Santos vs Holland

Who won Santos vs Holland?

Thiago Santos beat Kevin Holland by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 227, on Saturday 4th August 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Thiago Santos.

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).

Santos vs Holland stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kevin Holland made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Kevin Holland marked his 25th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Kevin Holland's came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Holland, with a 71% knock out percentage over Holland's 62%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holland had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 31% submission rate over Santos' 6%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 9 years, at 41 years old.

Holland had a height advantage of 1 inch over Santos. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Santos was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 3 months earlier than Holland, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 82 to Holland's 87.

Santos vs Holland form

Santos had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he was victorious against Kevin Holland at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

He had lost to David Branch at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Holland's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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