Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Ilunga Makabu (31-4) and Sean Santana (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Ilunga Makabu vs Sean Santana — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ilunga Makabu leads 1–0- Ilunga Makabu wonMakabu vs SantanaJul 3, 2009 · TKO · R3
The Numbers
- 31-4 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 88.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 27 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 87.1%
- KO rate
- —
- 88%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 5
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1
- Bouts per year
- —
- 37
- Bouts tracked
- 2
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- Height
- —
- 74″ (188 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 38
- Age
- 49
- Southpaw
- Stance
- —
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nationality
- South Africa
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyIlunga Makabu · 32 wins
KO/TKO
28
Decision
4
Other
0
Sean Santana · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (37 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedIlunga Makabu
WSD · Jan 2022WKO R11 · May 2015WKO R11 · May 2015Sean Santana
LRTD R6 · Jul 2008
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ilunga Makabu
WWLLL
W2 streak · last fought Sep 5, 2025
Sean Santana
LL
L2 streak · last fought Jul 3, 2009
Common Questions
- Have Ilunga Makabu and Sean Santana ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ilunga Makabu and Sean Santana met once on July 3, 2009, and Ilunga Makabu won by TKO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Ilunga Makabu or Sean Santana?
- Ilunga Makabu is 31-4 and Sean Santana is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ilunga Makabu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Ilunga Makabu or Sean Santana?
- Ilunga Makabu has 27 knockout wins and Sean Santana has 0. Ilunga Makabu has more.
- Do Ilunga Makabu and Sean Santana have any common opponents?
- Ilunga Makabu and Sean Santana share 1 common opponent: Thabiso Mchunu. Ilunga Makabu fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ilunga Makabu and Sean Santana?
- This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Ilunga Makabu and 2 bouts tracked for Sean Santana. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.