Dariush vs Dober

Who won Dariush vs Dober?

Beneil Dariush beat Drew Dober by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 4, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Dariush vs Dober stats

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

Drew Dober made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Beneil Dariush's UFC record stood at 16-6-1, while Drew Dober's came in at 13-9-0.

The stats suggested Dober had a massive power advantage over Dariush, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Dariush's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dober had a large advantage over Dariush, boasting a 30% submission rate over Dariush's 0%.

Beneil Dariush was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Dariush had a height advantage of 2 inches over Dober. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Dariush was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 months later than Dober, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 56 to Dober's 87.

Dariush vs Dober form

Dariush had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Drakkar Klose at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Frank Camacho at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Drew Dober at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

He had drawn with Evan Dunham at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 23 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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