Soriano vs Maximov

Who won Soriano vs Maximov?

Nick Maximov beat Punahele Soriano by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 27-30, 28-29, 29-28 in favor of winner Nick Maximov.

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).

Soriano vs Maximov stats

Punahele Soriano stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Nick Maximov made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 0 draws, with 2 of those by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Soriano had a massive power advantage over Maximov, boasting at 63% knock out percentage over Maximov's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maximov had an advantage over Soriano, with a 43% submission rate over Soriano's 25%.

Punahele Soriano was the older man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Maximov had 2-inch reach advantage.

Soriano was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Maximov, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 20 to Maximov's 20.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Punahele Soriano had been fighting more than Nick Maximov.

Going to this contest, Punahele Soriano had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 6 days ago, while Nick Maximov's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 5 days ago.

Soriano's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Maximov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Soriano vs Maximov?

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