Saldana vs Souza

Who won Saldana vs Souza?

Luis Salda a beat Bruno Souza by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night Columbus, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Luis Salda a.

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).

Saldana vs Souza stats

Luis Salda a stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Bruno Souza made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested a had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting at 60% knock out percentage over Souza's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested a had an advantage over Souza, with a 33% submission rate over Souza's 20%.

Luis Salda a was the older man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

a had a height advantage of 4 inches over Souza. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

a was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 53 to Souza's 37.

Saldana vs Souza form

Souza had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Javier Garcia at LFA 114 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at The Factory at the District, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had beat Elijah Johns at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

Before that, he had won against Guilherme Santos at LFA 95 on 20th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

He had beat Kamuela Kirk at LFA 84 on 10th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

a's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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