Pimblett vs Vargas

Who won Pimblett vs Vargas?

Paddy Pimblett beat Rodrigo Vargas by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 19th March 2022 at 02 Arena in London.

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).

Pimblett vs Vargas stats

Paddy Pimblett stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Rodrigo Vargas made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Paddy Pimblett's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Paddy Pimblett's UFC record stood at 7-0-0, while Rodrigo Vargas' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Vargas had a large advantage in power over Pimblett, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Pimblett's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pimblett had an advantage over Vargas, with a 41% submission rate over Vargas' 27%.

Paddy Pimblett was the younger man by 9 years, at 30 years old.

Pimblett had a height advantage of 2 inches over Vargas.

Pimblett was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 2 months later than Vargas, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 54 to Vargas' 29.

Pimblett vs Vargas form

Pimblett had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jordan Leavitt at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Rodrigo Vargas at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Luigi Vendramini at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Decky Dalton at Cage Warriors 113 on 20th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, England.

He had lost to Soren Bak at Cage Warriors 96 on 1st September 2018 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Pimblett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Vargas' last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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