Roberts vs Gifford

Who won Roberts vs Gifford?

Roosevelt Roberts beat Thomas Gifford by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 8, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at BB&T Center in Sunrise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Roosevelt Roberts.

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).

Roberts vs Gifford stats

Roosevelt Roberts stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Thomas Gifford made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Roosevelt Roberts' UFC record stood at 4-4-0, while Thomas Gifford's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Roberts had a large advantage in power over Gifford, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Gifford's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gifford had an advantage over Roberts, with a 76% submission rate over Roberts' 57%.

Roosevelt Roberts was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Roberts had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gifford. Despite this, Gifford had 3-inch reach advantage.

Roberts was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 2 months later than Gifford, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 30 to Gifford's 49.

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Roberts' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 24 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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