Garcia vs Salikhov

Who won Garcia vs Salikhov?

Alex Garcia beat Muslim Salikhov by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 122, on Saturday 25th November 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Garcia.

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).

Garcia vs Salikhov stats

Alex Garcia stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Muslim Salikhov made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Alex Garcia's UFC record stood at 5-5-0, while Muslim Salikhov's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Salikhov had a massive power advantage over Garcia, boasting a 77% knock out percentage over Garcia's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had a large advantage over Salikhov, boasting a 36% submission rate over Salikhov's 15%.

Alex Garcia was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Salikhov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Garcia. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Garcia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Salikhov, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 44 to Salikhov's 39.

Garcia vs Salikhov form

Salikhov 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 Nicolas Dalby at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Andre Fialho at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jingliang Li at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

Before that, he had beaten Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He had defeated Laureano Staropoli at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Activity check

Salikhov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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