Pauga vs Usman

Who won Pauga vs Usman?

Mohammed Usman beat Zac Pauga by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 6th August 2022 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).

Pauga vs Usman stats

Zac Pauga stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 2 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mohammed Usman made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Mohammed Usman marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Zac Pauga's UFC record stood at 1-3-0, while Mohammed Usman's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Pauga had a slight advantage in power over Usman, with a 50% knock out percentage over Usman's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Usman had a large advantage over Pauga, boasting a 29% submission rate over Pauga's 0%.

Zac Pauga was the younger man by 35 years, at years old.

Usman had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pauga.

Pauga was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 3 years and 2 months later than Usman, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 22 to Usman's 30.

Pauga vs Usman form

Usman had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Michael Parkin at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Junior Tafa at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Zac Pauga at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Brandon Sayles at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Pauga's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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