Rothwell vs Barnett

Who won Rothwell vs Barnett?

Ben Rothwell beat Chris Barnett by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Rothwell vs Barnett stats

Ben Rothwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 38 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Chris Barnett made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ben Rothwell's UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Chris Barnett's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Barnett had a slight advantage in power over Rothwell, with a 76% knock out percentage over Rothwell's 74%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rothwell had an advantage over Barnett, with a 16% submission rate over Barnett's 0%.

Ben Rothwell was the older man by 5 years, at 42 years old.

Rothwell had a height advantage of 7 inches over Barnett.

Rothwell was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 8 years and 3 months earlier than Barnett, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 90 to Barnett's 61.

Rothwell vs Barnett form

Rothwell had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Ovince St. Preux at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Stefan Struve at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Before that, he had been beaten by Andrei Arlovski at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

He had been defeated by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Activity check

Rothwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 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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