Borshchev vs Llontop

Who won Borshchev vs Llontop?

Slava Borshchev beat James Llontop by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th August 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Slava Borshchev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Borshchev vs Llontop stats

Slava Borshchev stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

James Llontop made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Slava Borshchev's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. James Llontop marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Slava Borshchev's UFC record stood at 3-3-1, while James Llontop's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Borshchev had a massive power advantage over Llontop, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Llontop's 50%.

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

Slava Borshchev was the older man by 8 years, at 33 years old.

Llontop had a height advantage of 1 inch over Borshchev. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Borshchev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 1 month later than Llontop, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 29 to Llontop's 45.

Borshchev vs Llontop form

Slava Borshchev had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chase Hooper at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Nazim Sadykhov at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Maheshate at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Mike Davis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Activity check

Borshchev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Llontop's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did Borshchev vs Llontop start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:15 AM UTC , which was 8:15 PM EST or 5:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:15 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Borshchev vs Llontop?

Slava Borshchev was a 9/20 (-220) favourite going into the contest, while James Llontop made his way into the ring at 9/5 (+180) with oddsmakers.