Dober vs Alves

Who won Dober vs Alves?

Drew Dober beat Rafael Alves by during the prelims of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Drew Dober.

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).

Dober vs Alves stats

Drew Dober stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Rafael Alves made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Drew Dober's UFC record stood at 13-9-0, while Rafael Alves' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Dober had a slight advantage in power over Alves, with a 43% knock out percentage over Alves' 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alves had an advantage over Dober, with a 40% submission rate over Dober's 26%.

Drew Dober was the older man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Dober had 2-inch reach advantage.

Dober was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 10 months later than Alves, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 87 to Alves' 64.

Dober vs Alves form

Drew Dober had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Terrance McKinney at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Brad Riddell at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Islam Makhachev at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Alexander Hernandez at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had defeated Polo Reyes at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Activity check

Dober's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Alves' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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