Who won Branch vs Santos?
David Branch beat Thiago Santos by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 128, on Saturday 21st April 2018 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner David Branch.
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).
Branch vs Santos stats
David Branch stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.
Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.
The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Branch, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Branch's 24%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Branch had a large advantage over Santos, boasting at 33% submission rate over Santos' 6%.
David Branch was the older man by 2 years, at 42 years old.
Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Branch. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.
Branch was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 71 to Santos' 81.
Branch vs Santos form
Thiago Santos had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.
He had won against Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.
Activity check
Branch's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.
Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 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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