Barriault vs Azaitar

Who won Barriault vs Azaitar?

Marc Andr Barriault beat Abu Azaitar by during the prelims of UFC 260, on Saturday 27th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Marc Andr Barriault.

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).

Barriault vs Azaitar stats

Marc Andr Barriault stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Abu Azaitar made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Barriault had a large advantage in power over Azaitar, boasting at 73% knock out percentage over Azaitar's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Azaitar had a slight advantage over Barriault, with a 7% submission rate over Barriault's 0%.

Marc Andr Barriault was the younger man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Barriault had a height advantage of 2 inches over Azaitar.

Barriault was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 year and 11 months later than Azaitar, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 49 to Azaitar's 33.

Barriault vs Azaitar form

Barriault had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Abu Azaitar at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jun Yong Park at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

He had lost to Krzysztof Jotko at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Barriault's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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