Rodrigues vs Tiuliulin

Who won Rodrigues vs Tiuliulin?

Gregory Rodrigues beat Denis Tiuliulin by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 292, on Saturday 19th August 2023 at TD Garden in Boston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Rodrigues vs Tiuliulin stats

Gregory Rodrigues stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Denis Tiuliulin made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Gregory Rodrigues' UFC record stood at 6-2-0, while Denis Tiuliulin's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Tiuliulin had a large advantage in power over Rodrigues, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 62%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had a large advantage over Tiuliulin, boasting a 23% submission rate over Tiuliulin's 0%.

Gregory Rodrigues was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Rodrigues had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tiuliulin.

Rodrigues was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 years and 7 months later than Tiuliulin, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 35 to Tiuliulin's 33.

Rodrigues vs Tiuliulin form

Gregory Rodrigues had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brunno Ferreira at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Julian Marquez at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had been beaten by Armen Petrosyan at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Tiuliulin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rodrigues vs Tiuliulin?

Gregory Rodrigues was a 27/100 (-370) favourite going into the contest, while Denis Tiuliulin made his way into the ring at 14/5 (+280) with oddsmakers.