Romious vs Imperato

Who won Romious vs Imperato?

Cortavious Romious beat Michael Imperato by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Contender Series 2024 – Week 2, on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cortavious Romious.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Romious vs Imperato stats

Cortavious Romious stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Michael Imperato made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws and 9 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Dana White’s Contender Series.

The stats suggested Romious had an advantage in power over Imperato, with a 20% knock out percentage over Imperato's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Imperato had an advantage over Romious, with a 75% submission rate over Romious' 60%.

Cortavious Romious was the older man by 31 years, at 31 years old.

Imperato had a height advantage of 5 inches over Romious.

Romious was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 7 years and 10 months later than Imperato, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 23 to Imperato's 34.

Activity check

Romious' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What time did Romious vs Imperato start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Romious vs Imperato?

Cortavious Romious was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Michael Imperato made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.