Argueta vs Aguirre

Who won Argueta vs Aguirre?

Daniel Argueta beat Nick Aguirre by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 14th January 2023 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Daniel Argueta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Argueta vs Aguirre stats

Daniel Argueta stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Nick Aguirre made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Daniel Argueta's UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Nick Aguirre's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Aguirre had an advantage in power over Argueta, with a 43% knock out percentage over Argueta's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aguirre had a slight advantage over Argueta, with a 57% submission rate over Argueta's 50%.

Daniel Argueta was the older man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Aguirre had a height advantage of 2 inches over Argueta.

Argueta was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Aguirre, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 28 to Aguirre's 14.

Argueta vs Aguirre form

Daniel Argueta had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Miles Johns at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Ronnie Lawrence at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had won against Nick Aguirre at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Diego Silva at LFA 131 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their LFA Bantamweight championship fight at Oshkosh Arena, Oshkosh.

Activity check

Argueta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Argueta vs Aguirre?

Daniel Argueta was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Nick Aguirre made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.