Who won Rodrigues vs Petrosyan?
Armen Petrosyan beat Gregory Rodrigues by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 26th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Armen Petrosyan.
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).
Rodrigues vs Petrosyan stats
Gregory Rodrigues stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.
Armen Petrosyan made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.
This was Gregory Rodrigues' 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.
Gregory Rodrigues' UFC record stood at 7-2-0, while Armen Petrosyan's came in at 3-2-0.
The stats suggested Petrosyan had a massive power advantage over Rodrigues, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Rodrigues' 45%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rodrigues had a massive advantage over Petrosyan, boasting a 36% submission rate over Petrosyan's 0%.
Gregory Rodrigues was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.
Rodrigues had a 5-inch reach advantage.
Rodrigues was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Petrosyan, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 38 to Petrosyan's 24.
Rodrigues vs Petrosyan form
Rodrigues had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Du ko Todorovi at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Josh Fremd at LFA 108 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their LFA Middleweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.
Before that, he was victorious against Al Matavao at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.
He had won against Tanner Saraceno at LFA 71 on 12th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta.
Activity check
Rodrigues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
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