Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-08, nice and tough exchanges between Jimi Manuwa and Thiago Santos: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).Jimi Manuwa entered this fight with a pro record of 17-4-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Jan Blachowicz in 2018 (Jimi Manuwa vs Jan Blachowicz 2) and Volkan Oezdemir in 2017 (Jimi Manuwa vs Volkan Oezdemir); before this bout he had beat Corey Anderson (Jimi Manuwa vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official mma record of 19-6-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ lost to David Branch in April (David Branch vs Thiago Santos) but then he has beat Kevin Holland (Thiago Santos vs Kevin Holland) and Eryk Anders (Thiago Santos vs Eryk Anders). Manuwa vs Santos is on the undercard of Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega – UFC 231. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Date: 2018-12-08
Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada
Division: light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg)
UFC 231 fight card (main card):
Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
Valentina Shevchenko vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Gunnar Nelson vs Alex Oliveira
Hakeem Dawodu vs Kyle Bochniak
Jimi Manuwa vs Thiago Santos
Santos’ next fight: Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos
Manuwa’s next fight: Jimi Manuwa vs Aleksandar Rakic
Manuwa vs Santos Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_QAx5OqKk
OFFICIAL VIDEO
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Definition of a slugfest.