Brown vs Oliveira

Who won Brown vs Oliveira?

Randy Brown beat Alex Oliveira by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Brown vs Oliveira stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Oliveira made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Randy Brown's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 14-6-0, while Alex Oliveira's came in at 11-10-0.

The stats suggested Oliveira had a slight advantage in power over Brown, with a 55% knock out percentage over Brown's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brown had a slight advantage over Oliveira, with a 33% submission rate over Oliveira's 23%.

Randy Brown was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 4 inches over Oliveira. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Brown was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 5 months later than Oliveira, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 58 to Oliveira's 76.

Brown vs Oliveira form

Brown had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Khaos Williams at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jared Gooden at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alex Oliveira at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had lost to Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN+ 12 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville.

Alex Oliveira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Max Griffin at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Nicolas Dalby at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

He had lost to Gunnar Nelson at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Randy Brown had been fighting more than Alex Oliveira.

Going to this contest, Randy Brown had last fought 3 years, 2 months and 6 days ago, while Alex Oliveira's last outing had been 4 years, 11 months and 18 days ago.

Brown's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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