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 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.

This was Thiago Moises' 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Thiago Moises' UFC record stood at 7-6-0, 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 the same amount of professional rounds, 69 to Giagos' 69.

Moises vs Giagos form

Thiago Moises had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joel Alvarez at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Islam Makhachev at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Bobby Green at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had been defeated by Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

Moises' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Giagos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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