Rothwell vs Lima

Who won Rothwell vs Lima?

Marcos Rogerio de Lima beat Ben Rothwell by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 42, on Saturday 13th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Lima 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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Ben Rothwell's UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Marcos Rogerio de Lima's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested Rothwell had a slight advantage in power over Lima, with a 74% knock out percentage over Lima's 72%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rothwell had a slight advantage over Lima, with a 16% submission rate over Lima's 11%.

Ben Rothwell was the older man by 4 years, at 42 years old.

Rothwell had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lima. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Rothwell was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 8 years and 2 months earlier than Lima, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 38 more professional rounds, 90 to Lima's 52.

Rothwell vs Lima form

Rothwell 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 Chris Barnett at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in the United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

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

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.

Lima had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ben Rothwell at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Ben Sosoli at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marcos Rogerio de Lima had been fighting more than Ben Rothwell.

Going to this contest, Ben Rothwell had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 5 days ago, while Marcos Rogerio de Lima's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 29 days ago.

Rothwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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