Salvador vs Altamirano

Who won Salvador vs Altamirano?

Victor Altamirano beat Vinicius Salvador by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night San Antonio, on Saturday 25th March 2023 at AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Victor Altamirano.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Salvador vs Altamirano stats

Vinicius Salvador stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Victor Altamirano made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Vinicius Salvador's UFC record stood at 0-2-0, while Victor Altamirano's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Salvador had a massive power advantage over Altamirano, boasting a 93% knock out percentage over Altamirano's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Altamirano had a large advantage over Salvador, boasting a 36% submission rate over Salvador's 7%.

Vinicius Salvador was the younger man by 33 years, at years old.

Altamirano had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salvador. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Salvador was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Altamirano, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 34 to Altamirano's 39.

Salvador vs Altamirano form

Altamirano had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Lacerda at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Carlos Hernandez at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nate Smith at LFA 100 on 19th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Before that, he had defeated Lloyd McKinney at LFA 95 on 20th November 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

He was victorious against Chris Ocon at LFA 83 on 6th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Bomb Factory, Dallas.

Activity check

Altamirano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Salvador vs Altamirano?

Vinicius Salvador was a 83/100 (-120) favourite going into the contest, while Victor Altamirano made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.