Whittaker vs Souza

Who won Whittaker vs Souza?

Robert Whittaker beat Ronaldo Souza by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Whittaker vs Souza stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ronaldo Souza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Robert Whittaker's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 17-6-0, while Ronaldo Souza's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Whittaker had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 29% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Robert Whittaker was the younger man by 11 years, at 34 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Whittaker. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Whittaker was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 6 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 86 to Souza's 71.

Whittaker vs Souza form

Whittaker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ikram Aliskerov at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Paulo Costa at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, .

He had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Activity check

Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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