Werdum vs Harris

Who won Werdum vs Harris?

Fabricio Werdum beat Walt Harris by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 216, on Saturday 7th October 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabricio Werdum.

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).

Werdum vs Harris stats

Fabricio Werdum stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

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

Fabricio Werdum's UFC record stood at 12-6-0, while Walt Harris' came in at 6-8-0.

The stats suggested Harris had a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Werdum's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a massive advantage over Harris, boasting a 48% submission rate over Harris' 0%.

Fabricio Werdum was the older man by 6 years, at 46 years old.

Harris had a height advantage of 1 inch over Werdum. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Werdum was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 8 years and 8 months earlier than Harris, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 76 to Harris' 36.

Werdum vs Harris form

Fabricio Werdum had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Renan Ferreira at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Walt Harris had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he had won against Sergey Spivac at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

He had beaten Daniel Spitz at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Walt Harris had been fighting more than Fabricio Werdum.

Going to this contest, Fabricio Werdum had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 12 days ago, while Walt Harris' last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 25 days ago.

Werdum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Harris' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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