Souza vs Brunson

Who won Souza vs Brunson?

Ronaldo Souza beat Derek Brunson by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on FOX 27, on Saturday 27th January 2018 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Souza vs Brunson stats

Ronaldo Souza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Derek Brunson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ronaldo Souza's UFC record stood at 9-7-0, while Derek Brunson's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had an advantage over Souza, with a 17% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Ronaldo Souza was the older man by 4 years, at 44 years old.

Brunson had 5-inch reach advantage.

Souza was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2003, 6 years and 8 months earlier than Brunson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 71 to Brunson's 63.

Souza vs Brunson form

Brunson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ian Heinisch at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Activity check

Souza's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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