Wells vs Mathetha

Who won Wells vs Mathetha?

Jeremiah Wells beat Mike Mathetha by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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).

Wells vs Mathetha stats

Jeremiah Wells stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Mike Mathetha made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Jeremiah Wells' UFC record stood at 4-2-0, while Mike Mathetha's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Mathetha had a massive power advantage over Wells, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Wells' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mathetha had a massive advantage over Wells, boasting a 33% submission rate over Wells' 0%.

Jeremiah Wells was the older man by 38 years, at 38 years old.

Mathetha had a height advantage of 2 inches over Wells. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Wells was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 7 years and 10 months earlier than Mathetha, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 43 to Mathetha's 13.

Wells vs Mathetha form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Matt Semelsberger at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Court McGee at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had defeated Mike Mathetha at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Warlley Alves at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Wells' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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