Santalahti vs Richardson

Who won Santalahti vs Richardson?

Olli Santalahti beat Jamie Richardson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Cage Warriors 169, on Saturday 30th March 2024 at Indigo At The O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Olli Santalahti.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Santalahti vs Richardson stats

Olli Santalahti stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jamie Richardson made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Olli Santalahti's Cage Warriors record stood at 1-2-0, while Jamie Richardson's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Richardson had a massive power advantage over Santalahti, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Santalahti's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santalahti had a large advantage over Richardson, boasting a 38% submission rate over Richardson's 9%.

Olli Santalahti was the older man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Richardson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Santalahti.

Santalahti's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Richardson's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Richardson, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 45 to Richardson's 45.

Santalahti vs Richardson form

Jamie Richardson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Justin Burlinson at Cage Warriors 150 on 17th March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Indigo at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by James Sheehan at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Leonardo Damiani at Cage Warriors 132 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at London, England.

Before that, he had beaten Alessandro Botti at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

He had been defeated by Nathias Frederick at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Santalahti's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Richardson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Santalahti vs Richardson?

Olli Santalahti was a 5/4 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Jamie Richardson made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-180) with oddsmakers.