Brunson vs Theodorou

Who won Brunson vs Theodorou?

Derek Brunson beat Elias Theodorou by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 9, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derek Brunson.

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).

Brunson vs Theodorou stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Elias Theodorou made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Elias Theodorou's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had a large advantage in power over Theodorou, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Theodorou's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had an advantage over Theodorou, with a 17% submission rate over Theodorou's 6%.

Derek Brunson was the older man by 4 years, at 41 years old.

Brunson had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year earlier than Theodorou, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 63 to Theodorou's 55.

Brunson vs Theodorou form

Brunson 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 Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had won against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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