Ancajas vs Barrios

Who won Ancajas vs Barrios?

Jerwin Ancajas drew with Alejandro Santiago by split draw on Friday 28th September 2018 at Oracle Arena in California.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 111-118, 114-114, meaning it was a split draw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the IBF super flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jose Uzcategui's and Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna's clash.

Ancajas vs Barrios stats

Back in September 2018, Jerwin Ancajas stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alejandro Santiago made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 2 loses and 4 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ancajas had a large advantage in power over Santiago, boosting at 67% knock out percentage over Santiago's 44%.

Jerwin Ancajas was the older man by 4 years, at 27 years old.

Ancajas had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santiago. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Jerwin Ancajas & Alejandro Santiago fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ancajas was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Santiago, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 257 to Santiago's 223.

Alejandro Santiago was ranked number 14 by the IBF in the 115lb division.

Ancajas vs Barrios form

Ancajas had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Jonas Sultan on 26th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Selland Arena, Fresno, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Israel Gonzalez on 3rd February 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Bank of America Center, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jamie Conlan on 18th November 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Teiru Kinoshita on 2nd July 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.

He had beat Jose Alfredo Rodriguez on 29th January 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Santiago had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Jose Martinez on 24th March 2018 by split draw at Complejo Ferial, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Previous to that, he had defeated David Godinez on 8th December 2017 by knockout at Gimnasio Independencia, Baja California, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had won against Efrain Gonzalez on 21st October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Swatmeet Las Californias, Baja California.

Before that, he had defeated Samuel Medina on 26th May 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Salon Mezzanine, Baja California.

He had beat Oscar Talla on 4th March 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Rosarito, Baja California.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alejandro Santiago had been fighting more than Jerwin Ancajas.

Going to this contest, Jerwin Ancajas had last fought 4 months and 2 days ago, while Alejandro Santiago's last outing had been 6 months and 4 days ago.

Ancajas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

Santiago's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Ancajas vs Barrios start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Oracle Arena, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Ancajas vs Barrios?

Ancajas vs Barrios was broadcast on ESPN+ in the US.

What were the odds on Ancajas vs Barrios?

Jerwin Ancajas was a 1/25 (-2500) favourite going into the contest, while Alejandro Santiago made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.