Trinaldo vs Roberts

Who won Trinaldo vs Roberts?

Francisco Trinaldo beat Danny Roberts by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 274, on Saturday 7th May 2022 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Francisco Trinaldo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Trinaldo vs Roberts stats

Francisco Trinaldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Danny Roberts made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Francisco Trinaldo's UFC record stood at 18-8-0, while Danny Roberts' came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Roberts had an advantage in power over Trinaldo, with a 44% knock out percentage over Trinaldo's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Roberts had a slight advantage over Trinaldo, with a 28% submission rate over Trinaldo's 19%.

Francisco Trinaldo was the older man by 9 years, at 45 years old.

Roberts had a height advantage of 4 inches over Trinaldo. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Trinaldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Roberts, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 88 to Roberts' 52.

Trinaldo vs Roberts form

Francisco Trinaldo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dwight Grant at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Muslim Salikhov at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten John Makdessi at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Hernandez at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

He had been defeated by James Vick at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.

Activity check

Trinaldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Roberts' last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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