Frevola vs Pena

Who won Frevola vs Pena?

Matt Frevola beat Luis Pena by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 19, on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Matt Frevola.

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).

Frevola vs Pena stats

Matt Frevola stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Luis Pena made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Matt Frevola's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Matt Frevola's UFC record stood at 5-5-1, while Luis Pena's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Pena had an advantage in power over Frevola, with a 29% knock out percentage over Frevola's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pena had an advantage over Frevola, with a 57% submission rate over Frevola's 43%.

Matt Frevola was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Pena had a height advantage of 6 inches over Frevola. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Frevola was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Pena, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 32 to Pena's 27.

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Pena's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 2 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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