Who won Holland vs Oliveira?
Kevin Holland beat Alex Oliveira by during the main card of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Kevin Holland.
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).
Holland vs Oliveira stats
Kevin Holland stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.
Alex Oliveira made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.
The stats suggested Holland had a slight advantage in power over Oliveira, with a 57% knock out percentage over Oliveira's 55%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Holland had a slight advantage over Oliveira, with a 24% submission rate over Oliveira's 23%.
Kevin Holland was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.
Holland had a height advantage of 4 inches over Oliveira. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.
Holland was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 year and 3 months later than Oliveira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 81 to Oliveira's 76.
Holland vs Oliveira form
Holland had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he Kyle Daukaus at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Derek Brunson at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had won against Ronaldo Souza at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat Charlie Ontiveros at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had defeated Darren Stewart at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Alex Oliveira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Niko Price at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had lost to Randy Brown at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.
Going into that contest, he had won against Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Before that, he had defeated Max Griffin at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
He had been beaten by Nicolas Dalby at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kevin Holland had been fighting more than Alex Oliveira.
Going to this contest, Kevin Holland had last fought 2 years, 5 months and 21 days ago, while Alex Oliveira's last outing had been 2 years, 5 months and 21 days ago.
Holland's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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