Giagos vs Tsarukyan

Who won Giagos vs Tsarukyan?

Arman Tsarukyan beat Christos Giagos by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 37, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Giagos vs Tsarukyan stats

Christos Giagos stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Arman Tsarukyan made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Arman Tsarukyan marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Christos Giagos' UFC record stood at 6-8-0, while Arman Tsarukyan's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Tsarukyan had a massive power advantage over Giagos, boasting a 31% knock out percentage over Giagos' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tsarukyan had a massive advantage over Giagos, boasting a 31% submission rate over Giagos' 0%.

Christos Giagos was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Giagos had a height advantage of 3 inches over Tsarukyan. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Giagos was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Tsarukyan, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 69 to Tsarukyan's 55.

Giagos vs Tsarukyan form

Tsarukyan had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Joaquim Silva at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Damir Ismagulov at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Joel Alvarez at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Giagos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Tsarukyan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 7 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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