Greene vs Villante

Who won Greene vs Villante?

Maurice Greene beat Gian Villante by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 4, on Saturday 27th June 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Maurice Greene.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Greene vs Villante stats

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

Gian Villante made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Maurice Greene's UFC record stood at 4-4-0, while Gian Villante's came in at 7-11-0.

The stats suggested Villante had a massive power advantage over Greene, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Greene's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Villante had an advantage over Greene, with a 12% submission rate over Greene's 0%.

Maurice Greene was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Greene had a height advantage of 4 inches over Villante. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Greene was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 5 months later than Villante, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 41 to Villante's 66.

Greene vs Villante form

Gian Villante had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ed Herman at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

He had beaten Francimar Barroso at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Villante's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Greene vs Villante?

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