Rua vs Pedro

Who won Rua vs Pedro?

Mauricio Rua beat Tyson Pedro by during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 142, on Saturday 1st December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Center in Adelaide.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mauricio Rua.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Rua vs Pedro stats

Mauricio Rua stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Tyson Pedro made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Mauricio Rua's UFC record stood at 11-12-1, while Tyson Pedro's came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Rua had a massive power advantage over Pedro, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Pedro's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pedro had a massive advantage over Rua, boasting a 71% submission rate over Rua's 4%.

Mauricio Rua was the older man by 10 years, at 42 years old.

Pedro had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rua. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Rua was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 10 years and 10 months earlier than Pedro, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 85 to Pedro's 23.

Rua vs Pedro form

Rua had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Paul Craig at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Ant nio Rog rio Nogueira at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Paul Craig at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split draw in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

He had been beaten by Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Tyson Pedro had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Anton Turkalj at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Modestas Bukauskas at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Harry Hunsucker at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Before that, he had won against Ike Villanueva at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Mauricio Rua at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tyson Pedro had been fighting more than Mauricio Rua.

Going to this contest, Mauricio Rua had last fought 3 years, 4 months and 28 days ago, while Tyson Pedro's last outing had been 7 months and 9 days ago.

Rua's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Pedro's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 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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