Santos vs Hill

Who won Santos vs Hill?

Jamahal Hill beat Thiago Santos by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 6th August 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Santos vs Hill stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jamahal Hill made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jamahal Hill marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jamahal Hill's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Hill, with a 68% knock out percentage over Hill's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Hill, with a 5% submission rate over Hill's 0%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 8 years, at 41 years old.

Hill had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 9 months earlier than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 82 to Hill's 37.

Santos vs Hill form

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Johnny Walker at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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