Holland vs Souza

Who won Holland vs Souza?

Kevin Holland beat Ronaldo Souza by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 256, on Saturday 12th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Holland vs Souza stats

Kevin Holland stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

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

This was Kevin Holland's 25th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Kevin Holland's UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Ronaldo Souza's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Holland had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holland had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 25% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Kevin Holland was the younger man by 13 years, at 32 years old.

Holland had a height advantage of 2 inches over Souza. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Holland was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 years and 6 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 87 to Souza's 71.

Holland vs Souza form

Ronaldo Souza had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had beaten Derek Brunson at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Activity check

Holland's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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