at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

She had been beaten by Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dakota Ditcheva had been fighting more than Taila Santos.

Going to this contest, Dakota Ditcheva had last fought 7 months and 28 days ago, while Taila Santos' last outing had been 7 months and 28 days ago.

Ditcheva's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 6 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Ditcheva vs Santos start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 8:10 PM UTC , which was 3:10 PM EST or 12:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:10 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ditcheva vs Santos?

Dakota Ditcheva was a 1/4 (-370) favourite going into the contest, while Taila Santos made his way into the ring at 14/5 (+280) with oddsmakers.