Gastelum vs Souza

Who won Gastelum vs Souza?

Kelvin Gastelum beat Ronaldo Souza by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 224, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kelvin Gastelum.

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).

Gastelum vs Souza stats

Kelvin Gastelum stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Ronaldo Souza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Kelvin Gastelum's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Kelvin Gastelum's UFC record stood at 13-9-0, while Ronaldo Souza's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Gastelum had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gastelum had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 29% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Kelvin Gastelum was the younger man by 12 years, at 33 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 4 inches over Gastelum. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Gastelum was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years and 2 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 76 to Souza's 71.

Gastelum vs Souza form

Kelvin Gastelum had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Curtis at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Ian Heinisch at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Gastelum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Souza's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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