Whittaker vs Souza

Who won Whittaker vs Souza?

Robert Whittaker beat Ronaldo Souza by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

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).

Whittaker vs Souza stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 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 Robert Whittaker's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 17-6-0, while Ronaldo Souza's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Whittaker had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 29% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Robert Whittaker was the younger man by 11 years, at 34 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Whittaker. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Whittaker was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 6 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 86 to Souza's 71.

Whittaker 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

Whittaker's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 24 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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