Diakiese vs Alves

Who won Diakiese vs Alves?

Rafael Alves beat Marc Diakiese by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 42, on Saturday 13th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Diakiese vs Alves stats

Marc Diakiese stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Rafael Alves made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Marc Diakiese's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Marc Diakiese's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Rafael Alves' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Diakiese had a slight advantage in power over Alves, with a 43% knock out percentage over Alves' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alves had a large advantage over Diakiese, boasting a 37% submission rate over Diakiese's 7%.

Marc Diakiese was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Diakiese had a height advantage of 2 inches over Alves. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Diakiese was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 years later than Alves, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 59 to Alves' 64.

Diakiese vs Alves form

Marc Diakiese had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Damir Had ovi at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Slava Borshchev at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rafael Alves at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been defeated by Nasrat Haqparast at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

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Diakiese's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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