Jackson vs Souza

Who won Jackson vs Souza?

Jason Jackson beat Hemerson Souza by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of LFA 71, on Friday 12th July 2019 at Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jason Jackson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Jackson vs Souza stats

Jason Jackson stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Hemerson Souza made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jason Jackson's LFA record stood at 2-0-0, while Hemerson Souza's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Souza had a massive power advantage over Jackson, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Jackson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a large advantage over Jackson, boasting a 29% submission rate over Jackson's 0%.

Jason Jackson was the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Jackson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Souza. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Jackson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years earlier than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 57 to Souza's 28.

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