Tsarukyan vs Aubin-Mercier

Who won Tsarukyan vs Aubin-Mercier?

Arman Tsarukyan beat Olivier Aubin Mercier by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 240, on Saturday 27th July 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Arman Tsarukyan.

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 Aubin-Mercier stats

Arman Tsarukyan stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Olivier Aubin Mercier made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 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 Olivier Aubin Mercier's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Tsarukyan had a large advantage in power over Mercier, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Mercier's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had a massive advantage over Tsarukyan, boasting a 73% submission rate over Tsarukyan's 38%.

Arman Tsarukyan was the younger man by 8 years, at 27 years old.

Mercier had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tsarukyan. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Tsarukyan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 11 months later than Mercier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 55 to Mercier's 66.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Olivier Aubin Mercier had been fighting more than Arman Tsarukyan.

Going to this contest, Arman Tsarukyan had last fought 5 years and 7 days ago, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's last outing had been 5 years, 8 months and 30 days ago.

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