Souza vs Muniz

Who won Souza vs Muniz?

André Muniz beat Ronaldo Souza by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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).

Souza vs Muniz stats

Ronaldo Souza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

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

André Muniz marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Ronaldo Souza's UFC record stood at 9-7-0, while André Muniz's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested that Souza and Muniz have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Souza and Muniz would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Ronaldo Souza was the older man by 10 years, at 45 years old.

Muniz had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Souza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 years and 6 months earlier than Muniz, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 71 to Muniz's 50.

Souza vs Muniz form

Ronaldo Souza had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Before that, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had lost to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Muniz's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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