Murphy vs Santos

Who won Murphy vs Santos?

Lerone Murphy beat Gabriel Santos by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 286, on Saturday 18th March 2023 at o2 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lerone Murphy.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Murphy vs Santos stats

Lerone Murphy stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Gabriel Santos made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Lerone Murphy's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Lerone Murphy's UFC record stood at 6-0-1, while Gabriel Santos' came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Murphy had a massive power advantage over Santos, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Santos' 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a massive advantage over Murphy, boasting a 40% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Lerone Murphy was the older man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Murphy was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 5 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 34 to Santos' 26.

Murphy vs Santos form

Murphy remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy on 18th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Joshua Culibao at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gabriel Santos at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London.

Before that, he was victorious against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

He had won against Douglas Andrade at UFC Fight Island 8 on 20th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Murphy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Santos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Murphy vs Santos?

Lerone Murphy was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Gabriel Santos made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.