Oleinik vs Latifi

Who won Oleinik vs Latifi?

Ilir Latifi beat Aleksei Oleinik by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Ilir Latifi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Oleinik vs Latifi stats

Aleksei Oleinik stepped into the octagon with a record of 60 wins, 16 loses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 47 by submission.

Ilir Latifi made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Latifi had a large advantage in power over Oleinik, boosting at 43% knock out percentage over Oleinik's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleinik had a massive advantage over Latifi, boasting at 78% submission rate over Latifi's 29%.

Aleksei Oleinik was the older man by 6 years, at 45 years old.

Oleinik had a height advantage of 4 inches over Latifi. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Oleinik was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 55 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 11 years and 6 months earlier than Latifi, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 59 more professional rounds, 109 to Latifi's 50.

Oleinik vs Latifi form

Aleksei Oleinik had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Jared Vanderaa at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Sergey Spivac at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Chris Daukaus at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beat Maurice Greene at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Oleinik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Latifi's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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