Arlovski vs Lima

Who won Arlovski vs Lima?

Marcos Rog rio de Lima beat Andrei Arlovski by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Arlovski vs Lima stats

Andrei Arlovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 20 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Marcos Rog rio de Lima made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 8 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Lima had a large advantage in power over Arlovski, boosting at 74% knock out percentage over Arlovski's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lima had a slight advantage over Arlovski, with a 11% submission rate over Arlovski's 9%.

Andrei Arlovski was the older man by 6 years, at 44 years old.

Arlovski had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lima. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Arlovski was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 1999, 9 years and 11 months earlier than Lima, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 73 more professional rounds, 122 to Lima's 49.

Arlovski vs Lima form

Andrei Arlovski had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jared Vanderaa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Carlos Felipe at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Chase Sherman 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 been beaten by Tom Aspinall at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Tanner Boser at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Ben Rothwell at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Ben Sosoli at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

He had lost to Stefan Struve at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Andrei Arlovski had been fighting more than Marcos Rog rio de Lima.

Going to this contest, Andrei Arlovski had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 13 days ago, while Marcos Rog rio de Lima's last outing had been 1 year and 18 days ago.

Arlovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Arlovski vs Lima?

Andrei Arlovski was a 21/10 (+210) underdog going into the contest, while Marcos Rog rio de Lima made his way into the ring at 19/50 (-260) with oddsmakers.