Gordon vs Santos

Who won Gordon vs Santos?

Jared Gordon beat Leonardo Santos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 278, on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jared Gordon.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gordon vs Santos stats

Jared Gordon stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Leonardo Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Jared Gordon's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Leonardo Santos' came in at 7-3-1.

The stats suggested Gordon had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 33% knock out percentage over Santos' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a massive advantage over Gordon, boasting a 50% submission rate over Gordon's 11%.

Jared Gordon was the younger man by 9 years, at 35 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gordon. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Gordon was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 8 years and 7 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 67 to Santos' 48.

Gordon vs Santos form

Gordon had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mark O Madsen at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Leonardo Santos at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

He had been beaten by Grant Dawson at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Gordon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 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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