Akhmedov vs Tavares

Who won Akhmedov vs Tavares?

Brad Tavares beat Omari Akhmedov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brad Tavares.

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).

Akhmedov vs Tavares stats

Omari Akhmedov stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Brad Tavares made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Brad Tavares marked his 26th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Omari Akhmedov's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Brad Tavares' came in at 16-10-0.

The stats suggested Akhmedov had a slight advantage in power over Tavares, with a 33% knock out percentage over Tavares' 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Akhmedov had an advantage over Tavares, with a 29% submission rate over Tavares' 11%.

Omari Akhmedov was the same age as Brad Tavares, at 37 years old.

Tavares had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akhmedov. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Akhmedov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 7 months later than Tavares, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 65 to Tavares' 77.

Akhmedov vs Tavares form

Akhmedov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Viktor Pesta at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jordan Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brad Tavares at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Chris Weidman at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Tim Boetsch at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

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Akhmedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Tavares' last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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