Candelario vs Taira

Who won Candelario vs Taira?

Tatsuro Taira beat Carlos Candelario by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 14th May 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tatsuro Taira.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Candelario vs Taira stats

Carlos Candelario stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

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

Tatsuro Taira marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Carlos Candelario's UFC record stood at 0-2-0, while Tatsuro Taira's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Candelario had a large advantage in power over Taira, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Taira's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Candelario had a massive advantage over Taira, boasting a 43% submission rate over Taira's 0%.

Carlos Candelario was the older man by 8 years, at 33 years old.

Candelario was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 years and 4 months later than Taira, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 23 to Taira's 32.

Candelario vs Taira form

Taira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Carlos Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edgar Chairez at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jesus Santos Aguilar at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against C.J. Vergara at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had won against Carlos Candelario at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Taira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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