Who won Tsarukyan vs Aubin-Mercier?
Arman Tsarukyan beat Olivier Aubin Mercier by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 240, on Saturday 27th July 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Arman Tsarukyan.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).
Tsarukyan vs Aubin-Mercier stats
Arman Tsarukyan stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.
Olivier Aubin Mercier made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.
This was Arman Tsarukyan's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in April 2019.
Arman Tsarukyan's UFC record stood at 9-2-0, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's came in at 7-5-0.
The stats suggested Tsarukyan had a large advantage in power over Mercier, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Mercier's 9%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had a massive advantage over Tsarukyan, boasting a 73% submission rate over Tsarukyan's 38%.
Arman Tsarukyan was the younger man by 8 years, at 27 years old.
Mercier had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tsarukyan. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.
Tsarukyan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 11 months later than Mercier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 55 to Mercier's 66.
Tsarukyan vs Aubin-Mercier form
Mercier had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Anthony Romero at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Shane Burgos at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Stevie Ray at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.
Before that, he was victorious against Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
He had won against Raush Manfio at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.
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Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.
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