Brown vs Maddalena

Who won Brown vs Maddalena?

Jack Della Maddalena beat Randy Brown by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 284, on Saturday 11th February 2023 at RAC Arena in Perth.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Brown vs Maddalena stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jack Della Maddalena made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Jack Della Maddalena's came in at 7-0-0.

The stats suggested Maddalena had a massive power advantage over Brown, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Brown's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brown had a large advantage over Maddalena, boasting a 31% submission rate over Maddalena's 8%.

Randy Brown was the older man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 4 inches over Maddalena. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Brown was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Maddalena, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 50 to Maddalena's 34.

Brown vs Maddalena form

Randy Brown had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Khaos Williams at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jared Gooden at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Alex Oliveira at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had lost to Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Maddalena had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kevin Holland at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Bassil Hafez at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Randy Brown at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against Danny Roberts at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Ramazan Emeev at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jack Della Maddalena had been fighting more than Randy Brown.

Going to this contest, Randy Brown had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 24 days ago, while Jack Della Maddalena's last outing had been 7 months and 9 days ago.

Brown's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Maddalena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brown vs Maddalena?

Randy Brown was a 11/4 (+280) underdog going into the contest, while Jack Della Maddalena made his way into the ring at 7/25 (-360) with oddsmakers.