Santos vs Holland

Who won Santos vs Holland?

Thiago Santos beat Kevin Holland by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 227, on Saturday 4th August 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Thiago Santos.

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 Holland stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kevin Holland 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 4 by submission.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Kevin Holland's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Holland, with a 71% knock out percentage over Holland's 62%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holland had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 31% submission rate over Santos' 6%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 9 years, at 40 years old.

Holland had a height advantage of 1 inch over Santos. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 3 months earlier than Holland, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 81 to Holland's 81.

Santos vs Holland form

Thiago Santos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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