Santos vs Tuivasa

Who won Santos vs Tuivasa?

Junior dos Santos beat Tai Tuivasa by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 142, on Saturday 1st December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Center in Adelaide.

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 Tuivasa stats

Junior dos Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Tai Tuivasa made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Junior dos Santos' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Tai Tuivasa's came in at 8-7-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had a large advantage in power over Santos, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Santos' 68%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Santos had a slight advantage over Tuivasa, with a 5% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

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

Santos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Tuivasa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 65 to Tuivasa's 32.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Junior dos Santos had last fought 5 years, 9 months and 11 days ago, while Tai Tuivasa's last outing had been 5 years, 10 months and 16 days ago.

Santos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Tuivasa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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