Sanchez vs Pereira

Who won Sanchez vs Pereira?

Diego Sanchez beat Michel Pereira by during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 25, on Saturday 15th February 2020 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Diego Sanchez.

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).

Sanchez vs Pereira stats

Diego Sanchez stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Michel Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Michel Pereira marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Diego Sanchez's UFC record stood at 19-13-0, while Michel Pereira's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 43% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 34%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had a slight advantage over Sanchez, with a 26% submission rate over Sanchez's 21%.

Diego Sanchez was the older man by 12 years, at 43 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 3 inches over Sanchez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Sanchez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years and 6 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 99 to Pereira's 105.

Sanchez vs Pereira form

Pereira 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 Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Andre Petroski at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Andre Fialho at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had won against Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Sanchez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 16 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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