Santos vs Manuwa

Who won Santos vs Manuwa?

Thiago Santos beat Jimi Manuwa by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 231, on Saturday 8th December 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Santos vs Manuwa stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jimi Manuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jimi Manuwa's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 88% knock out percentage over Santos' 68%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Manuwa had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 6% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the younger man by 4 years, at 41 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Manuwa. Despite this, Manuwa had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Santos was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months later than Manuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 82 to Manuwa's 35.

Santos vs Manuwa 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, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Manuwa's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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