Dolidze vs Imavov

Who won Dolidze vs Imavov?

Nassourdine Imavov beat Roman Dolidze by majority decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd February 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-44, 47-47, 48-46 in favor of the winner Nassourdine Imavov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Dolidze vs Imavov stats

Roman Dolidze stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Nassourdine Imavov made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Roman Dolidze's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Nassourdine Imavov's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Dolidze had an advantage in power over Imavov, with a 58% knock out percentage over Imavov's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Imavov had a slight advantage over Dolidze, with a 33% submission rate over Dolidze's 25%.

Roman Dolidze was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

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

Dolidze was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 10 months later than Imavov, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 31 to Imavov's 39.

Dolidze vs Imavov form

Dolidze had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Phil Hawes at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Kyle Daukaus at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

He was victorious against Laureano Staropoli at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Imavov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Chris Curtis at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had beaten Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had defeated Ian Heinisch at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Nassourdine Imavov had been fighting more than Roman Dolidze.

Going to this contest, Roman Dolidze had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 28 days ago, while Nassourdine Imavov's last outing had been 11 months and 6 days ago.

Dolidze's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Imavov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 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 Dolidze vs Imavov?

Roman Dolidze was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Nassourdine Imavov made his way into the ring at 29/50 (-170) with oddsmakers.