Mousasi vs Santos

Who won Mousasi vs Santos?

Gegard Mousasi beat Thiago Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 200, on Saturday 9th July 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Mousasi vs Santos stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 38 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Gegard Mousasi's UFC record stood at 9-3-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Mousasi, with a 62% knock out percentage over Mousasi's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 32% submission rate over Santos' 8%.

Gegard Mousasi was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 30 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 115 to Santos' 81.

Mousasi vs Santos form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

Before that, he had defeated Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He was victorious against Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 200 on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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