Blaydes vs Santos

Who won Blaydes vs Santos?

Curtis Blaydes beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 24, on Saturday 25th January 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Santos stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a slight advantage in power over Santos, with a 75% knock out percentage over Santos' 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Blaydes, with a 5% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Blaydes had 3-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 years and 10 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 50 to Santos' 65.

Blaydes vs Santos form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Justin Willis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Before that, he had defeated Mark Hunt at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

He was victorious against Daniel Omiela czuk at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Santos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Before that, he had defeated Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise, United States.

He had been defeated by Stipe Miocic at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Curtis Blaydes had been fighting more than Junior dos Santos.

Going to this contest, Curtis Blaydes had last fought 4 years, 7 months and 21 days ago, while Junior dos Santos' last outing had been 4 years, 9 months and 30 days ago.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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