Tsarukyan vs Alvarez

Who won Tsarukyan vs Alvarez?

Arman Tsarukyan beat Joel Alvarez by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 26th February 2022 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).

Tsarukyan vs Alvarez stats

Arman Tsarukyan stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Joel Alvarez made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 16 by submission.

This was Arman Tsarukyan's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Arman Tsarukyan's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Joel Alvarez's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Tsarukyan had an advantage in power over Alvarez, with a 35% knock out percentage over Alvarez's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alvarez had a massive advantage over Tsarukyan, boasting a 84% submission rate over Tsarukyan's 29%.

Arman Tsarukyan was the younger man by 4 years, at 27 years old.

Alvarez had a height advantage of 8 inches over Tsarukyan. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Tsarukyan was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months later than Alvarez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 55 to Alvarez's 34.

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Tsarukyan's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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