Bautista vs Kelleher

Who won Bautista vs Kelleher?

Mario Bautista beat Brian Kelleher by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 25th June 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Bautista vs Kelleher stats

Mario Bautista stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Brian Kelleher made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Mario Bautista's UFC record stood at 8-2-0, while Brian Kelleher's came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested that Bautista and Kelleher have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Bautista and Kelleher would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Mario Bautista was the younger man by 7 years, at 30 years old.

Bautista had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kelleher. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Bautista was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 6 years and 2 months later than Kelleher, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 45 less professional rounds, 31 to Kelleher's 76.

Bautista vs Kelleher form

Mario Bautista had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Da’Mon Blackshear at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Guido Cannetti at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Benito Lopez at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Brian Kelleher at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Jay Perrin at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Brian Kelleher had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kevin Croom at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Domingo Pilarte at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ricky Simon at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ray Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Mario Bautista had been fighting more than Brian Kelleher.

Going to this contest, Mario Bautista had last fought 8 months and 7 days ago, while Brian Kelleher's last outing had been 2 years, 1 month and 21 days ago.

Bautista's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Kelleher's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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