Miocic vs Santos

Who won Miocic vs Santos?

Stipe Miocic beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC 211, on Saturday 13th May 2017 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

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).

This contest was for the UFC heavyweight championship.

Miocic vs Santos stats

Stipe Miocic stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Stipe Miocic's UFC record stood at 14-3-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Miocic had a slight advantage in power over Santos, with a 81% knock out percentage over Santos' 72%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Miocic, with a 6% submission rate over Miocic's 0%.

Stipe Miocic was the older man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Miocic had 3-inch reach advantage.

Miocic was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 7 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 53 to Santos' 65.

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