Santos vs Yizha

Who won Santos vs Yizha?

Gabriel Santos beat Yizha by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 7th September 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gabriel Santos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Santos vs Yizha stats

Gabriel Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Yizha made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

This was Gabriel Santos' 3rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Yizha marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Gabriel Santos' UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Yizha's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Yizha, with a 30% knock out percentage over Yizha's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yizha had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 50% submission rate over Santos' 40%.

Gabriel Santos was the same age as Yizha, at 27 years old.

Santos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yizha.

Santos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 months earlier than Yizha, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 29 to Yizha's 55.

Activity check

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Santos vs Yizha start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:15 PM UTC , which was 5:15 PM EST or 2:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:15 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Santos vs Yizha?

Gabriel Santos was a 4/11 (-260) favourite going into the contest, while Yizha made his way into the ring at 21/10 (+210) with oddsmakers.