Trizano vs Choi

Who won Trizano vs Choi?

Mike Trizano beat Seung Woo Choi by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 281, on Saturday 12th November 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Trizano vs Choi stats

Mike Trizano stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Seung Woo Choi made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Mike Trizano's UFC record stood at 4-3-0, while Seung Woo Choi's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Choi had a massive power advantage over Trizano, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Trizano's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Trizano had a large advantage over Choi, boasting a 22% submission rate over Choi's 0%.

Mike Trizano was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Choi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Trizano. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Trizano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 6 months later than Choi, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 30 to Choi's 37.

Trizano vs Choi form

Mike Trizano had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lucas Almeida at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Hakeem Dawodu at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ludovit Klein at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Luis Pena at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

He had defeated Joe Giannetti at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on 6th July 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Activity check

Trizano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Choi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Trizano vs Choi?

Mike Trizano was a 3/2 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while Seung Woo Choi made his way into the ring at 11/20 (-180) with oddsmakers.