Barcelos vs Valiev

Who won Barcelos vs Valiev?

Timur Valiev beat Raoni Barcelos by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 30, on Saturday 26th June 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 28-28 in favor of the winner Timur Valiev.

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).

Barcelos vs Valiev stats

Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Timur Valiev made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Raoni Barcelos' 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Raoni Barcelos' UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Timur Valiev's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Barcelos had a large advantage in power over Valiev, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Valiev's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barcelos had a slight advantage over Valiev, with a 13% submission rate over Valiev's 12%.

Raoni Barcelos was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Barcelos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Valiev. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Barcelos was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 6 months later than Valiev, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 62 to Valiev's 53.

Barcelos vs Valiev form

Raoni Barcelos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Trevin Jones at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Victor Henry at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he had been defeated by Timur Valiev at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Khalid Taha at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Barcelos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Valiev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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