Blaydes vs Santos

Who won Blaydes vs Santos?

Curtis Blaydes beat Junior dos Santos by during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 24, on Saturday 25th January 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Curtis Blaydes.

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).

Blaydes vs Santos stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a slight advantage in power over Santos, with a 75% knock out percentage over Santos' 71%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Blaydes had 3-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 years and 10 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 50 to Santos' 65.

Blaydes vs Santos form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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