Michailidis vs Pereira

Who won Michailidis vs Pereira?

Alex Pereira beat Andreas Michailidis by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Michailidis vs Pereira stats

Andreas Michailidis stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Andreas Michailidis' 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Alex Pereira marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Andreas Michailidis' UFC record stood at 1-3-0, while Alex Pereira's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had a massive power advantage over Michailidis, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Michailidis' 54%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Michailidis had a massive advantage over Pereira, boasting a 31% submission rate over Pereira's 0%.

Andreas Michailidis was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 4 inches over Michailidis. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Michailidis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years and 4 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 45 to Pereira's 37.

Michailidis vs Pereira form

Pereira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sean Strickland at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Andreas Michailidis at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 20 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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