Romanov vs Nascimento

Who won Romanov vs Nascimento?

Alexander Romanov beat Rodrigo Nascimento by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd November 2024 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Romanov.

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).

Romanov vs Nascimento stats

Alexander Romanov stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Rodrigo Nascimento made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Alexander Romanov's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Rodrigo Nascimento marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alexander Romanov's UFC record stood at 7-3-0, while Rodrigo Nascimento's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Romanov had an advantage in power over Nascimento, with a 35% knock out percentage over Nascimento's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nascimento had a slight advantage over Romanov, with a 55% submission rate over Romanov's 53%.

Alexander Romanov was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Nascimento had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Romanov was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 years and 7 months later than Nascimento, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 35 to Nascimento's 28.

Romanov vs Nascimento form

Alexander Romanov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Marcin Tybura at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

He had beaten Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Nascimento had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Don Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had won against Tanner Boser at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Alan Baudot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexander Romanov had been fighting more than Rodrigo Nascimento.

Going to this contest, Alexander Romanov had last fought 6 months and 28 days ago, while Rodrigo Nascimento's last outing had been 7 months and 18 days ago.

Romanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Nascimento's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Romanov vs Nascimento start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 10:40 PM UTC , which was 6:40 PM EST or 3:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:40 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Romanov vs Nascimento?

Alexander Romanov was a 4/5 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Rodrigo Nascimento made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.