Whittaker vs Vettori

Who won Whittaker vs Vettori?

Robert Whittaker beat Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Paris, on Saturday 3rd September 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Robert Whittaker.

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).

Whittaker vs Vettori stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Marvin Vettori made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Robert Whittaker's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Marvin Vettori marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 17-6-0, while Marvin Vettori's came in at 9-6-1.

The stats suggested Whittaker had a large advantage in power over Vettori, boasting a 39% knock out percentage over Vettori's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vettori had a large advantage over Whittaker, boasting a 50% submission rate over Whittaker's 22%.

Robert Whittaker was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Whittaker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Vettori, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 86 to Vettori's 73.

Whittaker vs Vettori form

Robert Whittaker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jared Cannonier at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Darren Till at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

He had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

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Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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