Santos vs Błachowicz

Who won Santos vs Błachowicz?

Thiago Santos beat Jan Blachowicz by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

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 Błachowicz stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jan Blachowicz made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jan Blachowicz marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jan Blachowicz's came in at 12-8-1.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Santos, boasting a 39% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the younger man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Blachowicz had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 9 months later than Blachowicz, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 82 to Blachowicz's 98.

Santos vs Błachowicz form

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yoel Romero at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Rob Wilkinson at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jamahal Hill at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, 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.

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.

Blachowicz had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3opponents and going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Corey Anderson at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, United States.

Before that, he had won against Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had beaten Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Thiago Santos had been fighting more than Jan Blachowicz.

Going to this contest, Thiago Santos had last fought 1 year, 2 months and 29 days ago, while Jan Blachowicz's last outing had been 4 years, 2 months and 17 days ago.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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