Marques vs Almeida

Who won Marques vs Almeida?

Jailton Almeida beat Danilo Marques by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Marques vs Almeida stats

Danilo Marques stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jailton Almeida made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Danilo Marques' UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Jailton Almeida's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested that Marques and Almeida have similar power, both with a 36% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Almeida had an advantage over Marques, with a 64% submission rate over Marques' 45%.

Danilo Marques was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 2 inches over Almeida. Despite this, Almeida had 1-inch reach advantage.

Marques was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 6 months later than Almeida, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 35 to Almeida's 35.

Marques vs Almeida form

Danilo Marques had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yorgan De Castro at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ras Hylton at PFL Challenger Series 2023 – Week 3 on 10th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Universal Studios, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Mike Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Marques' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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