Dillashaw vs Assunção

Who won Dillashaw vs Assunção?

T.J. Dillashaw beat Raphael Assuncao by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 200, on Saturday 9th July 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner T.J. Dillashaw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Dillashaw vs Assunção stats

T.J. Dillashaw stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raphael Assuncao made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

T.J. Dillashaw's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Raphael Assuncao's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Dillashaw had a massive power advantage over Assuncao, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Assuncao had an advantage over Dillashaw, with a 43% submission rate over Dillashaw's 25%.

T.J. Dillashaw was the younger man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Dillashaw had a height advantage of 1 inch over Assuncao. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Dillashaw was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 2 months later than Assuncao, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 58 to Assuncao's 88.

Dillashaw vs Assunção form

Dillashaw had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he had beaten Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Cody Garbrandt at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Raphael Assuncao had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Davey Grant at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Victor Henry at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Before that, he had been beaten by Cody Garbrandt at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Marlon Moraes at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raphael Assuncao had been fighting more than T.J. Dillashaw.

Going to this contest, T.J. Dillashaw had last fought 2 years, 8 months and 12 days ago, while Raphael Assuncao's last outing had been 2 years, 3 months and 23 days ago.

Dillashaw's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Assuncao's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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