Santos vs Walker

Who won Santos vs Walker?

Thiago Santos beat Johnny Walker by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 38, on Saturday 2nd October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Thiago Santos.

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 Walker stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Johnny Walker made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Johnny Walker marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Johnny Walker's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Walker had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 83% knock out percentage over Santos' 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Walker had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 11% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 8 years, at 41 years old.

Walker had a height advantage of 4 inches over Santos. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years earlier than Walker, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 82 to Walker's 47.

Santos vs Walker form

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Activity check

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.

Walker's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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