Barriault vs Azaitar

Who won Barriault vs Azaitar?

Marc Andr Barriault beat Abu Azaitar by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC 260, on Saturday 27th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Barriault vs Azaitar stats

Marc Andr Barriault stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Abu Azaitar made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Marc Andr Barriault's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Marc Andr Barriault's UFC record stood at 6-8-0, while Abu Azaitar's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Barriault had a large advantage in power over Azaitar, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Azaitar's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Azaitar had a slight advantage over Barriault, with a 7% submission rate over Barriault's 0%.

Marc Andr Barriault was the younger man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Barriault had a height advantage of 2 inches over Azaitar.

Barriault was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 11 months later than Azaitar, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 58 to Azaitar's 39.

Barriault vs Azaitar form

Barriault had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chris Curtis at UFC 297 on 20th January 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Previous to that, he had won against Eryk Anders at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Julian Marquez at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Jordan Wright at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Barriault's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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