Moises vs Giagos

Who won Moises vs Giagos?

Thiago Moises beat Christos Giagos by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 25th June 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Thiago Moises.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Moises vs Giagos stats

Thiago Moises stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Christos Giagos made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Thiago Moises' UFC record stood at 7-5-0, while Christos Giagos' came in at 6-8-0.

The stats suggested Giagos had an advantage in power over Moises, with a 37% knock out percentage over Moises' 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moises had an advantage over Giagos, with a 40% submission rate over Giagos' 21%.

Thiago Moises was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Giagos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moises. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Moises was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 11 months later than Giagos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 66 to Giagos' 69.

Moises vs Giagos form

Giagos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Daniel Zellhuber at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rick Glenn at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Sean Soriano at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Moises' last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Giagos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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