Santos vs Lewis

Who won Santos vs Lewis?

Junior dos Santos beat Derrick Lewis by during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 4, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Santos vs Lewis stats

Junior dos Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Derrick Lewis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Santos, with a 86% knock out percentage over Santos' 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Santos and Lewis would have been pretty equal, both with a 5% submission rate.

Junior dos Santos was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

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

Santos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Lewis, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 65 to Lewis' 79.

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Santos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Lewis' last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Santos vs Lewis?

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