Dalby vs Means

Who won Dalby vs Means?

Tim Means beat Nicolas Dalby by unanimous 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, 29-28 in favor of the winner Tim Means.

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).

Dalby vs Means stats

Nicolas Dalby stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Tim Means made his way to the cage with a record of 31 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Nicolas Dalby's UFC record stood at 7-3-1, while Tim Means' came in at 15-12-0.

The stats suggested Means had a large advantage in power over Dalby, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Dalby's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dalby had a slight advantage over Means, with a 21% submission rate over Means' 16%.

Nicolas Dalby was the younger man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Means had a height advantage of 3 inches over Dalby. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Dalby was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 11 months later than Means, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 82 to Means' 95.

Dalby vs Means form

Dalby had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Oliveira at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Previous to that, his fight against Ross Houston at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alex Lohore at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 4th round at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he had defeated Philip Mulpeter at Cage Warriors 100 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Viola Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

He was victorious against Roberto Allegretti at Cage Warriors 96 on 1st September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, England.

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Dalby's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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