Rothwell vs Preux

Who won Rothwell vs Preux?

Ben Rothwell beat Ovince St. Preux by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Wednesday 13th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ben Rothwell.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Rothwell vs Preux stats

Ben Rothwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 37 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ovince St. Preux made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Ovince St. Preux marked his 28th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Ben Rothwell's UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Ovince St. Preux's came in at 15-13-0.

The stats suggested Rothwell had a large advantage in power over St. Preux, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over St. Preux's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested St. Preux had an advantage over Rothwell, with a 33% submission rate over Rothwell's 16%.

Ben Rothwell was the older man by 1 year, at 43 years old.

Rothwell had a height advantage of 1 inch over St. Preux. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Rothwell was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 7 years and 8 months earlier than St. Preux, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 90 to St. Preux's 95.

Rothwell vs Preux form

Ovince St. Preux had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilir Latifi at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yushin Okami at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had defeated Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Fight Night 108 on 22nd April 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

He had been beaten by Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 104 on 4th February 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Rothwell's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

St. Preux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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