Nakashima vs Santos

Who won Nakashima vs Santos?

James Nakashima beat Luis Santos by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Roots of Honor, on Friday 12th April 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Nakashima vs Santos stats

James Nakashima stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Luis Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 65 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 38 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

James Nakashima's One Championship record stood at 3-3-0, while Luis Santos' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Nakashima, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Nakashima's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had an advantage over Nakashima, with a 17% submission rate over Nakashima's 0%.

James Nakashima was the younger man by 9 years, at 35 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nakashima. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Nakashima was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 67 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 14 years and 9 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 101 less professional rounds, 46 to Santos' 147.

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Santos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakashima vs Santos?

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