Mayes vs Abdelwahab

Who won Mayes vs Abdelwahab?

Hamdy Abdelwahab beat Don Tale Mayes by split 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 in favor of the winner Hamdy Abdelwahab.

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).

Mayes vs Abdelwahab stats

Don Tale Mayes stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Hamdy Abdelwahab made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Don Tale Mayes' UFC record stood at 3-4-0, while Hamdy Abdelwahab's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Abdelwahab had a massive power advantage over Mayes, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Mayes' 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mayes had an advantage over Abdelwahab, with a 11% submission rate over Abdelwahab's 0%.

Don Tale Mayes was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Mayes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Abdelwahab. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Mayes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Abdelwahab, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 44 to Abdelwahab's 10.

Mayes vs Abdelwahab form

Don Tale Mayes had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Augusto Sakai at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Hamdy Abdelwahab at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Josh Parisian at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round.

He had been defeated by Ciryl Gane at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

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Mayes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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