Akhmedov vs Tavares

Who won Akhmedov vs Tavares?

Brad Tavares beat Omari Akhmedov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brad Tavares.

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).

Akhmedov vs Tavares stats

Omari Akhmedov stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Brad Tavares made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Omari Akhmedov's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Brad Tavares' came in at 15-9-0.

The stats suggested Akhmedov had a slight advantage in power over Tavares, with a 33% knock out percentage over Tavares' 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Akhmedov had an advantage over Tavares, with a 29% submission rate over Tavares' 11%.

Omari Akhmedov was the same age as Brad Tavares, at 36 years old.

Tavares had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akhmedov. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Akhmedov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 7 months later than Tavares, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 65 to Tavares' 71.

Akhmedov vs Tavares form

Akhmedov 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 lost to Rob Wilkinson at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Joshua Silveira at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Teodoras Aukstuolis at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had defeated Viktor Pesta at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had been beaten by Jordan Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

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Akhmedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Tavares' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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