Lima vs Sosoli

Who won Lima vs Sosoli?

Marcos Rogerio de Lima beat Ben Sosoli by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 26, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Spark Arena in Auckland.

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).

Lima vs Sosoli stats

Marcos Rogerio de Lima stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Ben Sosoli made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Ben Sosoli's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Sosoli had a massive power advantage over Lima, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Lima's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Lima and Sosoli would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Lima had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sosoli. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lima was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Sosoli, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 52 to Sosoli's 25.

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Lima's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lima vs Sosoli?

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