Mousasi vs Santos

Who won Mousasi vs Santos?

Gegard Mousasi beat Thiago Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 200, on Saturday 9th July 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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).

Mousasi vs Santos stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 38 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Thiago Santos marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Gegard Mousasi's UFC record stood at 9-3-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Mousasi, with a 62% knock out percentage over Mousasi's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 32% submission rate over Santos' 8%.

Gegard Mousasi was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 30 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 115 to Santos' 82.

Mousasi vs Santos form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against John Salter at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

He was victorious against Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Yoel Romero at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Rob Wilkinson at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jamahal Hill at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Johnny Walker at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Thiago Santos had been fighting more than Gegard Mousasi.

Going to this contest, Gegard Mousasi had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 11 days ago, while Thiago Santos' last outing had been 5 months ago.

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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