Frevola vs Valdez

Who won Frevola vs Valdez?

Matt Frevola beat Genaro Valdez by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 270, on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

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).

Frevola vs Valdez stats

Matt Frevola stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Genaro Valdez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Matt Frevola's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Matt Frevola's UFC record stood at 5-5-1, while Genaro Valdez's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Valdez had a massive power advantage over Frevola, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Frevola's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Frevola had a slight advantage over Valdez, with a 38% submission rate over Valdez's 30%.

Matt Frevola was the older man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Valdez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Frevola. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Frevola was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Valdez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 32 to Valdez's 22.

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Frevola's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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