Tybura vs Romanov

Who won Tybura vs Romanov?

Marcin Tybura beat Alexander Romanov by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 278, on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marcin Tybura.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Tybura vs Romanov stats

Marcin Tybura stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Alexander Romanov made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 16 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Marcin Tybura's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Alexander Romanov's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Tybura had a slight advantage in power over Romanov, with a 41% knock out percentage over Romanov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Romanov had a large advantage over Tybura, boasting a 56% submission rate over Tybura's 27%.

Marcin Tybura was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

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

Tybura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years earlier than Romanov, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 71 to Romanov's 31.

Tybura vs Romanov form

Tybura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alexander Romanov at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Romanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had won against Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Jared Vanderaa at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexander Romanov had been fighting more than Marcin Tybura.

Going to this contest, Marcin Tybura had last fought 8 months and 27 days ago, while Alexander Romanov's last outing had been 9 months and 17 days ago.

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Romanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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