Who won Arlovski vs Rothwell?
Andrei Arlovski beat Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN 4, on Saturday 20th July 2019 at AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Andrei Arlovski.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Arlovski vs Rothwell stats
Andrei Arlovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 18 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Ben Rothwell made his way to the cage with a record of 36 wins, 11 loses and 0 draws, with 27 of those wins by knock out and 6 by submission.
The stats suggested Rothwell had an advantage in power over Arlovski, with a 75% knock out percentage over Arlovski's 63%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rothwell had a slight advantage over Arlovski, with a 17% submission rate over Arlovski's 11%.
Andrei Arlovski was the older man by 2 years, at 44 years old.
Rothwell had a height advantage of 1 inch over Arlovski. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.
Arlovski was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 1999, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Rothwell, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 124 to Rothwell's 90.
Arlovski vs Rothwell form
Andrei Arlovski had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Stefan Struve at UFC 222 on 3rd March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat J nior Albini at UFC Fight Night 120 on 11th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk.
He had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.
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Arlovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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