Teixeira vs Santos

Who won Teixeira vs Santos?

Glover Teixeira beat Thiago Santos by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 13, on Saturday 7th November 2020 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).

Teixeira vs Santos stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Thiago Santos marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had an advantage in power over Teixeira, with a 71% knock out percentage over Teixeira's 58%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 26% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 4 years, at 45 years old.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 8 years and 6 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 89 to Santos' 82.

Teixeira vs Santos form

Teixeira had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jamahal Hill at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight.

Before that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by 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 was victorious 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 lost to 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 beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Glover Teixeira had been fighting more than Thiago Santos.

Going to this contest, Glover Teixeira had last fought 2 years, 3 months and 15 days ago, while Thiago Santos' last outing had been 3 years, 1 month and 24 days ago.

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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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