Roberson vs Turman

Who won Roberson vs Turman?

Karl Roberson beat Wellington Turman by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 13, on Saturday 13th July 2019 at Golden1 Center in Sacramento.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Karl Roberson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Roberson vs Turman stats

Karl Roberson stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Wellington Turman made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Karl Roberson's UFC record stood at 4-6-0, while Wellington Turman's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Roberson had a slight advantage in power over Turman, with a 29% knock out percentage over Turman's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Turman had a slight advantage over Roberson, with a 47% submission rate over Roberson's 43%.

Karl Roberson was the older man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

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

Roberson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 9 months later than Turman, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 26 to Turman's 53.

Roberson vs Turman form

Karl Roberson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Wellington Turman at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

Before that, he had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had beaten Jack Marshman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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