Rothwell vs Struve

Who won Rothwell vs Struve?

Ben Rothwell beat Stefan Struve by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on ESPN 7, on Saturday 7th December 2019 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C..

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 Struve stats

Ben Rothwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 36 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 27 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Stefan Struve made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 18 by submission.

Ben Rothwell's UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Stefan Struve's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Rothwell had a massive power advantage over Struve, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Struve's 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Struve had a massive advantage over Rothwell, boasting a 62% submission rate over Rothwell's 17%.

Ben Rothwell was the older man by 6 years, at 42 years old.

Struve had a height advantage of 7 inches over Rothwell. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Rothwell was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Struve, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 90 to Struve's 66.

Rothwell vs Struve form

Rothwell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before 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.

Activity check

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.

Struve's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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