Alhassan vs Ribeiro

Who won Alhassan vs Ribeiro?

Abdul Razak Alhassan beat Claudio Ribeiro by during the prelims of UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov, on Saturday 14th January 2023 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Abdul Razak Alhassan.

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).

Alhassan vs Ribeiro stats

Abdul Razak Alhassan stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Claudio Ribeiro made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Alhassan had an advantage in power over Ribeiro, with a 100% knock out percentage over Ribeiro's 80%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Alhassan and Ribeiro would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Abdul Razak Alhassan was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Ribeiro had a height advantage of 3 inches over Alhassan. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Alhassan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Ribeiro, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 26 to Ribeiro's 21.

Alhassan vs Ribeiro form

Abdul Razak Alhassan had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Alessio Di Chirico at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jacob Malkoun at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 14 on 14th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Mounir Lazzez at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Alhassan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Alhassan vs Ribeiro?

Abdul Razak Alhassan was a 91/100 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Claudio Ribeiro made his way into the ring at 91/100 (-110) with oddsmakers.