Who won Matthews vs Flowers?
Jake Matthews beat Darrius Flowers by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 291, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.
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).
Matthews vs Flowers stats
Jake Matthews stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.
Darrius Flowers made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.
This was Jake Matthews' 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Darrius Flowers marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.
Jake Matthews' UFC record stood at 13-7-0, while Darrius Flowers' came in at 0-3-0.
The stats suggested Flowers had a massive power advantage over Matthews, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Matthews' 28%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Matthews had a large advantage over Flowers, boasting a 39% submission rate over Flowers' 9%.
Jake Matthews was the same age as Darrius Flowers, at 30 years old.
Matthews had a height advantage of 2 inches over Flowers. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.
Matthews was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 5 months earlier than Flowers, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 62 to Flowers' 39.
Matthews vs Flowers form
Matthews had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Matt Semelsberger at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Andre Fialho at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.
Before that, he had beaten Jingliang Li at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.
He had defeated Bojan Velickovic at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney.
Activity check
Matthews' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.
Flowers' last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Matthews vs Flowers?
Jake Matthews was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Darrius Flowers made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.
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