Latifi vs Preux

Who won Latifi vs Preux?

Ilir Latifi beat Ovince St. Preux by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on FOX 28, on Saturday 24th February 2018 at Amway Center in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Latifi vs Preux stats

Ilir Latifi stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ovince St. Preux made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Ilir Latifi's UFC record stood at 9-7-0, while Ovince St. Preux's came in at 15-12-0.

The stats suggested St. Preux had a slight advantage in power over Latifi, with a 50% knock out percentage over Latifi's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested St. Preux had a slight advantage over Latifi, with a 27% submission rate over Latifi's 23%.

Ilir Latifi was the younger man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

St. Preux had a height advantage of 5 inches over Latifi. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Latifi was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 months earlier than St. Preux, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 53 to St. Preux's 94.

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Ilir Latifi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tanner Boser at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had been beaten by Volkan Oezdemir at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

He had been defeated by Corey Anderson at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

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Latifi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

St. Preux's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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