Barcelos vs Valiev

Who won Barcelos vs Valiev?

Timur Valiev beat Raoni Barcelos by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 30, on Saturday 26th June 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 28-28 in favor of the winner Timur Valiev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Barcelos vs Valiev stats

Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Timur Valiev made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Raoni Barcelos' UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Timur Valiev's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Barcelos had a large advantage in power over Valiev, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Valiev's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barcelos had a slight advantage over Valiev, with a 13% submission rate over Valiev's 12%.

Raoni Barcelos was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Barcelos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Valiev. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Barcelos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 6 months later than Valiev, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 56 to Valiev's 53.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raoni Barcelos had been fighting more than Timur Valiev.

Going to this contest, Raoni Barcelos had last fought 3 years, 2 months and 15 days ago, while Timur Valiev's last outing had been 6 years, 3 months and 3 days ago.

Barcelos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Valiev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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