Diakiese vs Borshchev

Who won Diakiese vs Borshchev?

Marc Diakiese beat Slava Borshchev by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night Columbus, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Marc Diakiese.

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).

Diakiese vs Borshchev stats

Marc Diakiese stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Slava Borshchev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Marc Diakiese's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Slava Borshchev marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Marc Diakiese's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Slava Borshchev's came in at 3-4-1.

The stats suggested Diakiese had a massive power advantage over Borshchev, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Borshchev's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Diakiese had a slight advantage over Borshchev, with a 7% submission rate over Borshchev's 0%.

Marc Diakiese was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Borshchev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Diakiese. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Diakiese was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Borshchev, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 60 to Borshchev's 32.

Diakiese vs Borshchev form

Diakiese had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rafael Alves at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Nasrat Haqparast at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Before that, he had lost to Dan Hooker at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Drakkar Klose at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on 7th July 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Slava Borshchev had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Chase Hooper at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Nazim Sadykhov at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Maheshate at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Mike Davis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Slava Borshchev had been fighting more than Marc Diakiese.

Going to this contest, Marc Diakiese had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 7 days ago, while Slava Borshchev's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 9 days ago.

Diakiese's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Borshchev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 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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