Santos vs Ivanov

Who won Santos vs Ivanov?

Junior dos Santos beat Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 133, on Saturday 14th July 2018 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Junior dos Santos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Santos vs Ivanov stats

Junior dos Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Junior dos Santos' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 72% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a massive advantage over Santos, boasting a 38% submission rate over Santos' 6%.

Junior dos Santos was the older man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 5 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 65 to Ivanov's 64.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Blagoy Ivanov had been fighting more than Junior dos Santos.

Going to this contest, Junior dos Santos had last fought 7 years, 4 months and 6 days ago, while Blagoy Ivanov's last outing had been 6 years, 10 months and 17 days ago.

What were the odds on Santos vs Ivanov?

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