Santos vs Lewis

Who won Santos vs Lewis?

Junior dos Santos beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 4, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita.

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).

Santos vs Lewis stats

Junior dos Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Derrick Lewis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Junior dos Santos' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Derrick Lewis' came in at 18-10-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 86% knock out percentage over Santos' 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Santos and Lewis would have been pretty equal, both with a 5% submission rate.

Junior dos Santos was the older man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. Despite this, Lewis had 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Lewis, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 65 to Lewis' 86.

Santos vs Lewis form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Derrick Lewis had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had won against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Junior dos Santos had last fought 4 years, 3 months and 1 day ago, while Derrick Lewis' last outing had been 2 years, 2 months and 14 days ago.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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