Degli vs Paiva

Who won Degli vs Paiva?

Marcos Degli beat Hugo Paiva by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of LFA 159, on Saturday 27th May 2023 at CIDE Casa Branca Sports Complex in Caraguatatuba.

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).

Degli vs Paiva stats

Marcos Degli stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Hugo Paiva made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Marcos Degli's 3rd fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Hugo Paiva marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Marcos Degli's LFA record stood at 3-0-0, while Hugo Paiva's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Paiva had a slight advantage in power over Degli, with a 60% knock out percentage over Degli's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Degli had a large advantage over Paiva, boasting a 43% submission rate over Paiva's 20%.

Marcos Degli was the younger man by 2 years, at 24 years old.

Degli had a height advantage of 1 inch over Paiva.

Degli was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 1 year and 6 months later than Paiva, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 25 to Paiva's 18.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Hugo Paiva had been fighting more than Marcos Degli.

Going to this contest, Marcos Degli had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 28 days ago, while Hugo Paiva's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 21 days ago.

What were the odds on Degli vs Paiva?

Marcos Degli was a 7/4 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Hugo Paiva made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-230) with oddsmakers.