Shevchenko vs Santos

Who won Shevchenko vs Santos?

Valentina Shevchenko beat Taila Santos by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 275, on Saturday 11th June 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Valentina Shevchenko.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Flyweight championship.

Shevchenko vs Santos stats

Valentina Shevchenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Taila Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Valentina Shevchenko's 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Taila Santos marked her 7th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Valentina Shevchenko's UFC record stood at 13-3-1, while Taila Santos' came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Santos had an advantage in power over Shevchenko, with a 53% knock out percentage over Shevchenko's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had an advantage over Santos, with a 32% submission rate over Santos' 16%.

Valentina Shevchenko was the older woman by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shevchenko. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Shevchenko was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2003, 21 years and 11 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 34 more professional rounds, 86 to Santos' 52.

Shevchenko vs Santos form

Shevchenko had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, she was victorious against Liz Carmouche at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

She had won against Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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