Who won Falcao vs Santos?

Esquiva Falcao beat Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos by technical knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 29th August 2020 at Arena de Lutas in Sao Paulo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Falcao vs Santos stats

Esquiva Falcao stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos made his way to the ring with a record of 5 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Falcao had a massive power advantage over Santos, boosting at 69% knock out percentage over Santos' 20%.

Esquiva Falcao was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

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

Esquiva Falcao fought out of the southpaw stance, while Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos was an orthodox fighter.

Falcao was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 96 more professional rounds, 151 to Santos' 55.

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Falcao's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.3 rounds on average.

What time did Falcao vs Santos start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Arena de Lutas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Falcao vs Santos?

Esquiva Falcao was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.