Vick vs Trinaldo

Who won Vick vs Trinaldo?

James Vick beat Francisco Trinaldo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 126, on Sunday 18th February 2018 at Frank Erwin Center in Austin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner James Vick.

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).

Vick vs Trinaldo stats

James Vick stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Francisco Trinaldo made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

James Vick's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Francisco Trinaldo's came in at 18-8-0.

The stats suggested Trinaldo had a slight advantage in power over Vick, with a 32% knock out percentage over Vick's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vick had an advantage over Trinaldo, with a 42% submission rate over Trinaldo's 23%.

James Vick was the younger man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Vick had a height advantage of 6 inches over Trinaldo. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Vick was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 1 month later than Trinaldo, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 53 less professional rounds, 35 to Trinaldo's 88.

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Francisco Trinaldo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Danny Roberts at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

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

Before that, he had defeated 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.

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.

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

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