Santos vs Smith

Who won Santos vs Smith?

Thiago Santos beat Anthony Smith by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 125, on Saturday 3rd February 2018 at Mangueirinho Gymnasium in Belem.

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 Smith stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Anthony Smith made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Anthony Smith's came in at 12-9-0.

The stats suggested Santos had an advantage in power over Smith, with a 69% knock out percentage over Smith's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Smith had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 34% submission rate over Santos' 6%.

Thiago Santos was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Santos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 9 months later than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 81 to Smith's 109.

Santos vs Smith form

Smith had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jimmy Crute at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 15 on 28th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Aleksandar Rakic at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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