Santos vs Ankalaev

Who won Santos vs Ankalaev?

Magomed Ankalaev beat Thiago Santos by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in favor of the winner Magomed Ankalaev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Santos vs Ankalaev stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Magomed Ankalaev made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Magomed Ankalaev's came in at 10-1-1.

The stats suggested Santos had an advantage in power over Ankalaev, with a 68% knock out percentage over Ankalaev's 53%.

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

Thiago Santos was the older man by 9 years, at 40 years old.

Ankalaev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Santos. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Ankalaev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 81 to Ankalaev's 52.

Santos vs Ankalaev form

Ankalaev had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ion Cutelaba at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he was victorious against Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 27 on 29th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Chartway Arena, Norfolk, United States.

He had won against Klidson Abreu at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Activity check

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Ankalaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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