Pereira vs Fialho

Who won Pereira vs Fialho?

Michel Pereira beat Andre Fialho by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 270, on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Michel Pereira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Pereira vs Fialho stats

Michel Pereira stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Andre Fialho made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Michel Pereira's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Michel Pereira's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Andre Fialho's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Fialho had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Pereira's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had an advantage over Fialho, with a 27% submission rate over Fialho's 9%.

Michel Pereira was the same age as Andre Fialho, at 30 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Fialho. Despite this, Fialho had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pereira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Fialho, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 97 to Fialho's 44.

Pereira vs Fialho form

Michel Pereira had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Zelim Imadaev at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Diego Sanchez at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

He had been beaten by Tristan Connelly at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

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Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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