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Feb 23 2019
Saturday

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic

Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Light Heavyweight
20-6-0
KO 3
KO 3
23-7-0

The tape

41
Age
41
6' 2" / 188 cm
Height
6' 2" / 188 cm
76" / 193 cm
Reach
78" / 198 cm

Tape record

KOKOUDKOKO
Form
SUBUDUDSUBMD
20
Wins
23
14
By KO
5
70
KO%
22
1
By SUB
9
5
SUB%
39
6
Loses
7
3
Stopped
1
2
Tapped
1
0
Draws
0
2010
Debut
2007
26
Bouts
30
47
Rounds
64
2 hours, 53 minutes
Fight Time
4 hours, 44 minutes

Tape rankings @ Light Heavyweight

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UFC
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Bellator
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Tapology
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Thiago Santos vs Jan Blachowicz report

Who won Santos vs Błachowicz?

Thiago Santos beat Jan Blachowicz by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Santos vs Błachowicz stats

Thiago Santos stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jan Blachowicz made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Thiago Santos' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Thiago Santos' UFC record stood at 14-10-0, while Jan Blachowicz's came in at 12-7-1.

The stats suggested Santos had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Santos, boasting a 39% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Thiago Santos was the same age as Jan Blachowicz, at 41 years old.

Blachowicz had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Santos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 9 months later than Blachowicz, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 82 to Blachowicz's 95.

Santos vs Błachowicz form

Santos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Johnny Walker at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Activity check

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Blachowicz's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Santos vs Błachowicz?

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