Santos vs Manuwa

Who won Santos vs Manuwa?

Thiago Santos beat Jimi Manuwa by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 231, on Saturday 8th December 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Santos vs Manuwa stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jimi Manuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jimi Manuwa's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 88% knock out percentage over Santos' 68%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Manuwa had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 6% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the younger man by 4 years, at 41 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Manuwa. Despite this, Manuwa had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Santos was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months later than Manuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 82 to Manuwa's 35.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Thiago Santos had last fought 7 years, 3 months and 20 days ago, while Jimi Manuwa's last outing had been 7 years, 2 months and 6 days ago.

Santos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Manuwa's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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