Mayes vs Machado

Who won Mayes vs Machado?

Don Tale Mayes will fight Caio Machado during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 27th April 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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 Machado stats

Don Tale Mayes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Caio Machado made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Mayes had a slight advantage in power over Machado, with a 60% knock out percentage over Machado's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Machado had an advantage over Mayes, with a 25% submission rate over Mayes' 10%.

Don Tale Mayes was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Mayes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Machado.

Mayes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year earlier than Machado, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 44 to Machado's 25.

Mayes vs Machado form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

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

Machado had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Parkin at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Edison Lopes at BFL 75 on 1st December 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Lee Mein at BFL 69 on 1st October 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Western Canada.

Before that, he had won against Chris Larsen at BFL 67 on 4th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Canada.

He had beaten Lee Mein at BFL 66 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Vancouver.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Don Tale Mayes had been fighting more than Caio Machado.

Going to this contest, Don Tale Mayes had last fought 5 months and 23 days ago, while Caio Machado's last outing had been 5 months and 9 days ago.

Mayes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Machado's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Mayes vs Machado?

Don Tale Mayes was a 5/6 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Caio Machado made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.