Martinez vs Oliveira

Who won Martinez vs Oliveira?

David Martinez beat Saimon Oliveira by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th March 2025 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

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).

Martinez vs Oliveira stats

David Martinez stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Saimon Oliveira made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

This was David Martinez's 1st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Saimon Oliveira marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

David Martinez's UFC record stood at 1-0-0, while Saimon Oliveira's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Martinez had a massive power advantage over Oliveira, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Oliveira's 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oliveira had a massive advantage over Martinez, boasting a 61% submission rate over Martinez's 0%.

David Martinez was the younger man by 8 years, at 26 years old.

Oliveira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martinez.

Martinez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 7 months later than Oliveira, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 27 to Oliveira's 47.

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Oliveira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Oliveira start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:10 PM UTC , which was 7:10 PM EST or 4:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:10 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Oliveira?

David Martinez was a 3/25 (-830) favourite going into the contest, while Saimon Oliveira made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.