Santos vs Hermansson

Who won Santos vs Hermansson?

Thiago Santos beat Jack Hermansson by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 119, on Saturday 28th October 2017 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.

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).

Santos vs Hermansson stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jack Hermansson made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jack Hermansson's came in at 11-6-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Hermansson, with a 67% knock out percentage over Hermansson's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had an advantage over Santos, with a 19% submission rate over Santos' 7%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 4 years, at 40 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hermansson. Despite this, Hermansson had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 months later than Hermansson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 82 to Hermansson's 77.

Santos vs Hermansson form

Jack Hermansson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he had beaten Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

He had defeated David Branch at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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