Machado vs Ribeiro

Who won Machado vs Ribeiro?

Brendson Ribeiro beat Caio Machado by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd November 2024 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Brendson Ribeiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Machado vs Ribeiro stats

Caio Machado stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Brendson Ribeiro made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Caio Machado's 3rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Brendson Ribeiro marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Caio Machado's UFC record stood at 0-3-0, while Brendson Ribeiro's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Ribeiro had a slight advantage in power over Machado, with a 60% knock out percentage over Machado's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ribeiro had an advantage over Machado, with a 40% submission rate over Machado's 25%.

Caio Machado was the older man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Machado had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ribeiro.

Machado was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 7 months later than Ribeiro, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 31 to Ribeiro's 38.

Machado vs Ribeiro form

Machado had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Parkin at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Edison Lopes at BFL 75 on 1st December 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lee Mein at BFL 69 on 1st October 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Western Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Larsen at BFL 67 on 4th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Canada.

He was victorious against Lee Mein at BFL 66 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Vancouver.

Activity check

Machado's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Ribeiro's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

What time did Machado vs Ribeiro start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Machado vs Ribeiro?

Caio Machado was a 31/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Brendson Ribeiro made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+150) with oddsmakers.