Dalby vs Oliveira

Who won Dalby vs Oliveira?

Nicolas Dalby beat Alex Oliveira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 18, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Nicolas Dalby.

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 Oliveira stats

Nicolas Dalby stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Oliveira made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Oliveira had a large advantage in power over Dalby, boosting at 60% knock out percentage over Dalby's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oliveira had a slight advantage over Dalby, with a 25% submission rate over Dalby's 24%.

Nicolas Dalby was the older man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Oliveira had 2-inch reach advantage.

Dalby was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Oliveira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 82 to Oliveira's 76.

Dalby vs Oliveira form

Oliveira had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gunnar Nelson at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Carlo Pedersoli at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had beat Carlos Condit at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

He had won against Tim Means at UFC Fight Night 106 on 11th March 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Olympic Training Center, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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