Chairez vs Lacerda

Who won Chairez vs Lacerda?

Edgar Chairez beat Daniel Lacerda by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Chairez vs Lacerda stats

Edgar Chairez stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Daniel Lacerda made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Edgar Chairez's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Daniel Lacerda's came in at 0-5-0.

The stats suggested Lacerda had a slight advantage in power over Chairez, with a 45% knock out percentage over Chairez's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chairez had a slight advantage over Lacerda, with a 60% submission rate over Lacerda's 55%.

Edgar Chairez was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Chairez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lacerda.

Chairez's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Lacerda's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 months earlier than Lacerda, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 33 to Lacerda's 21.

Chairez vs Lacerda form

Lacerda had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he Edgar Chairez at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to C.J. Vergara at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Victor Altamirano at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Francisco Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Jeff Molina at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Chairez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 10 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Lacerda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Chairez vs Lacerda?

Edgar Chairez was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Daniel Lacerda made his way into the ring at 10/3 (+330) with oddsmakers.