Santos vs Sousa

Who won Santos vs Sousa?

Luana Santos beat Waleska Sousa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 146, on Friday 4th November 2022 at Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Santos vs Sousa stats

Luana Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Waleska Sousa made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

This was Luana Santos' 3rd fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Luana Santos' LFA record stood at 2-1-0, while Waleska Sousa's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested that Santos and Sousa have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had an advantage over Sousa, with a 67% submission rate over Sousa's 50%.

Luana Santos was the younger man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sousa.

Santos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 8 months later than Sousa, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 24 to Sousa's 17.

Santos vs Sousa form

Santos had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mariya Agapova at UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez on 13th July 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Ball Arena, Denver, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Stephanie Egger at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Juliana Miller at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Bartira Rodrigues at LFA 154 on 10th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar, Brazil.

He had won against Waleska Sousa at LFA 146 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar.

Activity check

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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