Cosce vs Diamond

Who won Cosce vs Diamond?

Orion Cosce beat Mike Mathetha by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest, during the prelims of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Orion Cosce.

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).

Cosce vs Diamond stats

Orion Cosce stepped into the ring with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Mike Mathetha made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

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

Orion Cosce was the older man by 28 years, at 28 years old.

Mathetha had 3-inch reach advantage.

Cosce was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 1 year and 3 months later than Mathetha, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 18 to Mathetha's 10.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Mike Mathetha had been fighting more than Orion Cosce.

Going to this contest, Orion Cosce had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 22 days ago, while Mike Mathetha's last outing had been 7 months and 10 days ago.