Zaleski vs Saint-Denis

Who won Zaleski vs Saint-Denis?

Elizeu Zaleski beat Benoit Saint-Denis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 267, on Saturday 30th October 2021.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Elizeu Zaleski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Zaleski vs Saint-Denis stats

Elizeu Zaleski stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Benoit Saint-Denis made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Elizeu Zaleski's UFC record stood at 10-3-1, while Benoit Saint-Denis' came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Zaleski had a massive power advantage over Saint-Denis, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Saint-Denis' 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Saint-Denis had a massive advantage over Zaleski, boasting a 88% submission rate over Zaleski's 14%.

Elizeu Zaleski was the older man by 9 years, at 37 years old.

Zaleski was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 years and 3 months earlier than Saint-Denis, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 69 to Saint-Denis' 27.

Zaleski vs Saint-Denis form

Elizeu Zaleski had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by in the 3rd round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had lost to Jingliang Li at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

He had defeated Curtis Millender at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Activity check

Zaleski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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