Assunção vs Lopez

Who won Assunção vs Lopez?

Raphael Assuncao beat Matthew Lopez by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 120, on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk.

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).

Assunção vs Lopez stats

Raphael Assuncao stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Matthew Lopez made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Raphael Assuncao's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Matthew Lopez's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Lopez had a large advantage in power over Assuncao, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Assuncao and Lopez would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.

Raphael Assuncao was the older man by 4 years, at 42 years old.

Lopez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Assuncao. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Assuncao was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 9 years and 4 months earlier than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 88 to Lopez's 25.

Assunção vs Lopez form

Raphael Assuncao had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Davey Grant at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Victor Henry at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Before that, he had been defeated by Cody Garbrandt at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Marlon Moraes at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Assuncao's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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